Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domainOwners put the median home in Midnapore at $408,000
1,875 owner households answered the census question on value in 2021. The census asks owners what their home would sell for, so the values are estimates from May 2021. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Alberta; the census value stands in for Midnapore.
Two ways to price a home in Midnapore
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Alberta’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $446K
- Owners
- 1,875
- 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). · Assessed values, values by property type and building permits: one figure for all of the city of Calgary
On the assessment roll, Calgary’s houses sit 88% above Alberta’s towns
Detached houses account for 62% of the 483,605 properties on Calgary’s 2024 roll; condos for 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 condos than most: 20% of the homes in Midnapore (Alberta’s towns: 15%)
Midnapore had 2,715 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 48% of them single-detached houses. The older half dates from before 1981. 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
| Midnapore | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 20% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 10% | 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
Building permits added 77,275 homes in Calgary between 2018 and 2023: some 12,879 a year. 26% were single-unit buildings and the rest multi-unit ones, against 69% for Alberta’s towns. For monthly permits, the only official count covers all of the Calgary metro area, Midnapore included.
Most in 2023: 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.
Midnapore sits near the middle of Alberta’s towns ($400,000)
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.
Midnapore’s neighbours by home value
Next to Midnapore: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
Questions about property prices in Midnapore
How many households in Midnapore are in core housing need?
10% of Midnapore’s households, near the 8% of Alberta’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
Is Midnapore expensive for Alberta?
Midnapore is close to the norm for Alberta’s towns, whose median home is worth $400,000.
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).