Photo: Qyd · CC BY 2.5Owners put the median home in Sandstone Valley at $448,000
That figure comes from 1,755 owner households at the 2021 census. What homes sold for in Sandstone Valley isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Alberta. Assessors valued the median residential property at $525,000 for 2024. Sandstone Valley 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 Sandstone Valley
Each source sits beside its own median for Alberta’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $442K
- Owners
- 1,755
- 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).
A detached house in Calgary is assessed 88% higher than across 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.
Sandstone Valley’s homes: when they went up and what they are
Of the 2,120 homes people lived in across Sandstone Valley at the 2021 census, 78% were single-detached houses. 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
| Sandstone Valley | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 15% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 4% | 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%.
The busiest year: 2023, with 18,187 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Steady: 26,142 new homes in the year to August 2026
Source area for monthly permits: 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.
Sandstone Valley 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 Sandstone Valley: Beddington Heights, Country Hills and Harvest Hills
The places around Sandstone Valley at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandstone Valley | $448K | $442K | 83% | |
| Macewan Glen | $432K | $443K | 86% | 1.1 |
| Beddington Heights | $392K | $375K | 72% | 1.7 |
| Hidden Valley | $448K | $469K | 88% | 1.9 |
| Country Hills | $372K | $402K | 85% | 1.9 |
| Panorama Hills | $520K | $516K | 78% | 2.6 |
| Harvest Hills | $420K | $414K | 84% | 3.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Sandstone Valley
How many households in Sandstone Valley are in core housing need?
Fewer than most: 4% of households in Sandstone Valley, where Alberta’s towns sit at 8%.
Is Sandstone Valley expensive for Alberta?
Yes: Sandstone Valley’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).