98% of Carrington’s homes have been built since 2001, against 24% for Alberta’s towns
By the 2021 census, half of owned homes were worth more than $468,000; the average was $512,000. Those values come from owners at the 2021 census and predate the prices of the years since. What homes sold for in Carrington isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Alberta.
What Carrington’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. Behind assessed values, values by property type and building permits sits data gathered across the city of Calgary, with Carrington one part of it.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $512K
- Owners
- 840
- 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).
A detached house in Calgary is assessed 88% higher than across 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.
86% of Carrington’s homes are detached houses, where Alberta’s towns have 64%
At the 2021 census, Carrington had 925 homes with someone living in them. 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
| Carrington | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 5% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | under 1% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 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.
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. About 26% went into single-unit buildings, where Alberta’s towns built 69%. Nobody publishes monthly permits for Carrington alone, so this card uses the figure for the Calgary metro area.
Most 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
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.
Carrington against Alberta’s towns: 17% over the $400,000 median
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.
Lower values near Carrington: Coventry Hills, Country Hills Village and Country Hills
The places around Carrington at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrington | $468K | $512K | 90% | |
| Livingston | $500K | $487K | 88% | 1.3 |
| Panorama Hills | $520K | $516K | 78% | 2.4 |
| Evanston | $476K | $484K | 88% | 2.4 |
| Coventry Hills | $400K | $413K | 83% | 2.7 |
| Country Hills Village | $260K | $268K | 65% | 3 |
| Country Hills | $372K | $402K | 85% | 3.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Carrington
How many households in Carrington are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 4% of Carrington’s households in core housing need, a smaller share than the 8% of Alberta’s towns.
Is Carrington expensive for Alberta?
More than most: Alberta’s towns have a median of $400,000, and Carrington sits above 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).