Owners put the median home in Ranchlands at $400,000
That figure comes from 1,960 owner households at the 2021 census. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021. What homes sold for in Ranchlands isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Alberta.
Ranchlands’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.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $401K
- Owners
- 1,960
- 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 for the city of Calgary
Houses in Calgary carry assessments 88% over the middle of Alberta’s towns
Assessors listed 483,605 residential properties in Calgary for 2024, 62% of them detached houses and 18% condos.
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.
Ranchlands’s homes: when they went up and what they are
Of the 2,935 homes people lived in across Ranchlands at the 2021 census, 48% were single-detached houses. The older half dates from before 1981. 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
| Ranchlands | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 17% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 8% | 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
Over 2018–2023, 77,275 homes were permitted in Calgary, close to 12,879 each year. The mix: 26% in single-unit buildings, beside 69% for Alberta’s towns. Behind monthly permits sits data gathered across the Calgary metro area, with Ranchlands one part of it.
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
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.
Ranchlands sits near the middle of Alberta’s towns ($400,000)
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.
Ranchlands’s neighbours by home value
Next to Ranchlands: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranchlands | $400K | $401K | 67% | |
| Silver Springs | $520K | $546K | 83% | 1.4 |
| Hawkwood | $524K | $521K | 92% | 1.5 |
| Scenic Acres | $548K | $575K | 92% | 2.1 |
| Arbour Lake | $500K | $480K | 86% | 2.2 |
| Dalhousie | $528K | $492K | 64% | 2.4 |
| Citadel | $448K | $445K | 87% | 3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Ranchlands
How many households in Ranchlands are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 8% of Ranchlands’s households in core housing need, much as for Alberta’s towns (8%).
Is Ranchlands expensive for Alberta?
Ranchlands 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).