Photo: Daniel from Glasgow, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0Homes from 2001 on make up 91% of Saddle Ridge, where Alberta’s towns have 24%
In May 2021 the median owned home was worth $468,000 by its owner’s reckoning, the average one $451,745. No open sale prices are published in Alberta, so for Saddle Ridge the census value is the measure. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $525,000. Saddle Ridge 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 Saddle Ridge
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Alberta’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $452K
- Owners
- 3,925
- 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
In 2024, Calgary had 483,605 residential properties on the roll, detached houses 62% of them and 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.
The homes of Saddle Ridge, by period and type
Of the 5,295 homes people lived in across Saddle Ridge at the 2021 census, 65% were single-detached houses. 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
| Saddle Ridge | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 20% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 20% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 7% | 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.
Building ahead of Alberta’s towns: 26.6 new homes a year per 1,000 in Calgary, against 7.5
Some 12,879 homes a year: 77,275 in all were permitted in Calgary from 2018 to 2023. 26% were single-unit buildings and the rest multi-unit ones, against 69% for Alberta’s towns. Nobody publishes monthly permits for Saddle Ridge alone, so this card uses the figure for the Calgary metro area.
Most 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.
Saddle Ridge is dearer than most of Alberta’s towns: 17% above their $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 Saddle Ridge: Taradale, Martindale and Falconridge
The places around Saddle Ridge at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saddle Ridge | $468K | $452K | 74% | |
| Taradale | $400K | $404K | 75% | 1.4 |
| Cityscape | $448K | $444K | 80% | 2.1 |
| Martindale | $348K | $367K | 78% | 2.2 |
| Falconridge | $310K | $306K | 63% | 3.3 |
| Castleridge | $332K | $354K | 68% | 3.3 |
| Coral Springs | $500K | $498K | 89% | 3.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Saddle Ridge
Is Saddle Ridge expensive for Alberta?
On census values, Saddle Ridge ranks among the dearer of Alberta’s towns (median $400,000).
How many households in Saddle Ridge are in core housing need?
In Saddle Ridge, 7% of households are in core housing need, close to the 8% of Alberta’s towns: those whose home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, with nothing suitable nearby under 30% of their income.
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).