Photo: Thank you for visiting my page from Canada · CC BY 2.0Apartments make up 96% of the homes in Eau Claire, where Alberta’s towns have 14%
The 2021 census put the median home at $628,000, with an average of $771,030. The census asks owners what their home would sell for, so the values are estimates from May 2021. There is no public record of sale prices in Alberta, which leaves the census value as the guide for Eau Claire.
Eau Claire’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.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $771K
- Owners
- 990
- 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). · Assessed values, values by property type and building permits: one figure for all of the city of Calgary
Houses in Calgary carry assessments 88% over the middle of Alberta’s towns
Detached houses account for 62% of the 483,605 properties on Calgary’s 2024 roll; condos for 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.
86% of Eau Claire’s homes are condos, where Alberta’s towns have 15%
Eau Claire had 2,210 occupied homes at the 2021 census. More than half have been built since 2001. 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
| Eau Claire | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 86% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 3% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 12% | 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
Calgary issued permits for 77,275 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 12,879 a year. 26% were single-unit buildings and the rest multi-unit ones, against 69% for Alberta’s towns.
The busiest year: 2023, with 18,187 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Level with the year before: 26,142 new homes 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.
Eau Claire is dearer than most of Alberta’s towns: 57% 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 Eau Claire: Downtown Commercial Core, Sunnyside and Crescent Heights
The places around Eau Claire at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eau Claire | $628K | $771K | 45% | |
| Downtown Commercial Core | $240K | $326K | 9% | 0.5 |
| Sunnyside | $572K | $580K | 29% | 0.7 |
| Crescent Heights | $552K | $580K | 40% | 1.2 |
| Rosedale | $900K | $1.06M | 63% | 1.3 |
| Downtown West End | $400K | $392K | 36% | 1.4 |
| Beltline | $324K | $354K | 26% | 1.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Eau Claire
Is Eau Claire expensive for Alberta?
More than most: Alberta’s towns have a median of $400,000, and Eau Claire sits above it.
How many households in Eau Claire are in core housing need?
Above the norm for Alberta’s towns (8%): 12% in Eau Claire, 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).