Photo: Tiado · CC BY-SA 3.0Homes in Douglasdale/Glen are worth 25% more than the median of Alberta’s towns
At the 2021 census the median home was worth $500,000, where Alberta’s towns sit at $400,000. No open sale prices are published in Alberta, so for Douglasdale/Glen the census value is the measure. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $525,000. Douglasdale/Glen doesn’t get its own assessed values, values by property type and building permits figures; the ones here come from the city of Calgary.
Douglasdale/Glen’s homes, by two sources
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Alberta’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $521K
- Owners
- 4,405
- 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.
Douglasdale/Glen’s homes: when they went up and what they are
At the 2021 census, 78% of Douglasdale/Glen’s 5,055 occupied homes were single-detached houses. At least half predate 2001. 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
| Douglasdale/Glen | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 16% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 2% | 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
Building permits added 77,275 homes in Calgary between 2018 and 2023: some 12,879 a year. About 26% went into single-unit buildings, where Alberta’s towns built 69%.
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
Monthly permits for 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.
Douglasdale/Glen is 25% 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 Douglasdale/Glen: Queensland, Deer Ridge and Deer Run
Next to Douglasdale/Glen: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglasdale/Glen | $500K | $521K | 87% | |
| Queensland | $400K | $404K | 81% | 1.8 |
| Deer Ridge | $400K | $392K | 72% | 2.6 |
| Deer Run | $400K | $427K | 85% | 2.9 |
| Riverbend | $448K | $448K | 89% | 3.3 |
| Lake Bonavista | $600K | $710K | 88% | 3.3 |
| McKenzie Lake | $536K | $540K | 90% | 3.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Douglasdale/Glen
How many households in Douglasdale/Glen are in core housing need?
Below the norm for Alberta’s towns (8%): 2% in Douglasdale/Glen, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Is Douglasdale/Glen expensive for Alberta?
On census values, Douglasdale/Glen ranks among the dearer of Alberta’s towns (median $400,000).
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).