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Property prices in Hawkwood · Census 2021 and Statistics Canada

Hawkwood sits 31% above Alberta’s towns on home values

In figures: $524,000 for the median home in 2021, $400,000 for the middle of Alberta’s towns. There is no public record of sale prices in Alberta, which leaves the census value as the guide for Hawkwood. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $525,000. Hawkwood doesn’t get its own assessed values, values by property type and building permits figures; the ones here come from the city of Calgary.

Median home value
$524K
owners’ estimate, census 2021
average $521K
Median assessed value
$525K
all residential, 2024
New homes a year
12,879
permits, 2018–2023
26.6 per 1,000 homes
Owner households
3,040
census 2021
92% of households
What homes are worth

Two ways to price a home in Hawkwood

Every figure here is compared within the province, against Alberta’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales.

Census 2021$524K

median, owners’ estimate

Average
$521K
Owners
3,040
Alberta’s towns
$400K
The typical Canadian town
$406K
Assessed, 2024$525K

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).

By type of home

Houses in Calgary carry assessments 88% over the middle of Alberta’s towns

Of Calgary’s 483,605 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 62% are detached houses and 18% are condos.

Assessed value

Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns

Detached houses$620K
Semi-detached$490K
Row houses$361K
Condos$244K
Multi-unit properties$835K
The mix of properties
Detached houses62%
Condos18%
Row houses11%
Semi-detached8%
Multi-unit properties1%
2,340 sq ft
living area of the median detached house (Alberta’s towns: 1,960 sq ft)
818 sq ft
living area of the median condo

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.

The homes

Single-detached houses are 92% of Hawkwood’s homes, against 64% for Alberta’s towns

Hawkwood had 3,310 occupied homes at the 2021 census. Half or more were standing by 2000. Neighbourhood figures add up small census areas, and rounding can leave the parts a little under the total.

When they were built

Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns

Before 1961under 1%
1961–19806%
1981–200091%
2001–2015under 1%
2016–2021under 1%
What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses92%
Semi-detached housesunder 1%
Row houses3%
Flats in a duplex1%
Apartments, under 5 storeys4%
Against the median town of the province and of Canada
HawkwoodAlbertaCanada
Condominiums8%15%8%
Needing major repairs7%5%6%
Too small for the household2%4%3%
Households in core housing need3%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.

New homes

Calgary permitted 26.6 new homes a year per 1,000, above the 7.5 of Alberta’s towns

Over 2018–2023, 77,275 homes were permitted in Calgary, close to 12,879 each year. The mix: 26% in single-unit buildings, beside 69% for Alberta’s towns.

Permits by year, 2018–2023

Most in 2023: 18,187 new homes

Single-unit buildingsTwo or more units
05,00010,00015,00020,000201820192020202120222023
The pace

New homes a year per 1,000 homes

Calgary26.6
Alberta’s towns7.5
The typical Canadian town13.8
$2,971M
of new residential construction a year, 2019–2023
The metro area

Level with the year before: 26,142 new homes to August 2026

010,00020,00030,00020212022202320242025

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.

Across Alberta

Hawkwood is dearer than most of Alberta’s towns: 31% above their $400,000 median

478 of Alberta’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.

Median value, census 2021

Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.

Lower values near Hawkwood: Ranchlands and Citadel

Next to Hawkwood: 2021 census values and the share of owners.

RanchlandsCitadelEdgemontArbour LakeDalhousieHamptonsRanchlandsCitadelEdgemontArbour LakeDalhousieHamptonsHawkwood
Prices next door
TownMedian home valueAverageOwnerskm
Hawkwood$524K$521K92%
Ranchlands$400K$401K67%1.5
Citadel$448K$445K87%2
Edgemont$640K$638K85%2
Arbour Lake$500K$480K86%2.3
Dalhousie$528K$492K64%2.5
Hamptons$650K$709K93%2.5

Census 2021 values; km.

Questions about property prices in Hawkwood

How many households in Hawkwood are in core housing need?

In Hawkwood, 3% 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 Hawkwood expensive for Alberta?

Yes: Hawkwood’s census median is above 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).