Photo: John Johnston · CC BY 2.0Homes built before 1961 make up 44% of Ramsay, against 5% for Alberta’s towns
By the 2021 census, half of owned homes were worth more than $600,000; the average was $687,313. What homes sold for in Ramsay isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Alberta. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $525,000. Ramsay doesn’t get its own assessed values, values by property type and building permits figures; the ones here come from the city of Calgary.
Ramsay’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 figure is the owner’s own reckoning of value in May 2021; actual sale prices may differ.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $687K
- Owners
- 670
- 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).
Calgary’s detached houses are assessed 88% above the median of Alberta’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 483,605 homes in Calgary: detached houses make 62% of them, 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.
43% of Ramsay lives in apartments, where Alberta’s towns have 14%
People lived in 1,715 homes in Ramsay at the 2021 census. A neighbourhood’s counts are summed from small census areas, so its parts can fall a little short of the whole.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Ramsay | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 12% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 5% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 19% | 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. About 26% went into single-unit buildings, where Alberta’s towns built 69%.
Most in 2023: 18,187 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Steady: 26,142 new homes in the year to August 2026
Area-wide: monthly permits, counted over 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.
Ramsay is 50% 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 Ramsay: Downtown East Village, Erlton and Mission
The places around Ramsay at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsay | $600K | $687K | 39% | |
| Downtown East Village | $400K | $442K | 26% | 1.4 |
| Erlton | $500K | $867K | 67% | 1.4 |
| Mission | $348K | $513K | 31% | 1.8 |
| Inglewood | $500K | $540K | 56% | 1.8 |
| Bridgeland/Riverside | $448K | $514K | 46% | 2.2 |
| Beltline | $324K | $354K | 26% | 2.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Ramsay
How many households in Ramsay are in core housing need?
Above the norm for Alberta’s towns (8%): 19% in Ramsay, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Is Ramsay expensive for Alberta?
On census values, Ramsay ranks among the dearer of Alberta’s towns (median $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).