Photo: jockrutherford from Owen Sound, ON · CC BY-SA 2.0Half the owned homes in Queensland are valued above $400,000
Behind it are the answers of 1,445 owners at the 2021 census. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Alberta; the census value stands in for Queensland. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $525,000. For assessed values, values by property type and building permits, the only official count covers all of the city of Calgary, Queensland included.
Queensland’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. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $404K
- Owners
- 1,445
- 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).
A detached house in Calgary is assessed 88% higher than across Alberta’s towns
In 2024, Calgary had 483,605 residential properties on the roll, detached houses 62% of them and condos 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.
How Queensland’s homes break down, by age and kind
The 2021 census counted 1,795 occupied homes in Queensland; 69% of them are single-detached houses. Half went up 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
| Queensland | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 15% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 6% | 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.
Calgary permitted 26.6 new homes a year per 1,000, above the 7.5 of Alberta’s towns
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.
The busiest year: 2023, with 18,187 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Level with the year before: 26,142 new homes to August 2026
Monthly permits for the Calgary metro area
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.
Queensland sits close to 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.
Queensland’s neighbours by home value
The places around Queensland at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queensland | $400K | $404K | 81% | |
| Deer Ridge | $400K | $392K | 72% | 1.6 |
| Lake Bonavista | $600K | $710K | 88% | 1.7 |
| Douglasdale/Glen | $500K | $521K | 87% | 1.8 |
| Parkland | $624K | $645K | 93% | 2 |
| Deer Run | $400K | $427K | 85% | 2.3 |
| Willow Park | $552K | $612K | 83% | 3.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Queensland
How many households in Queensland are in core housing need?
In Queensland, 6% of households are in core housing need, against 8% for Alberta’s towns: those whose home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, with nothing suitable nearby under 30% of their income.
Is Queensland expensive for Alberta?
In the middle: Alberta’s towns come to $400,000, and so, near enough, does Queensland.
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).