Homes for Sale in Chilliwack, BC
Where the Fraser Valley stops being an extension of Metro Vancouver and starts being its own place. The most affordable detached market within realistic commuting distance of the Lower Mainland.
Homes for Sale in Chilliwack, BC
Chilliwack is on its own real estate board, not the Fraser Valley board that covers Surrey, Langley and Abbotsford. Any Chilliwack homes in our brokerage feed appear below.
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26 km from Chilliwack$1,274,888
5 Bed • 4 Bath • 2,763 Sq Ft7464 ROSS DRIVE, MissionView Details
26 km from Chilliwack$899,0003 Bed • 2 Bath • 2,007 Sq Ft33056 CHERRY AVENUE, MissionView Details
48 km from Chilliwack$819,0004 Bed • 3 Bath • 1,564 Sq Ft2 24108 104 AVENUE, Maple RidgeView Details
52 km from Chilliwack$1,249,9004 Bed • 3 Bath • 2,360 Sq Ft4652 203 STREET, LangleyView Details
52 km from Chilliwack$2,199,9999 Bed • 7 Bath • 4,718 Sq Ft20070 46A AVENUE, LangleyView Details
65 km from Chilliwack$3,200,0007 Bed • 5 Bath • 3,855 Sq Ft6222 133 STREET, SurreyView Details
65 km from Chilliwack$1,748,8888 Bed • 8 Bath • 4,880 Sq Ft14185 74 AVENUE, SurreyView Details
65 km from Chilliwack$1,549,0009 Bed • 7 Bath • 2,847 Sq Ft11046 146 STREET, SurreyView Details
65 km from Chilliwack$599,0003 Bed • 2 Bath • 1,039 Sq FtB208 14438 72 AVENUE, SurreyView Details
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Why Chilliwack is one of the busiest places to buy a home in Chilliwack
Chilliwack sits about 100 kilometres east of Vancouver, between the Fraser River and the mountains, with 93,203 residents counted in the 2021 census, up 11.2 percent from 83,788 in 2016. It is the most affordable detached market of any size within realistic commuting distance of the Lower Mainland, and that single fact drives most of the buying that happens here.
The number that matters: Chilliwack’s single family benchmark was $859,200 in August 2026, down 5.8 percent year over year, against a Fraser Valley detached benchmark of $1,319,600 in the same month. That is a gap of roughly $460,000 on a comparable property type, and it is the entire reason people drive out here on a Saturday.
One technical note that most Chilliwack listing pages get wrong. Chilliwack is served by its own real estate board, the Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board, which also covers Agassiz, Hope, Boston Bar and Harrison. Its statistics are published separately from the Fraser Valley board’s and on a different basis, so a Chilliwack benchmark and a Surrey benchmark are not directly comparable line items. Every price on this page is CADREB data and says so.
The two logical comparisons west of here are Abbotsford, 30 minutes along Highway 1, and Mission BC, north of the Fraser. Both are Fraser Valley board areas.
Population, area, geography and farm counts from the Chilliwack city entry, retrieved July 2026. Benchmark prices from the Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board August 2026 report. The Fraser Valley comparison figure is from the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board August 2026 release and is labelled as a cross region comparison wherever it appears. View source
Mountains, the Fraser and a Lower Price
Chilliwack works for people who work locally, work hybrid, or work in Abbotsford and Langley. It does not work well for a daily downtown Vancouver commute, and this page says so plainly.
Compare Mission BC homes for saleThe Affordability Gap
Single family benchmark $859,200 against a Fraser Valley detached benchmark of $1,319,600 in the same month.
University of the Fraser Valley
The largest post secondary campus in the city, at Canada Education Park beside Garrison Crossing.
Cheam Leisure Centre
Aquatics and gym at Garrison Crossing, the walkable master planned community.
Vedder River Rotary Trail
Runs through Vedder Crossing on the south side of the canal.
Real Acreage Supply
939 farms on roughly 17,322 hectares, more rural residential choice than anywhere west.
One Transfer to SkyTrain
Route 66 connects downtown Chilliwack to Lougheed Town Centre Station.
What Chilliwack Actually Offers, and What It Does Not
Chilliwack sits between the Fraser River and the mountains, and the geography is the amenity. The city covers 261.34 square kilometres, much of it agricultural, with the built up areas split north and south of the Vedder Canal.
On the south side, Garrison Crossing carries the Cheam Leisure Centre for aquatics and gym alongside the Canada Education Park and the University of the Fraser Valley campus, which is the seventh largest in British Columbia by full time enrolment. Vedder Crossing sits on the Vedder River Rotary Trail. Sardis is the shopping and schools hub. Promontory is the hillside with the views, and the steep winter roads that come with them.
What Chilliwack does not offer is a short commute west. That is the trade, and it is the only question that actually matters when you are deciding whether to buy here.
City area, geography and UFV campus ranking from the Chilliwack city entry. Neighbourhood amenities from Chilliwack neighbourhood guides, retrieved July 2026. View source
Who lives in Chilliwack
That growth rate is faster than most of Metro Vancouver over the same period and it is almost entirely inbound migration from further west. Agriculture is a genuine part of the local economy, though service and retail sectors account for approximately half of GDP and manufacturing about 13 percent.
The buyer profile that shows up on Chilliwack listings, consistently: first time buyers who could not get a detached house anywhere west, growing families trading commute time for square footage, retirees downsizing out of Metro Vancouver with equity to spare, and remote or hybrid workers who no longer need to be near a SkyTrain station. What ties them together is a decision about time, not a decision about taste.
No Chilliwack median age, household income figure, ownership rate or immigration share appears on this page. Chilliwack publishes no community profile series equivalent to the City of Surrey’s, and Statistics Canada’s Chilliwack census profile was not pulled for this build. Those numbers are missing here rather than estimated.
Houses for Sale in Chilliwack
Chilliwack is a detached market with genuine acreage supply, on a different real estate board from everything west of it.
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Detached Houses
The reason most people search Chilliwack. Downtown carries the older stock, Sardis and Vedder the newer.
Benchmark, CADREB Single Family$859,200
Townhomes and Condos
Younger and thinner than the detached market. We hold no board sourced attached benchmark for it.
Benchmark, CADREB Composite$704,600
Acreage and Rural
Chilliwack has real acreage supply, which almost nothing west of it does.
Farm Count939 Farms
The Fraser Valley, for Comparison
A DIFFERENT board, printed so you can size the affordability gap rather than compare like for like.
Benchmark, FVREB Detached$1,319,600Chilliwack figures are the Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board, August 2026. The Fraser Valley figure is a different board on a different methodology and the two are not directly comparable.
The Chilliwack housing market at a glance, August 2026
Chilliwack is a clear buyer’s market in late summer 2026. The CADREB composite benchmark was $704,600 in August 2026, down 5.2 percent year over year, with 159 sales in the month and 8.5 months of inventory against a long run August average of 5.3 months.
| Measure | August 2026 | Year over year |
|---|---|---|
| Composite benchmark price | $704,600 | Down 5.2 percent |
| Single family benchmark | $859,200 | Down 5.8 percent |
| Average sale price | $742,897 | Up 1.0 percent |
| Sales, units | 159 | Down 17.6 percent |
| Months of inventory | 8.5 | Up from 7.1 in August 2025 |
| Long run average months of inventory, August | 5.3 | Not applicable |
| Year to date average price | $766,774 | Up 0.2 percent |
| Year to date sales | 1,364 | Down 17.4 percent |
Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board, August 2026 report, with sales and inventory series from CREA board statistics. CADREB is a separate board from the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board and its figures are not directly comparable. Benchmark prices describe a typical home and are updated monthly on CADREB’s own schedule. An apartment median figure circulates from a market report aggregator rather than the board release; it is deliberately not printed here. View source
| Measure | August 2026 | Year over year |
|---|---|---|
| Fraser Valley composite benchmark | $869,900 | Down 7.2 percent |
| Fraser Valley detached benchmark | $1,319,600 | Down 8.4 percent |
| Fraser Valley sales to active ratio | 10 percent | Balanced is 12 to 20 percent |
Fraser Valley Real Estate Board August 2026 news release. These are NOT Chilliwack figures. Chilliwack reports through CADREB, and the two boards compile their statistics separately, so this table is useful for orientation and not for precision. View source
Read the inventory number, not the price number. Months of inventory is how long it would take to sell every active listing at the current sales pace. Chilliwack sat at 8.5 months at the end of August 2026, up from 7.1 a year earlier and well above the 5.3 month long run average for August. That is the clearest buyer market signal in the whole Fraser Valley, and it is why prices here have drifted down modestly rather than dropped hard: sellers who do not need to move are simply not listing.
Chilliwack’s declines have been shallower than the Fraser Valley’s over the past year, but it started from a much lower base.
Chilliwack housing stock and what it costs
Detached houses
The reason most people search Chilliwack. Downtown carries the older stock north of the corridor; Sardis, Vedder, Promontory and Garrison Crossing carry most of the newer construction south of the canal.
Townhomes, condos and apartments
Younger and thinner than the detached market. The board’s August 2026 release puts townhouses at $582,900 and apartments at $401,000. The composite shown here covers all property types together.
Acreage and rural residential
Chilliwack has genuine acreage supply, which almost nothing west of it does. Confirm Agricultural Land Reserve status with the Agricultural Land Commission before you write on any rural parcel.
The Fraser Valley board, for comparison
A DIFFERENT board. Shown so you can size the affordability gap, not so you can compare cells line by line. Chilliwack single family runs roughly $460,000 below this figure.
Benchmarks from the Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board August 2026 report. Farm counts and farmland area from the Chilliwack city entry. The Fraser Valley detached benchmark is from the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board August 2026 release and is a different board. View source CADREB publishes on its own schedule, so this page does not refresh with the Fraser Valley board.
Houses, townhomes and condos in Chilliwack, in detail
Detached houses are the reason most people search Chilliwack in the first place. The CADREB single family benchmark was $859,200 in August 2026, down 5.8 percent year over year. Against a Fraser Valley detached benchmark of $1,319,600 in the same month, that is the largest affordability gap available to a Lower Mainland buyer who is still willing to commute.
The stock splits by era and by geography. North of the Fraser Highway corridor, Downtown Chilliwack is the historical urban centre with older housing on established streets. South of the Vedder Canal, Sardis, Vedder Crossing, Promontory and Garrison Crossing carry most of the newer detached construction.
Chilliwack also has genuine acreage supply, which almost nothing west of it does. The city contains 939 farms on approximately 17,322 hectares of dedicated farmland. If you are searching for acreage, hobby farm or rural residential property inside the Lower Mainland’s economic orbit, this is the market with the most of it. Confirm Agricultural Land Reserve status for any rural parcel with the Agricultural Land Commission before you write, because ALR designation changes what you can legally do with the land.
Townhomes, Condos and Apartments for Sale in Chilliwack
Chilliwack’s attached market is younger and smaller than its detached market. The board publishes a composite benchmark of $704,600 and a single family benchmark of $859,200 for August 2026. The board’s August 2026 release put the townhouse benchmark at $582,900, down 5.4 percent year over year, and the apartment benchmark at $401,000, down 2.7 percent, so both are printed here for the first time. Earlier versions of this page carried no attached benchmark, because the only figure then available came from an aggregator rather than the board.
What is safe to say about the attached segment is structural rather than numeric. It is thin, so if you want a specific configuration, three bedrooms with a double garage, or a ground floor unit with a patio, you may be waiting for the right listing rather than choosing between six of them. Most of the newer townhome and condo supply sits on the south side, in and around Vedder Crossing, Garrison Crossing and Promontory, plus infill near the downtown core.
If the attached segment is what you actually want, the honest comparison is Abbotsford, whose townhouse and apartment benchmarks were the lowest of any Fraser Valley board reporting area in August 2026.
Single family benchmark and composite from the Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board August 2026 report. Farm counts, farmland area and the north and south geography from the Chilliwack city entry. Neighbourhood distribution of newer attached supply from a Chilliwack neighbourhood guide. View source
More about Chilliwack
Chilliwack’s main residential areas are Sardis, the south side’s urban core and shopping hub; Promontory, newer hillside homes with valley views; Vedder Crossing, the most affordable entry point; Garrison Crossing, a walkable master planned community on the former CFB Chilliwack base; and Downtown Chilliwack.
Sardis
The south side’s urban core and its main shopping destination. It is the classic family pick: Sardis Park, the sports complex, and a dense cluster of schools including Evans, Sardis, Tyson and Watson elementaries, Mount Slesse Middle and Sardis Secondary.
Promontory
The hillside. Newer builds with valley views, roughly 10 minutes from downtown, anchored by Promontory Heights Community School. The honest caveat, and it is a real one for anyone coming from Vancouver: the roads are steep, and winter driving up there is a different experience from winter driving on flat ground.
Vedder Crossing
Generally the lowest entry point in Chilliwack, on and around Keith Wilson Road, sitting on the Vedder River Rotary Trail. We do not print a starting price for Vedder Crossing on this page: the figure that circulates comes from a neighbourhood guide rather than the board, and entry points move. Check it against live listings.
Garrison Crossing
The walkable one. A master planned community built on the former CFB Chilliwack base, with the Cheam Leisure Centre for aquatics and gym, and the Canada Education Park and University of the Fraser Valley campus alongside it.
Downtown Chilliwack
The historical urban centre on the north side, with the oldest housing stock and the city’s civic core.
Neighbourhood descriptions from the Chilliwack city entry, a Chilliwack neighbourhood guide, a Promontory neighbourhood guide and a Chilliwack best neighbourhoods guide, all retrieved July 2026. View source
What Chilliwack prices have done
Volume is the softer number. Chilliwack recorded 159 sales in August 2026, down 17.6 percent year over year, and 1,364 sales year to date, down 17.4 percent from the first eight months of 2025. Year to date average price, at $766,774, was up 0.2 percent, which tells you prices held while activity dropped.
Inventory is the number that decides your negotiating position. At 8.5 months at the end of August 2026, against 7.1 a year earlier and a 5.3 month long run August average, Chilliwack has more standing supply relative to demand than at any recent point.
What that means if you are buying in Chilliwack right now: you have time, selection and room to negotiate, particularly on anything that has been listed more than a month. What it means if you are selling: the list price is the whole strategy, because a buyer here has six months of alternatives. Nobody can tell you where prices go from here, and this page will not pretend otherwise.
| Measure | Year over year change |
|---|---|
| Composite benchmark, all types | Down 3.6 percent |
| Single family benchmark | Down 3.9 percent |
| Average sale price | Down 4.1 percent |
| Year to date sales | Down 17.7 percent |
Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board August 2026 report, with the sales, inventory and year to date series from CREA board statistics for Chilliwack. The Fraser Valley comparison is from the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board August 2026 release and is a different board. View source CADREB publishes on its own schedule, which is not the Fraser Valley board’s schedule.
Chilliwack, BC
The affordability gap, real acreage, a university campus and a river valley people plan weekends around.
Book a ConsultationThe Affordability Gap
A CADREB single family benchmark of $859,200 against a Fraser Valley detached benchmark of $1,319,600. Different boards, and the reason people move here.
Real Acreage Supply
939 farms inside the district. Acreage here is an ordinary listing rather than a once a season event.
The Vedder River Trail
The Rotary Trail runs the length of the Vedder, with the Cheam Leisure Centre and the mountains at the end of every street.
University of the Fraser Valley
A UFV campus in the city, and one transfer to SkyTrain for the days you have to go west.
Commuting from Chilliwack
Route 66 covers 65 kilometres end to end, with stops at Vedder and Lickman in Chilliwack and McCallum and Highstreet in Abbotsford before reaching Langley and Burnaby. The western terminus moved from Carvolth Exchange in Langley to Lougheed Town Centre SkyTrain Station on 27 March 2022, which put Chilliwack on a single transfer connection to the SkyTrain network. Service runs approximately hourly, with roughly every 20 to 30 minutes at peak. We do not publish an end to end journey time, because none was published in a citable form.
By car. Highway 1 runs along the north of the city, with the Lickman Road interchange as the main access to the Sardis and Vedder side. The drive to Vancouver is long and traffic dependent, and this page will not pretend otherwise. Chilliwack works for people who work locally, work hybrid, or work in Abbotsford and Langley. It does not work well for a daily downtown Vancouver commute.
Local transit. Chilliwack has its own BC Transit system covering the north and south sides of the city. Check current routes and schedules on bctransit.com rather than assuming service to a specific address, because coverage varies considerably between the built up core and the rural edges.
Route 66 stops, length and frequency from BC Transit and the Fraser Valley Express route record. Terminus change from the Fraser Valley Regional District news archive, 2022. Distance to Vancouver from the Chilliwack city entry. View source No published Chilliwack to Vancouver transit journey time exists in a citable form, so none is printed here. Plan your own trip.
Schools serving Chilliwack and their catchments
School District 33 Chilliwack
Serves roughly 15,500 K to 12 students plus about 1,100 pre-K students, with approximately 2,400 permanent and casual teachers and support staff. More than a third of district sites were reported over capacity, including the district’s largest school.
- StudentsAbout 15,500 K to 12
- Secondaries3, all over designed capacity
- Sardis expansion400 seats, announced April 2023
| School | Type | Address | Capacity and notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chilliwack Secondary | Public secondary, grades 9 to 12 | 46363 Yale Road | 1,620 students in December 2025 against a design capacity of 1,200, about 135 percent |
| Sardis Secondary | Public secondary, grades 9 to 12 | 45460 Stevenson Road | About 125 percent of capacity, 400 seat expansion announced April 2023 |
| G.W. Graham Secondary | Public secondary, grades 9 to 12 | 45955 Thomas Road | About 115 percent of capacity |
| University of the Fraser Valley | Post secondary | Canada Education Park, beside Garrison Crossing | The largest post secondary campus in Chilliwack |
We do not publish a Sardis Secondary headcount. Two very different figures circulate for that school and neither could be confirmed against a School District 33 source. The capacity percentage above is the safe measure; the headcount is not.
Why this matters to a buyer. More than a third of School District 33 sites were reported over capacity, including the district’s largest school. In an over capacity district, catchment boundaries move and out of catchment placements get harder. Confirm the current catchment for the exact address with School District 33 before you write an offer conditional on a school.
District size and school details from the School District 33 and individual school entries. Over capacity reporting from Fraser Valley Today, November 2025. Chilliwack Secondary December 2025 enrollment as reported in the same coverage. View source Catchments move in an over capacity district. Confirm by address before you offer.
Buying in Chilliwack, Answered
What buyers ask most before making an offer in Chilliwack, British Columbia.
Still Have Questions? Let's TalkIs Chilliwack cheaper than the rest of the Fraser Valley?
Yes, and by a wide margin on detached homes. Chilliwack’s single family benchmark was $859,200 in August 2026 under its own CADREB board, against a Fraser Valley detached benchmark of $1,319,600 in the same month.
Is Chilliwack a good place to live?
It suits buyers who want detached space, mountain and river access, and a genuinely lower price, and who either work locally, work hybrid, or accept a long drive west. It suits a daily downtown Vancouver commuter much less well. Chilliwack grew 11.2 percent between 2016 and 2021, so a lot of people have made that trade.
What are the best neighbourhoods in Chilliwack for families?
Sardis is the classic family choice for schools and amenities, Promontory offers newer hillside homes with valley views, and Garrison Crossing is walkable and master planned with the Cheam Leisure Centre and the UFV campus alongside.
What is the most affordable area of Chilliwack?
Vedder Crossing is generally the lowest entry point, on and around Keith Wilson Road. We do not print a starting price for it here, because the figure that circulates comes from a neighbourhood guide rather than the board and entry points move. Check it against live listings.
How far is Chilliwack from Vancouver, and can you commute?
About 100 kilometres east on Highway 1. The Fraser Valley Express, BC Transit route 66, connects downtown Chilliwack through Abbotsford and Langley to Lougheed Town Centre SkyTrain Station, roughly hourly and every 20 to 30 minutes at peak. It is a workable hybrid commute and a hard daily one.
Is it a buyer's or a seller's market in Chilliwack?
A buyer’s market. Months of inventory reached 8.5 at the end of August 2026, up from 7.1 a year earlier and above the 5.3 month long run average for August, with sales down 17.6 percent year over year.
Why are Chilliwack prices reported differently from Surrey and Langley prices?
Because Chilliwack has its own real estate board. The Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board covers Chilliwack, Agassiz, Hope, Boston Bar and Harrison, and publishes its own statistics. Surrey, Langley, Abbotsford and Mission BC report through the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board. The two sets of numbers are compiled separately.
Can I buy acreage in Chilliwack?
Yes, and it is one of the few markets in the region with meaningful acreage supply. The city contains 939 farms on roughly 17,322 hectares of farmland. Confirm Agricultural Land Reserve status with the Agricultural Land Commission for any rural parcel before you write, because ALR designation limits what you can build and how the land can be used.
Shawn Kandola, Your Chilliwack Realtor
The Chilliwack decision is almost never about the house. It is about whether the drive, or the hybrid schedule, actually works for your life over ten years. Tell me where you work and how often you have to be there, and you will get an honest answer about whether Chilliwack fits, including the answer that it does not.
Thinking about Chilliwack?
Tell Shawn where you work and how often you have to be there, and you will get an honest answer about whether Chilliwack fits, including the answer that it does not.