Since 2001, Chaparral has built 65% of the homes it has today; Alberta’s towns, 24%
Going by owners’ own estimates in 2021, the typical home is worth $500,000, the average one $511,429. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Alberta; the census value stands in for Chaparral. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $525,000. Chaparral doesn’t get its own assessed values, values by property type and building permits figures; the ones here come from the city of Calgary.
Two ways to price a home in Chaparral
Each source sits beside its own median for Alberta’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $511K
- Owners
- 3,800
- 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
In 2024, Calgary had 483,605 residential properties on the roll, detached houses 62% of them and 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.
Chaparral’s homes: when they went up and what they are
The 2021 census counted 4,165 occupied homes in Chaparral; 79% of them are single-detached houses. Neighbourhood figures add up small census areas, and rounding can leave the parts a little under the total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Chaparral | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 12% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 2% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 3% | 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.
26.6 new homes a year per 1,000 in Calgary: more than Alberta’s towns (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.
The busiest year: 2023, with 18,187 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Steady: 26,142 new homes in the year 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.
Chaparral is dearer than most of Alberta’s towns: 25% above their $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 Chaparral: Walden, Legacy and Silverado
The places around Chaparral at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
Questions about property prices in Chaparral
How many households in Chaparral are in core housing need?
3% of Chaparral’s households, under the 8% of Alberta’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
Is Chaparral expensive for Alberta?
Yes: Chaparral’s census median is above the $400,000 of Alberta’s towns.
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).