Homes from 2001 on make up 69% of Rocky Ridge, where Alberta’s towns have 24%
Census values for 2021: a median of $532,000 and an average of $562,580. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since. No sales are published for towns in Alberta, Rocky Ridge included, so owners’ values are the measure.
Rocky Ridge’s homes, by two sources
Each source sits beside its own median for Alberta’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $563K
- Owners
- 2,465
- 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). · Shared with the rest of the city of Calgary: assessed values, values by property type and building permits
Calgary’s detached houses are assessed 88% above the median 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.
Condominiums are 38% of Rocky Ridge’s homes, against 15% for Alberta’s towns
Of the 3,035 homes people lived in across Rocky Ridge at the 2021 census, 62% were single-detached houses. Summed from small census areas, a neighbourhood’s parts may add up to a little less than its total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Rocky Ridge | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 38% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 2% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 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
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Calgary created 77,275 homes, about 12,879 a year. Single-unit buildings took 26%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 69% for Alberta’s towns.
Most in 2023: 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.
Rocky Ridge against Alberta’s towns: 33% over the $400,000 median
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 Rocky Ridge: Arbour Lake and Citadel
The places around Rocky Ridge at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Ridge | $532K | $563K | 82% | |
| Royal Oak | $544K | $524K | 83% | 1.8 |
| Tuscany | $552K | $569K | 89% | 2 |
| Rocky View County | $900K | $1.03M | 92% | 2.2 |
| Arbour Lake | $500K | $480K | 86% | 3.3 |
| Scenic Acres | $548K | $575K | 92% | 3.4 |
| Citadel | $448K | $445K | 87% | 4.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Rocky Ridge
Is Rocky Ridge expensive for Alberta?
Yes: Rocky Ridge’s census median is above the $400,000 of Alberta’s towns.
How many households in Rocky Ridge are in core housing need?
6% of Rocky Ridge’s households, under the 8% of Alberta’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
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).