Photo: Qyd · CC BY-SA 3.0A home in Signal Hill is worth 50% more than the middle of Alberta’s towns
That is a median of $600,000 at the 2021 census, set beside $400,000 for Alberta’s towns. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Alberta; the census value stands in for Signal Hill.
Signal Hill’s homes, by two sources
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Alberta’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. Signal Hill shares its assessed values, values by property type and building permits numbers with the rest of the city of Calgary.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $590K
- Owners
- 4,535
- 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
Detached houses account for 62% of the 483,605 properties on Calgary’s 2024 roll; condos for 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.
28% of Signal Hill’s homes are condos, where Alberta’s towns have 15%
5,070 occupied homes stood in Signal Hill in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 66% of them. The older half dates from 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
| Signal Hill | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 28% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 3% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 6% | 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
Over 2018–2023, 77,275 homes were permitted in Calgary, close to 12,879 each year. About 26% went into single-unit buildings, where Alberta’s towns built 69%. Signal Hill doesn’t get its own monthly permits figures; the ones here come from the Calgary metro area.
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
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.
Signal Hill against Alberta’s towns: 50% over the $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 Signal Hill: Glenbrook, Glamorgan and Westgate
The places around Signal Hill at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Signal Hill | $600K | $590K | 89% | |
| Glenbrook | $524K | $507K | 60% | 1.2 |
| Springbank Hill | $900K | $908K | 84% | 1.9 |
| Glamorgan | $400K | $441K | 55% | 1.9 |
| Westgate | $548K | $518K | 73% | 1.9 |
| Rosscarrock | $600K | $581K | 35% | 2.3 |
| Strathcona Park | $650K | $669K | 90% | 2.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Signal Hill
Is Signal Hill expensive for Alberta?
Yes: Signal Hill’s census median is above the $400,000 of Alberta’s towns.
How many households in Signal Hill are in core housing need?
Below the norm for Alberta’s towns (8%): 6% in Signal Hill, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
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).