Photo: Thank you for visiting my page from Canada · CC BY 2.0Owners put the median home in Riverbend at $448,000
That figure comes from 3,120 owner households at the 2021 census. Treat the values as owners’ May 2021 guesses: they are self-reported, and they come from before rates went up. No open sale prices are published in Alberta, so for Riverbend the census value is the measure.
Riverbend’s homes, by two sources
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Alberta’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $448K
- Owners
- 3,120
- 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). · Measured across the city of Calgary: assessed values, values by property type and building permits
A detached house in Calgary is assessed 88% higher than across 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.
A town of houses: 93% of the homes in Riverbend stand alone (Alberta’s towns: 64%)
At the 2021 census, Riverbend had 3,510 homes with someone living in them. Half went up before 2001. 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
| Riverbend | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 5% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 5% | 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
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Calgary created 77,275 homes, about 12,879 a year. The mix: 26% in single-unit buildings, beside 69% for Alberta’s towns. Riverbend doesn’t get its own monthly permits figures; the ones here come from the Calgary metro area.
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.
Riverbend is 12% 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 Riverbend: Ogden and Queensland
The places around Riverbend at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverbend | $448K | $448K | 89% | |
| Ogden | $348K | $348K | 60% | 1.6 |
| Willow Park | $552K | $612K | 83% | 2.8 |
| Acadia | $452K | $428K | 55% | 2.8 |
| Douglasdale/Glen | $500K | $521K | 87% | 3.3 |
| Fairview | $448K | $453K | 62% | 3.3 |
| Queensland | $400K | $404K | 81% | 4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Riverbend
How many households in Riverbend are in core housing need?
Below the norm for Alberta’s towns (8%): 5% in Riverbend, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Is Riverbend expensive for Alberta?
Yes: Riverbend’s census median is above the $400,000 of Alberta’s towns.
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).