Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Homes in Bassano are worth 50% less than the median of Alberta’s towns
At the 2021 census the median home was worth $200,000, where Alberta’s towns sit at $400,000. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021. There is no public record of sale prices in Alberta, which leaves the census value as the guide for Bassano.
What Bassano’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
- $202K
- Owners
- 405
- Alberta’s towns
- $400K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential
- Houses
- $182K
- Properties
- 520
- 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).
Major repairs needed: 9% of the homes in Bassano, where Alberta’s towns have 5%
540 occupied homes stood in Bassano in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 79% of them. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Bassano | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 6% | 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.
Building behind Alberta’s towns: 0.6 new homes a year per 1,000 in Bassano, against 7.5
Building permits added 1 homes in Bassano between 2020 and 2023: some 0 a year. Apartments and other multi-unit buildings dominate: only under 1% were single-unit, against 69% for Alberta’s towns.
A peak in 2022: 1 new homes
A year with no report is left out.
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
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.
Bassano is cheaper than most of Alberta’s towns: 50% under their $400,000 median
The census values of Alberta’s towns, 478 of them with 2,500+ people, from dearest to cheapest.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Home values around Bassano
Next to Bassano: 2021 census values and the share of owners. The nearest places to Bassano with figures are 40–47 km away.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bassano | $200K | $202K | 75% | |
| Duchess | $260K | $268K | 86% | 39.6 |
| Newell County | $348K | $383K | 84% | 42.9 |
| Brooks | $266K | $270K | 65% | 47.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Bassano
Is Bassano expensive for Alberta?
Less than most: Alberta’s towns have a median of $400,000, and Bassano sits below it.
How many households in Bassano are in core housing need?
Below the norm for Alberta’s towns (8%): 6% in Bassano, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
What are houses and condos assessed at in Bassano?
The 2024 roll puts the median house at $182,000.
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).