Photo: Ken Eckert · CC BY-SA 4.0A home in Bentley is worth 45% less than the middle of Alberta’s towns
Owners valued the median home at $220,000 in 2021, where the median of Alberta’s towns was $400,000. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Alberta, so nothing here says what Bentley’s homes actually sold for. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $228,000.
Bentley’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. The census asks owners what their home would sell for, so the values are estimates from May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $218K
- Owners
- 360
- 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, Bentley’s houses sit 24% below Alberta’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 410 homes in Bentley, detached houses 85% 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.
Before 1961: 29% of the homes in Bentley, where Alberta’s towns have 5%
At the 2021 census, 75% of Bentley’s 455 occupied homes were single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Bentley | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 15% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 18% | 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 Bentley ran at 3.7 homes a year per 1,000, where Alberta’s towns ran at 7.5
Some 2 homes a year: 5 in all were permitted in Bentley from 2020 to 2023. Single-unit buildings took 20%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 69% for Alberta’s towns.
The busiest year: 2023, with 3 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.
Bentley is 45% below the $400,000 median of Alberta’s towns
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 Bentley
Next to Bentley: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bentley | $220K | $218K | 80% | |
| Lacombe County | $448K | $526K | 86% | 17.8 |
| Sylvan Lake | $352K | $376K | 68% | 18.5 |
| Blackfalds | $332K | $337K | 78% | 19.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Bentley
Is Bentley expensive for Alberta?
Below the norm for Alberta’s towns, whose median home is worth $400,000; Bentley’s is worth less.
How many households in Bentley are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 18% of Bentley’s households in core housing need, a higher share than the 8% 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).