Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainSince 2001, Evergreen has built 84% of the homes it has today; Alberta’s towns, 24%
Asked in 2021, owners gave a median value of $500,000; averaged, their homes came to $486,762. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Alberta, so nothing here says what Evergreen’s homes actually sold for.
What Evergreen’s homes are worth, two ways
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Alberta’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $487K
- Owners
- 5,580
- 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). · Area-wide: assessed values, values by property type and building permits, counted over the city of Calgary
Houses in Calgary carry assessments 88% over the middle of 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.
How Evergreen’s homes break down, by age and kind
At the 2021 census, 78% of Evergreen’s 6,455 occupied homes were single-detached houses. 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
| Evergreen | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 18% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 2% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 5% | 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. About 26% went into single-unit buildings, where Alberta’s towns built 69%.
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
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.
Evergreen 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 Evergreen: Millrise, Bridlewood and Shawnessy
The places around Evergreen at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen | $500K | $487K | 86% | |
| Millrise | $412K | $394K | 77% | 2 |
| Bridlewood | $400K | $392K | 82% | 2.1 |
| Fish Creek Park | $600K | $624K | 86% | 2.2 |
| Shawnessy | $420K | $415K | 83% | 2.6 |
| Somerset | $428K | $391K | 76% | 2.9 |
| Woodbine | $480K | $474K | 90% | 2.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Evergreen
How many households in Evergreen are in core housing need?
In Evergreen, 6% of households are in core housing need, against 8% for Alberta’s towns: those whose home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, with nothing suitable nearby under 30% of their income.
Is Evergreen expensive for Alberta?
Dearer than the middle: Alberta’s towns come to $400,000, Evergreen to more.
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).