Photo: Fakewindow · CC BY-SA 4.0The middle home in Deer Run is valued at $400,000
The census of 2021 asked 1,235 owner households what their home was worth. Sale prices aren’t published in Alberta: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Deer Run. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $525,000. Figures for assessed values, values by property type and building permits are published for the city of Calgary as a whole, not for Deer Run alone.
Deer Run’s homes, by two sources
Each source sits beside its own median for Alberta’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $427K
- Owners
- 1,235
- 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
Of Calgary’s 483,605 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 62% are detached houses and 18% are 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.
Deer Run’s homes: when they went up and what they are
The 2021 census counted 1,450 occupied homes in Deer Run; 78% of them are single-detached houses. At least half predate 1981. A neighbourhood’s counts are summed from small census areas, so its parts can fall a little short of the whole.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Deer Run | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 10% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 3% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 6% | 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)
Calgary issued permits for 77,275 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 12,879 a 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
Measured across the Calgary metro area: monthly permits
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.
Deer Run sits close to 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 Deer Run: McKenzie Towne
The places around Deer Run at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Run | $400K | $427K | 85% | |
| Deer Ridge | $400K | $392K | 72% | 0.8 |
| Parkland | $624K | $645K | 93% | 1.5 |
| McKenzie Lake | $536K | $540K | 90% | 1.7 |
| Queensland | $400K | $404K | 81% | 2.3 |
| Douglasdale/Glen | $500K | $521K | 87% | 2.9 |
| McKenzie Towne | $376K | $401K | 78% | 3.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Deer Run
How many households in Deer Run are in core housing need?
Fewer than most: 6% of households in Deer Run, where Alberta’s towns sit at 8%.
Is Deer Run expensive for Alberta?
About average: Deer Run’s census median is close to 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).