Chilliwack housing market
Why dates differ: Statistics Canada publishes metro population estimates once a year (latest: July 1, 2025), and CMHC's Rental Market Survey runs once a year in October (latest: October 2025 survey). Construction and new-home price figures are monthly, so their dates are more recent. Each figure shows its own reference period and is the latest published.
Key indicators
Dwelling units permitted (last 12 months)
735units
+21.7% vs prior 12 months
Sep 2026 · Statistics Canada
Average rent, 2-bedroom
$1,523
+8.7% vs prior year
October 2025 survey · CMHC
Purpose-built rentals (row and apartment, 3+ units); annual October survey.
Asking rent, 2-bedroom apartment
$1,760
−0.6% vs 12 months earlier
Apr 1, 2026 · Statistics Canada
Experimental estimate from new listings; not what sitting tenants pay.
Population
130,283persons
+2.6% vs one year earlier
July 1, 2025 · Statistics Canada
Analysis
Chilliwack housing market analysis
Population and housing need
Chilliwack's population was estimated at 130,283 (July 1, 2025), growing 2.6% over the year.
Rental market
The average two-bedroom rent across all purpose-built units was $1,523 a month, up 8.7% year over year.
Advertised two-bedroom rents averaged $1,760, down 0.6% year over year.
Borrowing costs
Borrowers who took out a new uninsured mortgage in Aug 2026 paid an average of 4.58% on fixed terms of five years or more and 3.90% on variable rates, according to the Bank of Canada. The five-year-plus fixed average is up 0.3 percentage points from a year earlier.
Variable rates sit 0.68 points below long fixed terms, so borrowers are paying a premium for payment certainty.
The Bank of Canada's policy rate is 2.50% and the banks' prime rate is 4.70%. Variable-rate mortgages are priced off prime, so they move when the policy rate changes; fixed rates follow Government of Canada bond yields, with the 5-year yield at 3.53%.
Written from the latest official figures and refreshed whenever new data are released. It describes current conditions; it is not a forecast.
Trends
2021-10 to 2026-09. Latest: 17 (Sep 2026).
2005 to 2025. Latest: 1,523 (October 2025 survey).
Sources
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Canada Housing Market Data, "Chilliwack housing market indicators", based on Statistics Canada and CMHC data, updated 2026-11-14. https://canadahousingmarketdata.ca/housing/chilliwack
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