Glenbrook’s housing is older than most: 34% dates from before 1961 (Alberta’s towns: 5%)
Census values for 2021: a median of $524,000 and an average of $506,814. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Alberta, so nothing here says what Glenbrook’s homes actually sold for.
Two ways to price a home in Glenbrook
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Alberta’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $507K
- Owners
- 2,530
- 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). · Measured across the city of Calgary: assessed values, values by property type and building permits
Calgary’s detached houses are assessed 88% above the median of 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.
More need than most: 13% of households in Glenbrook (Alberta’s towns: 8%)
Of the 4,235 homes people lived in across Glenbrook at the 2021 census, 39% were 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
| Glenbrook | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 22% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 6% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 13% | 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
Some 12,879 homes a year: 77,275 in all were permitted in Calgary from 2018 to 2023. About 26% went into single-unit buildings, where Alberta’s towns built 69%.
Most 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
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. · Monthly permits: the Calgary metro area
Glenbrook against Alberta’s towns: 31% over the $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 Glenbrook: Glamorgan
Next to Glenbrook: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenbrook | $524K | $507K | 60% | |
| Signal Hill | $600K | $590K | 89% | 1.2 |
| Rosscarrock | $600K | $581K | 35% | 1.5 |
| Glamorgan | $400K | $441K | 55% | 1.5 |
| Westgate | $548K | $518K | 73% | 1.6 |
| Killarney/Glengarry | $650K | $607K | 60% | 1.7 |
| Currie Barracks | $628K | $601K | 49% | 2.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Glenbrook
Is Glenbrook expensive for Alberta?
Above the norm for Alberta’s towns, whose median home is worth $400,000; Glenbrook’s is worth 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).