Photo: Daniel from Glasgow, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0Apartments make up 36% of the homes in Rosscarrock, where Alberta’s towns have 14%
The 2021 census put the median home at $600,000, with an average of $580,924. No open sale prices are published in Alberta, so for Rosscarrock the census value is the measure. Assessors valued the median residential property at $525,000 for 2024. Rosscarrock doesn’t get its own assessed values, values by property type and building permits figures; the ones here come from the city of Calgary.
Two ways to price a home in Rosscarrock
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Alberta’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. The census asks owners what their home would sell for, so the values are estimates from May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $581K
- Owners
- 595
- 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).
On the assessment roll, Calgary’s houses sit 88% above 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.
Core housing need: 19% of Rosscarrock’s households, where Alberta’s towns sit at 8%
The 2021 census counted 1,680 occupied homes in Rosscarrock. Half or more were standing by 1980. 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
| Rosscarrock | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 11% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 9% | 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
Some 12,879 homes a year: 77,275 in all were permitted in Calgary from 2018 to 2023. 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
Level with the year before: 26,142 new homes to August 2026
Measured across the Calgary metro area: monthly permits
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.
Rosscarrock 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 Rosscarrock: Westgate and Glenbrook
Next to Rosscarrock: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosscarrock | $600K | $581K | 35% | |
| Westgate | $548K | $518K | 73% | 0.9 |
| Spruce Cliff | $600K | $558K | 44% | 1.1 |
| Killarney/Glengarry | $650K | $607K | 60% | 1.4 |
| Wildwood | $600K | $631K | 83% | 1.5 |
| Glenbrook | $524K | $507K | 60% | 1.5 |
| Signal Hill | $600K | $590K | 89% | 2.3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Rosscarrock
Is Rosscarrock expensive for Alberta?
On census values, Rosscarrock 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).