Photo: WinterE229 WinterforceMedia · Public domainBeaumont builds fast: 40.5 new homes a year per 1,000, against 7.5 for Alberta’s towns
A median of $448,000 and a mean of $458,800: that is how owners valued their homes in 2021. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since. No open sale prices are published in Alberta, so for Beaumont the census value is the measure.
Beaumont’s homes, by two sources
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Alberta’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $459K
- Owners
- 6,035
- 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).
A detached house in Beaumont is assessed 54% higher than across Alberta’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 7,310 homes in Beaumont, detached houses 82% of them.
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.
66% of Beaumont’s homes are from 2001 or later, against 24% for Alberta’s towns
At the 2021 census, 80% of Beaumont’s 6,950 occupied homes were single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Beaumont | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 6% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 2% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 5% | 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.
Permits in Beaumont peaked in 2023: 430 new homes
Some 262 homes a year: 1,571 in all were permitted in Beaumont from 2018 to 2023. Most were houses: 57% went into single-unit buildings, against 69% for Alberta’s towns.
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Down 15%: 21,179 new homes in the year to August 2026
Source area for monthly permits: the Edmonton metro area
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.
Beaumont is 12% above the $400,000 median of Alberta’s towns
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 Beaumont: The Orchards At Ellerslie, Walker and Charlesworth
The places around Beaumont at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumont | $448K | $459K | 87% | |
| The Orchards At Ellerslie | $384K | $420K | 87% | 6.4 |
| Summerside | $428K | $488K | 79% | 7.5 |
| Walker | $412K | $419K | 76% | 7.6 |
| Charlesworth | $392K | $408K | 74% | 8.3 |
| Ellerslie | $348K | $351K | 72% | 8.7 |
| Callaghan | $448K | $499K | 54% | 9.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Beaumont
How many households in Beaumont are in core housing need?
5% of Beaumont’s households, under the 8% of Alberta’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
Is Beaumont expensive for Alberta?
On census values, Beaumont ranks among the dearer of Alberta’s towns (median $400,000).
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).