Home values in Abbeydale run 25% lower than the median of Alberta’s towns
The 2021 census gives $300,000 as the median value; Alberta’s towns come to $400,000. The census figure is the owner’s own reckoning of value in May 2021; actual sale prices may differ. For Abbeydale there is no published sale price, as for every town in Alberta.
What Abbeydale’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. Nobody publishes assessed values, values by property type and building permits for Abbeydale alone, so this card uses the figure for the city of Calgary.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $277K
- Owners
- 1,750
- 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, Calgary’s houses sit 88% above Alberta’s towns
Assessors listed 483,605 residential properties in Calgary for 2024, 62% of them detached houses and 18% condos.
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.
How Abbeydale’s homes break down, by age and kind
Of the 2,295 homes people lived in across Abbeydale at the 2021 census, 57% were single-detached houses. Half or more were standing by 1980. Summed from small census areas, a neighbourhood’s parts may add up to a little less than its total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Abbeydale | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 5% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 8% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 10% | 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 Calgary ran at 26.6 homes a year per 1,000, where Alberta’s towns ran at 7.5
Calgary issued permits for 77,275 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 12,879 a year. Single-unit buildings took 26%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 69% for Alberta’s towns.
A peak in 2023: 18,187 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Level with the year before: 26,142 new homes to August 2026
Area-wide: monthly permits, counted over the Calgary 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.
Abbeydale is cheaper than most of Alberta’s towns: 25% under their $400,000 median
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.
Cheaper next to Abbeydale: Penbrooke Meadows
The places around Abbeydale at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbeydale | $300K | $277K | 77% | |
| Applewood Park | $352K | $359K | 61% | 1.4 |
| Marlborough Park | $348K | $327K | 75% | 1.6 |
| Penbrooke Meadows | $250K | $247K | 64% | 2.1 |
| Pineridge | $348K | $319K | 66% | 2.3 |
| Monterey Park | $380K | $383K | 82% | 2.8 |
| Marlborough | $348K | $355K | 65% | 3.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Abbeydale
Is Abbeydale expensive for Alberta?
No: Abbeydale’s census median is below the $400,000 of Alberta’s towns.
How many households in Abbeydale are in core housing need?
About as many as elsewhere: 10% of households in Abbeydale, where Alberta’s towns sit at 8%.
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).