The middle home in Shawnessy is valued at $420,000
Some 2,830 owner households gave their home’s value to the 2021 census. What homes sold for in Shawnessy isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Alberta. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $525,000. Shawnessy doesn’t get its own assessed values, values by property type and building permits figures; the ones here come from the city of Calgary.
What Shawnessy’s homes are worth, two ways
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
- $415K
- Owners
- 2,830
- 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
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.
The homes of Shawnessy, by period and type
The 2021 census counted 3,445 occupied homes in Shawnessy; 83% of them are single-detached houses. Half went up before 2001. 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
| Shawnessy | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 16% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 5% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 5% | 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.
26.6 new homes a year per 1,000 in Calgary: more than Alberta’s towns (7.5)
Some 12,879 homes a year: 77,275 in all were permitted in Calgary from 2018 to 2023. Single-unit buildings took 26%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 69% for Alberta’s towns. For monthly permits, the only official count covers all of the Calgary metro area, Shawnessy included.
A peak 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
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.
Shawnessy sits near the middle of Alberta’s towns ($400,000)
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.
Home values around Shawnessy
Next to Shawnessy: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnessy | $420K | $415K | 83% | |
| Somerset | $428K | $391K | 76% | 0.9 |
| Millrise | $412K | $394K | 77% | 1.5 |
| Fish Creek Park | $600K | $624K | 86% | 2 |
| Midnapore | $408K | $446K | 69% | 2 |
| Bridlewood | $400K | $392K | 82% | 2.4 |
| Evergreen | $500K | $487K | 86% | 2.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Shawnessy
How many households in Shawnessy are in core housing need?
In Shawnessy, 5% of households are in core housing need, against 8% for 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.
Is Shawnessy expensive for Alberta?
About average: Shawnessy’s census median is close to 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).