An apartment town: 38% of Palliser’s homes, against 14% across Alberta’s towns
By the 2021 census, half of owned homes were worth more than $576,000; the average was $653,971. No sales are published for towns in Alberta, Palliser included, so owners’ values are the measure. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $525,000. Palliser 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 Palliser
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Alberta’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. Those values come from owners at the 2021 census and predate the prices of the years since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $654K
- Owners
- 1,390
- 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
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.
33% of Palliser’s homes are condos, where Alberta’s towns have 15%
The 2021 census counted 2,285 occupied homes in Palliser. Half or more were standing by 1980. 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
| Palliser | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 33% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 14% | 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
Calgary issued permits for 77,275 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 12,879 a year. The mix: 26% in single-unit buildings, beside 69% for Alberta’s towns. Palliser doesn’t get its own monthly permits figures; the ones here come from the Calgary metro area.
A peak 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.
Palliser is 44% above the $400,000 median of Alberta’s towns
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 Palliser: Braeside, Oakridge and Cedarbrae
The places around Palliser at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
Questions about property prices in Palliser
How many households in Palliser are in core housing need?
In Palliser, 14% of households are in core housing need, against 8% for Alberta’s towns: their home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, and nothing suitable nearby costs under 30% of their income.
Is Palliser expensive for Alberta?
Dearer than the middle: Alberta’s towns come to $400,000, Palliser 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).