Photo: Grant Berg · CC BY-SA 3.0Owners in Birch Hills County value their homes 50% below the median of Alberta’s towns
Owners valued the median home at $200,000 in 2021, where the median of Alberta’s towns was $400,000. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices. What homes sold for in Birch Hills County isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Alberta.
What Birch Hills 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
- $208K
- Owners
- 280
- 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).
Houses in Birch Hills County carry assessments 70% under the middle of Alberta’s towns
Of Birch Hills County’s 565 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.
Core housing need: 16% of Birch Hills County’s households, where Alberta’s towns sit at 8%
Birch Hills County had 485 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 81% of them single-detached houses. The older half dates from before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Birch Hills County | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 16% | 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 Birch Hills County ran at 12.8 homes a year per 1,000, where Alberta’s towns ran at 7.5
Building permits added 41 homes in Birch Hills County between 2018 and 2023: some 7 a year. About 42% went into single-unit buildings, where Alberta’s towns built 69%.
A peak in 2023: 21 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.
Birch Hills County is 50% below 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.
Birch Hills County’s neighbours by home value
Next to Birch Hills County: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Birch Hills County has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 37–49 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birch Hills County | $200K | $208K | 84% | |
| Fairview | $200K | $224K | 75% | 36.9 |
| Fairview No. 136 | $274K | $310K | 80% | 36.9 |
| Smoky River No. 130 | $250K | $313K | 87% | 47.3 |
| Grimshaw | $226K | $228K | 70% | 48.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Birch Hills County
Is Birch Hills County expensive for Alberta?
Less than most: Alberta’s towns have a median of $400,000, and Birch Hills County sits below it.
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).