City of Delta
TsawwassenBritish Columbia
Southwest Delta community at the BC Ferries terminus: established detached and townhouse, Tsawwassen Mills shopping centre, and the BC Ferries Tsawwassen Terminal for Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands.
Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement in effect (BC Treaty Commission)
Inaugural Swartz Bay sailing; ~2.3M m³ of fill built the artificial-island terminal
1.2M sq ft outlet mall on TFN land; 284,000 shoppers in first six days (Ivanhoé Cambridge)
Largest raised peat bog on the West Coast of the Americas; conservancy area established 2004 (~2,024 ha, 5,000 acres protected then)
The market in Tsawwassen
Market snapshot · October 2026
Tsawwassen · HPI Benchmark
Benchmark price
$1.10M
Month over month
-0.8%
Year over year
-1.4%
Sales (month)
36
Detached, townhouse and apartment only
Active listings
255
Detached, townhouse and apartment only
Months of inventory
8.2
Active listings divided by average monthly sales over the past 12 months, so it will not equal this month’s active listings divided by this month’s sales.
Greater Vancouver REALTORS® composite Home Price Index (HPI), the industry-standard measure of typical home value, adjusted for property mix. Sales were 14.1% of active listings in the month, a balanced market by board convention. Boards call under 12% a buyers’ market and over 20% a sellers’ market.
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Source: Greater Vancouver REALTORS®. The benchmark is the composite index; sales and active listings count detached, townhouse and apartment homes only. HPI benchmarks are aggregate measures; specific properties may transact above or below.
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A in Tsawwassen, bought in 2019
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Overview
Tsawwassen is one of three communities inside the City of Delta (the others being Ladner and North Delta), at the southwest corner of Delta, south of the Fraser River. The community is anchored by the BC Ferries Tsawwassen Terminal (the principal Lower Mainland ferry terminal for Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands), Tsawwassen Mills shopping centre, and the adjacent Tsawwassen First Nation lands (the urban-treaty First Nation lands resulting from the Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement, in effect 2009).
The BC Ferries Tsawwassen Terminal is on a causeway west of the peninsula. OpenStreetMap shows BC Ferries routes from it to Swartz Bay, Duke Point and Mayne Island via Galiano Island.
The Tsawwassen First Nation lands include the Tsawwassen Mills shopping centre (Ivanhoé Cambridge, opened October 2016) and Tsawwassen Commons.
For schools, South Delta Secondary (750 53 Street) is the secondary school for the whole peninsula on the district's map. Five elementary catchments cover it: English Bluff on the west shore, Pebble Hill in the south-central block, Cliff Drive in the north-west, Beach Grove in the north-east, and South Park across the central and eastern block, including Boundary Bay Road. The district's maps were uploaded in July 2017, so confirm any address with the district's school locator.
Boundary Bay Regional Park (Metro Vancouver Parks) sits along the southern edge of Tsawwassen and adjacent Ladner: intertidal mudflats, off-leash beach, the 17 km Boundary Bay Dyke Trail, and the Pacific Flyway bird-sanctuary corridor. Centennial Beach is the principal Tsawwassen waterfront access point. The combination of Boundary Bay amenity, Tsawwassen Mills, and BC Ferries terminal makes Tsawwassen one of the more distinctly amenity-rich Delta communities.
By transit, Tsawwassen is not directly served by SkyTrain. OpenStreetMap lists a TransLink route 620 to the Tsawwassen ferry terminal; check TransLink for its current times. By car, from the centre of Tsawwassen near 56 Street and 12 Avenue, downtown Vancouver is 32.8 km, about 40 minutes with no traffic, and the ferry terminal is 8.0 km, about 11 minutes (OpenStreetMap routing engine, measured October 16, 2026). The Province's Highway 99 Tunnel Program website says the new tunnel replacing the Massey Tunnel will open in 2031.
Bill 44 applies: Delta adopted compliant zoning bylaws ahead of the June 30, 2024 provincial deadline. Tsawwassen First Nation lands are governed by separate Tsawwassen First Nation Land Use Plan and bylaw structure under the TFN Final Agreement; verify the specific parcel's jurisdiction before underwriting any redevelopment optionality.
What you get living here
The things that don't show up in a listing — the standing rituals and quiet anchors that make Tsawwassen feel like a place rather than a postal code.
The Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement took effect April 3, 2009
The Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement came into force on April 3, 2009 (BC Treaty Commission). The First Nation governs its own lands and makes its own laws.
BC Treaty Commission · Tsawwassen First Nation
Tsawwassen has been the gateway to Vancouver Island since June 15, 1960
BC Ferries' Tsawwassen Terminal opened with the inaugural Swartz Bay sailing, built on an artificial island connected to the mainland by a causeway using an estimated 2.3 million cubic metres of fill. Highway 17 was built specifically to feed it.
Delta Optimist: 60th anniversary photos
Tsawwassen Mills opened October 5, 2016, and that's the whole point of the treaty
Developed by Ivanhoé Cambridge on TFN treaty land, Tsawwassen Mills drew 284,000 shoppers in its first six days. Without the 2009 treaty there's no Mills, no Tsawwassen Commons across the street, and no commercial tax base flowing to TFN.
Province of BC 2016 release · Ivanhoé Cambridge
The peninsula's western edge is on the Pacific Flyway
The George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary on Westham Island has been managed by the BC Waterfowl Society since 1963 under a long-term lease from the Reifel family; in 1972 the federal government acquired the adjacent land as the Alaksen National Wildlife Area. Boundary Bay itself is an internationally designated Important Bird Area.
Reifel Bird Sanctuary · Environment Canada · Metro Vancouver
The 2,359-hectare (5,800-acre) Ecological Conservancy is the largest undeveloped urban landmass on the West Coast of the Americas
The Burns Bog Ecological Conservancy Area was established in 2004, when four levels of government protected roughly 2,024 hectares (5,000 acres) at its core; the conservancy now spans about 2,359 hectares (5,800 acres). It's the largest raised peat bog on the West Coast of the Americas, and the reason the drive south from Highway 17 feels like leaving the city.
City of Delta · Burns Bog Conservation Society
Inside Tsawwassen
Tsawwassen reads as one neighbourhood from a distance, but on the ground the housing fabric is layered. Each piece has its own rules, its own inventory, and its own buyer.
Town Centre
The commercial centre around 56 Street and 12 Avenue: the Town Centre Mall, the library, the arts centre and Winskill Park. Delta's 2024 Official Community Plan update names Tsawwassen (56 Street) as one of four growth areas.
Read more →West shore and south
English Bluff Road and Tsawwassen Beach Road along the Strait of Georgia, with English Bluff Elementary on the west shore and Pebble Hill Elementary in the south-central block.
Read more →North-west
The Cliff Drive Elementary block, from Highway 17 south to roughly 8A Avenue, including Springs Boulevard and the Tsawwassen Springs golf course.
Read more →East
Beach Grove in the north-east, then Boundary Bay Regional Park and Centennial Beach along the bay. The central and eastern block, including Boundary Bay Road, is the South Park Elementary catchment.
Read more →Tsawwassen First Nation lands
North of Highway 17: Tsawwassen Mills (Ivanhoé Cambridge, October 2016) and Tsawwassen Commons. The Final Agreement took effect April 3, 2009, and the First Nation makes its own laws for its lands.
Read more →Schools
South Delta Secondary (750 53 Street) is the secondary school for the whole peninsula on the district's map. Five elementary catchments cover it: English Bluff, Pebble Hill, Cliff Drive, Beach Grove and South Park.
The district's maps were uploaded in July 2017. Confirm the specific address with the district's school locator.
Daily life
Tsawwassen Mills shopping centre (Ivanhoé Cambridge, opened October 2016, on TFN lands) is the principal retail anchor: large-format shopping, outlet retail and restaurants. Tsawwassen Commons (also TFN lands) adds adjacent retail.
Boundary Bay Regional Park and Centennial Beach at the southern edge: Metro Vancouver Regional Park amenity, off-leash beach, the 17 km Boundary Bay Dyke Trail, the Pacific Flyway bird-sanctuary corridor. The combination of BC Ferries terminal, Tsawwassen Mills, Boundary Bay amenity, and TFN lands makes Tsawwassen distinctly amenity-rich vs. the rest of Delta.
Commute math
By car from the centre of Tsawwassen, downtown Vancouver is 32.8 km, about 40 minutes with no traffic, and the ferry terminal is 8.0 km, about 11 minutes (OpenStreetMap routing engine, measured October 16, 2026). OpenStreetMap lists a TransLink route 620 to the ferry terminal.
OpenStreetMap shows BC Ferries routes from the terminal to Swartz Bay, Duke Point and Mayne Island via Galiano Island. The Province's Highway 99 Tunnel Program website says the new tunnel replacing the Massey Tunnel will open in 2031.
Property types
- Detached homes
- Townhouses and condos
- Homes around the Tsawwassen Springs golf course
- Tsawwassen First Nation lands (separate jurisdiction)
- Boundary Bay and Centennial Beach waterfront-edge inventory
Compare Tsawwassen to nearby
Ladner →
The northern Delta community south of the Fraser: Ladner trades Tsawwassen's BC Ferries terminal, Tsawwassen Mills, and TFN lands for the 1868 heritage village core, surrounding ALR farmland, and the Reifel migratory bird sanctuary. Same Massey Tunnel commute.
Lower Mainland (regional) →
The broader regional context: Tsawwassen sits at the southwest corner of the City of Delta. Pricing correlates with Ladner, the south-of-Fraser Delta, and Surrey Highway 99 corridor more than with Vancouver Westside or Fraser Valley markets.
Frequently asked
A few of the questions that come up most often about Tsawwassen.
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What are the Tsawwassen First Nation lands?
How does the Massey Tunnel commute work from Tsawwassen?
What's Boundary Bay Regional Park's impact on Tsawwassen?
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