The median price for a 2021 Mercedes-Benz Metris Cargo Van in the Canadian market sits at $29,710. That's your anchor. If someone quotes you a number far above it, they need a reason beyond the badge.
Most of these vans land between $23,692 and $33,734. That's a roughly $10,000 spread, which is wide for a single model year, so condition and history are doing real work on price. A van near the bottom of that band isn't automatically a steal, and one near the top isn't automatically overpriced. Read the specifics before you read the sticker.
Where the value actually lives
Median odometer on these is about 114,900 km. That's a working-van figure, which is what you'd expect from a cargo hauler that earned its keep. Use it as your reference point. A 2021 Metris asking around the median price with mileage well under 114,900 km is a stronger position for you than one at the same price sitting at 150,000-plus.
We've flagged 3 deals on this van in the last 90 days. Not a flood, but enough to say priced-right examples do surface. If you're patient, one under $27,000 with clean history is a realistic target rather than wishful thinking.
So how do you use all this? Treat $23,692 to $33,734 as your negotiating goalposts. Anything above the top of that range needs to justify itself with low kilometres, service records, or genuinely fresh tires and brakes. Below the median, dig into why it's cheap before you celebrate.
Numbers reflect live listings across Canada over the last 90 days, filtered for outliers. Data as of . Prices in CAD.