Photo: jockrutherford from Owen Sound, ON · CC BY-SA 2.0Altadore’s home values run 2.2 times those of the middle of Alberta’s towns
Owners put the median home at $860,000 at the 2021 census; for Alberta’s towns the median is $400,000. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021. For Altadore there is no published sale price, as for every town in Alberta.
What Altadore’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
- $940K
- Owners
- 2,225
- 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). · Assessed values, values by property type and building permits published for the city of Calgary, not by town
Houses in Calgary carry assessments 88% over the middle of Alberta’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 483,605 homes in Calgary: detached houses make 62% of them, condos 18%.
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.
58% of Altadore’s homes are from 2001 or later, against 24% for Alberta’s towns
The 2021 census counted 3,155 occupied homes in Altadore; 42% of them are single-detached houses. 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
| Altadore | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 19% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 3% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 4% | 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.
Building ahead of Alberta’s towns: 26.6 new homes a year per 1,000 in Calgary, against 7.5
Over 2018–2023, 77,275 homes were permitted in Calgary, close to 12,879 each year. The mix: 26% in single-unit buildings, beside 69% for Alberta’s towns.
A peak in 2023: 18,187 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Steady: 26,142 new homes in the year to August 2026
The monthly permits numbers here cover 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.
Altadore is 115% above 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.
Cheaper next to Altadore: Garrison Woods, South Calgary and Richmond
Next to Altadore: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altadore | $860K | $940K | 70% | |
| Garrison Woods | $600K | $631K | 77% | 0.7 |
| South Calgary | $700K | $729K | 51% | 1.2 |
| Richmond | $690K | $660K | 62% | 1.4 |
| Elbow Park | $1.51M | $1.73M | 89% | 1.8 |
| Bankview | $348K | $472K | 31% | 1.8 |
| Upper Mount Royal | $1.3M | $1.75M | 73% | 2.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Altadore
Is Altadore expensive for Alberta?
On census values, Altadore ranks among the dearer of Alberta’s towns (median $400,000).
How many households in Altadore are in core housing need?
Fewer than most: 4% of households in Altadore, 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).