Photo: DXR · CC BY-SA 4.0Homes in Rosedale are worth 2.3 times the median of Alberta’s towns
At the 2021 census the median home was worth $900,000, where Alberta’s towns sit at $400,000. No sales are published for towns in Alberta, Rosedale included, so owners’ values are the measure. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $525,000. For assessed values, values by property type and building permits, the only official count covers all of the city of Calgary, Rosedale included.
Rosedale’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. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $1.06M
- Owners
- 755
- 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).
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.
Before 1961: 36% of the homes in Rosedale, where Alberta’s towns have 5%
1,205 occupied homes stood in Rosedale in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 48% of them. 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
| Rosedale | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 30% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 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.
Calgary permitted 26.6 new homes a year per 1,000, above the 7.5 of Alberta’s towns
Over 2018–2023, 77,275 homes were permitted in Calgary, close to 12,879 each year. 26% were single-unit buildings and the rest multi-unit ones, against 69% for Alberta’s towns.
A peak in 2023: 18,187 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
26,142 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, about as many as the year before
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. · Monthly permits: one figure for all of the Calgary metro area
Rosedale is dearer than most of Alberta’s towns: 125% above their $400,000 median
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 Rosedale: Sunnyside, Hillhurst and Eau Claire
Next to Rosedale: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosedale | $900K | $1.06M | 63% | |
| Sunnyside | $572K | $580K | 29% | 0.6 |
| Hillhurst | $750K | $796K | 56% | 1.3 |
| Eau Claire | $628K | $771K | 45% | 1.3 |
| Downtown Commercial Core | $240K | $326K | 9% | 1.5 |
| Crescent Heights | $552K | $580K | 40% | 1.6 |
| Capitol Hill | $604K | $658K | 49% | 1.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Rosedale
Is Rosedale expensive for Alberta?
Dearer than the middle: Alberta’s towns come to $400,000, Rosedale to more.
How many households in Rosedale are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 8% of Rosedale’s households in core housing need, much as for Alberta’s towns (8%).
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).