Photo: formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0Airdrie is adding housing quickly, at 36.3 new homes a year per 1,000 (Alberta’s towns: 7.5)
Asked in 2021, owners gave a median value of $400,000; averaged, their homes came to $418,400. Owners gave those values at the May 2021 census; they are estimates, and older than today’s prices. No sales are published for towns in Alberta, Airdrie included, so owners’ values are the measure.
What Airdrie’s homes are worth, two ways
Each source sits beside its own median for Alberta’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $418K
- Owners
- 20,850
- Alberta’s towns
- $400K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential
- Alberta’s towns
- $297K
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).
On the assessment roll, Airdrie’s houses sit 67% above Alberta’s towns
Detached houses account for 76% of the 27,760 properties on Airdrie’s 2024 roll; condos for 12%.
Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Canadian Housing Statistics Program, table 46-10-0093 (2024): residential properties on the assessment roll, vacant land left out. The ticks are the median of Alberta’s towns with their own figure; assessments compare within a province only.
73% of Airdrie’s homes are from 2001 or later, against 24% for Alberta’s towns
26,295 occupied homes stood in Airdrie in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 65% of them.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Airdrie | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 21% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 2% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 8% | 8% | 7% |
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada): occupied private dwellings; core housing need as Statistics Canada defines it. Ticks and columns are medians of the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more.
The peak came in 2023, when Airdrie permitted 1,319 new homes
Over 2018–2023, 5,478 homes were permitted in Airdrie, close to 913 each year. The mix: 48% in single-unit buildings, beside 69% for Alberta’s towns. For monthly permits, the only official count covers all of the Calgary metro area, Airdrie included.
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Steady: 26,142 new homes in the year to August 2026
Statistics Canada, tables 46-10-0087 (building permits by census subdivision, 2018–2023: dwelling units created, new construction and conversions) and 34-10-0292 (monthly, metro areas). Per 1,000: units a year over 2019–2023 against occupied homes in 2021.
Airdrie sits near the middle of Alberta’s towns ($400,000)
478 of Alberta’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Lower values near Airdrie: Country Hills Village
The places around Airdrie at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airdrie | $400K | $418K | 79% | |
| Livingston | $500K | $487K | 88% | 10.8 |
| Carrington | $468K | $512K | 90% | 11.8 |
| Coventry Hills | $400K | $413K | 83% | 12.7 |
| Redstone | $428K | $442K | 87% | 13.3 |
| Country Hills Village | $260K | $268K | 65% | 13.5 |
| Evanston | $476K | $484K | 88% | 13.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Airdrie
How many households in Airdrie are in core housing need?
In Airdrie, 8% of households are in core housing need, close to the 8% of Alberta’s towns: those whose home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, with nothing suitable nearby under 30% of their income.
Is Airdrie expensive for Alberta?
About average: Airdrie’s census median is close to the $400,000 of Alberta’s towns.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program · Statistics Canada, building permits (tables 46-10-0087 and 34-10-0292). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).