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Property prices in Martindale · Census 2021 and Statistics Canada

Homes in Martindale are worth a median $348,000

The census of 2021 asked 3,070 owner households what their home was worth. No open sale prices are published in Alberta, so for Martindale the census value is the measure. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $525,000. Figures for assessed values, values by property type and building permits are published for the city of Calgary as a whole, not for Martindale alone.

Median home value
$348K
owners’ estimate, census 2021
average $367K
Median assessed value
$525K
all residential, 2024
New homes a year
12,879
permits, 2018–2023
26.6 per 1,000 homes
Owner households
3,070
census 2021
78% of households
What homes are worth

Martindale’s homes, by two sources

Two sources, each set against Alberta’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. The census asks owners what their home would sell for, so the values are estimates from May 2021.

Census 2021$348K

median, owners’ estimate

Average
$367K
Owners
3,070
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

On the assessment roll, Calgary’s houses sit 88% above Alberta’s towns

In 2024, Calgary had 483,605 residential properties on the roll, detached houses 62% of them and condos 18%.

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

Martindale’s homes: when they went up and what they are

Martindale had 3,920 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 85% of them single-detached houses. Half or more were standing by 2000. Summed from small census areas, a neighbourhood’s parts may add up to a little less than its total.

When they were built

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

Before 19611%
1961–19805%
1981–200064%
2001–201526%
2016–20212%
What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses85%
Semi-detached houses2%
Row houses3%
Flats in a duplex9%
Apartments, under 5 storeys2%
Against the median town of the province and of Canada
MartindaleAlbertaCanada
Condominiums8%15%8%
Needing major repairs5%5%6%
Too small for the household16%4%3%
Households in core housing need9%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

26.6 new homes a year per 1,000 in Calgary: more than Alberta’s towns (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.

Permits by year, 2018–2023

The busiest year: 2023, with 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

Steady: 26,142 new homes in the year to August 2026

010,00020,00030,00020212022202320242025

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 published for the Calgary metro area, not by town

Across Alberta

Martindale against Alberta’s towns: 13% under the $400,000 median

The census values of Alberta’s towns, 478 of them with 2,500+ people, from dearest to cheapest.

Median value, census 2021

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

Cheaper next to Martindale: Falconridge

The places around Martindale at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.

CastleridgeTaradaleFalconridgeSaddle RidgeCoral SpringsCityscapeCastleridgeTaradaleFalconridgeSaddle RidgeCoral SpringsCityscapeMartindale
Prices next door
TownMedian home valueAverageOwnerskm
Martindale$348K$367K78%
Castleridge$332K$354K68%1.3
Taradale$400K$404K75%1.9
Falconridge$310K$306K63%2
Saddle Ridge$468K$452K74%2.2
Coral Springs$500K$498K89%2.6
Cityscape$448K$444K80%3

Census 2021 values; km.

Questions about property prices in Martindale

Is Martindale expensive for Alberta?

No: Martindale’s census median is below the $400,000 of Alberta’s towns.

How many households in Martindale are in core housing need?

Statistics Canada puts 9% of Martindale’s households in core housing need, much as for Alberta’s towns (8%).

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).