Photo: Daniel from Glasgow, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0Brentwood sits 44% above Alberta’s towns on home values
The 2021 census gives $576,000 as the median value; Alberta’s towns come to $400,000. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Alberta, so nothing here says what Brentwood’s homes actually sold for. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $525,000. For assessed values, values by property type and building permits, the only official count covers all of the city of Calgary, Brentwood included.
What Brentwood’s homes are worth, two ways
Two sources, each set against Alberta’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. The census figure is the owner’s own reckoning of value in May 2021; actual sale prices may differ.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $587K
- Owners
- 1,780
- 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.
More condos than most: 26% of the homes in Brentwood (Alberta’s towns: 15%)
3,160 occupied homes stood in Brentwood in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 62% of them. At least half predate 1981. 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
| Brentwood | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 26% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 7% | 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.
Calgary permitted 26.6 new homes a year per 1,000, above the 7.5 of Alberta’s towns
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Calgary created 77,275 homes, about 12,879 a year. About 26% went into single-unit buildings, where Alberta’s towns built 69%.
Most 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
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. · Not measured by town: monthly permits (the Calgary metro area)
Brentwood is 44% 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 Brentwood: Dalhousie
The places around Brentwood at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brentwood | $576K | $587K | 57% | |
| Charleswood | $600K | $709K | 75% | 1.6 |
| Varsity | $600K | $648K | 63% | 2 |
| Dalhousie | $528K | $492K | 64% | 2.3 |
| University Heights | $755K | $817K | 29% | 2.6 |
| Banff Trail | $650K | $682K | 42% | 2.7 |
| Capitol Hill | $604K | $658K | 49% | 3.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Brentwood
Is Brentwood expensive for Alberta?
Above the norm for Alberta’s towns, whose median home is worth $400,000; Brentwood’s is worth more.
How many households in Brentwood are in core housing need?
In line with Alberta’s towns (8%): 7% in Brentwood, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
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).