For every 1,000 homes, Bon Accord permitted only 2.7 new ones a year; Alberta’s towns permitted 7.5
Owners valued the median home at $286,000 at the 2021 census, and the average at $300,000. No open sale prices are published in Alberta, so for Bon Accord the census value is the measure. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $262,000.
Two ways to price a home in Bon Accord
Two sources, each set against Alberta’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $300K
- Owners
- 470
- 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).
Bon Accord’s detached houses are assessed 18% below the median of Alberta’s towns
Assessors listed 570 residential properties in Bon Accord for 2024, 89% of them 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.
10% of Bon Accord’s homes need major repairs, against 5% for Alberta’s towns
The 2021 census counted 555 occupied homes in Bon Accord; 86% of them are single-detached houses. Half or more were standing by 1980.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Bon Accord | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 5% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 10% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | under 1% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 11% | 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 Bon Accord peaked in 2018: 3 new homes
Building permits added 9 homes in Bon Accord between 2018 and 2022: some 2 a year. Single-unit buildings took 100% of them, where Alberta’s towns built 69%. Behind monthly permits sits data gathered across the Edmonton metro area, with Bon Accord one part of it.
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
21,179 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, down 15% on the year before
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.
Bon Accord is 29% 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.
Bon Accord’s neighbours by home value
The places around Bon Accord at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bon Accord | $286K | $300K | 85% | |
| Gibbons | $300K | $316K | 88% | 5.4 |
| Sturgeon County | $552K | $652K | 87% | 12.8 |
| Morinville | $348K | $340K | 83% | 15.8 |
| Legal | $300K | $303K | 76% | 17 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Bon Accord
Is Bon Accord expensive for Alberta?
Cheaper than the middle: Alberta’s towns come to $400,000, Bon Accord to less.
How many households in Bon Accord are in core housing need?
11% of Bon Accord’s households, above the 8% of Alberta’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair, with no acceptable one nearby they could afford.
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).