Photo: Thivierr · CC BY-SA 3.0A home in Hillhurst is worth 88% more than the middle of Alberta’s towns
That is a median of $750,000 at the 2021 census, set beside $400,000 for Alberta’s towns. Those values come from owners at the 2021 census and predate the prices of the years since. Sale prices aren’t published in Alberta: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Hillhurst.
What Hillhurst’s homes are worth, two ways
Each source sits beside its own median for Alberta’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Behind assessed values, values by property type and building permits sits data gathered across the city of Calgary, with Hillhurst one part of it.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $796K
- Owners
- 2,140
- 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).
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.
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.
25% of Hillhurst’s homes predate 1961, against 5% for Alberta’s towns
Of the 3,825 homes people lived in across Hillhurst at the 2021 census, 38% were single-detached houses. 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
| Hillhurst | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 32% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 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
Over 2018–2023, 77,275 homes were permitted in Calgary, close to 12,879 each 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
26,142 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, about as many as the year before
Shared with the rest of 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.
Hillhurst is dearer than most of Alberta’s towns: 88% above their $400,000 median
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 Hillhurst: Downtown West End, Sunnyside and Downtown Commercial Core
The places around Hillhurst at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillhurst | $750K | $796K | 56% | |
| Downtown West End | $400K | $392K | 36% | 1.1 |
| Rosedale | $900K | $1.06M | 63% | 1.3 |
| Sunnyside | $572K | $580K | 29% | 1.3 |
| Downtown Commercial Core | $240K | $326K | 9% | 1.7 |
| Sunalta | $532K | $662K | 34% | 1.8 |
| Capitol Hill | $604K | $658K | 49% | 1.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Hillhurst
Is Hillhurst expensive for Alberta?
Yes: Hillhurst’s census median is above the $400,000 of Alberta’s towns.
How many households in Hillhurst are in core housing need?
Above the norm for Alberta’s towns (8%): 12% in Hillhurst, 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).