Photo: Tiado · CC BY-SA 3.0Homes in Macewan Glen are worth a median $432,000
1,515 owner households answered the census question on value in 2021. No sales are published for towns in Alberta, Macewan Glen included, so owners’ values are the measure. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $525,000. Macewan Glen shares its assessed values, values by property type and building permits numbers with the rest of the city of Calgary.
Two ways to price a home in Macewan Glen
Two sources, each set against Alberta’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $443K
- Owners
- 1,515
- 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).
On the assessment roll, Calgary’s houses sit 88% above 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.
A town of houses: 85% of the homes in Macewan Glen stand alone (Alberta’s towns: 64%)
The 2021 census counted 1,755 occupied homes in Macewan Glen. Half went up before 2001. 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
| Macewan Glen | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 7% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 3% | 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.
Permits in Calgary ran at 26.6 homes a year per 1,000, where Alberta’s towns ran at 7.5
Over 2018–2023, 77,275 homes were permitted in Calgary, close to 12,879 each year. Single-unit buildings took 26%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 69% for Alberta’s towns.
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
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: one figure for all of the Calgary metro area
Macewan Glen is 8% above the $400,000 median of Alberta’s towns
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 Macewan Glen: Beddington Heights and Country Hills
Next to Macewan Glen: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macewan Glen | $432K | $443K | 86% | |
| Sandstone Valley | $448K | $442K | 83% | 1.1 |
| Hidden Valley | $448K | $469K | 88% | 1.2 |
| Edgemont | $640K | $638K | 85% | 2.2 |
| Hamptons | $650K | $709K | 93% | 2.6 |
| Beddington Heights | $392K | $375K | 72% | 2.7 |
| Country Hills | $372K | $402K | 85% | 2.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Macewan Glen
How many households in Macewan Glen are in core housing need?
Fewer than most: 3% of households in Macewan Glen, where Alberta’s towns sit at 8%.
Is Macewan Glen expensive for Alberta?
Dearer than the middle: Alberta’s towns come to $400,000, Macewan Glen 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).