Photo: Darren Kirby from Nanaimo, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Core housing need reaches 21% of Beaver County’s households, where Alberta’s towns sit at 8%
Owners valued the median home at $348,000 at the 2021 census, and the average at $400,800. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Alberta; the census value stands in for Beaver County.
What Beaver County’s homes are worth, two ways
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Alberta’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $401K
- Owners
- 1,660
- 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).
Beaver County’s detached houses are assessed 11% below the median of Alberta’s towns
Of Beaver County’s 2,415 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 81% are detached houses.
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.
A town of houses: 90% of the homes in Beaver County stand alone (Alberta’s towns: 64%)
At the 2021 census, Beaver County had 2,180 homes with someone living in them. Half or more were standing by 2000.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Beaver County | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 21% | 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 Beaver County ran at 9.4 homes a year per 1,000, where Alberta’s towns ran at 7.5
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Beaver County created 128 homes, about 21 a year. Houses dominate the permits, at 75% in single-unit buildings (Alberta’s towns: 69%).
A peak in 2018: 25 new homes
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.
Beaver County is cheaper than most of Alberta’s towns: 13% under their $400,000 median
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 Beaver County: Tofield, Camrose and Vegreville
The places around Beaver County at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. The nearest places to Beaver County with figures are 11–44 km away.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver County | $348K | $401K | 90% | |
| Tofield | $256K | $262K | 77% | 10.9 |
| Camrose | $300K | $325K | 66% | 33.7 |
| Camrose County | $380K | $412K | 89% | 37.7 |
| Vegreville | $250K | $258K | 70% | 43.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Beaver County
Is Beaver County expensive for Alberta?
On census values, Beaver County sits among the cheaper 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).