Photo: Jack Hope from Calgary, Canada · CC BY 2.0A home in Strathcona Park is worth 63% more than the middle of Alberta’s towns
In figures: $650,000 for the median home in 2021, $400,000 for the middle of Alberta’s towns. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021. No sales are published for towns in Alberta, Strathcona Park included, so owners’ values are the measure.
Two ways to price a home in Strathcona Park
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Alberta’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. Strathcona Park shares its assessed values, values by property type and building permits numbers with the rest of the city of Calgary.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $669K
- Owners
- 2,800
- 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
Assessors listed 483,605 residential properties in Calgary for 2024, 62% of them detached houses and 18% condos.
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.
How Strathcona Park’s homes break down, by age and kind
Of the 3,060 homes people lived in across Strathcona Park at the 2021 census, 77% were single-detached houses. The older half dates from before 2001. Summed from small census areas, a neighbourhood’s parts may add up to a little less than its total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Strathcona Park | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 16% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 3% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 2% | 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
Building permits added 77,275 homes in Calgary between 2018 and 2023: some 12,879 a year. 26% were single-unit buildings and the rest multi-unit ones, against 69% for Alberta’s towns.
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
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. · Not measured by town: monthly permits (the Calgary metro area)
Strathcona Park is dearer than most of Alberta’s towns: 63% 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 Strathcona Park: Coach Hill, Patterson and Westgate
The places around Strathcona Park at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strathcona Park | $650K | $669K | 90% | |
| Coach Hill | $452K | $496K | 83% | 1.3 |
| Patterson | $576K | $574K | 72% | 1.4 |
| West Springs | $670K | $745K | 88% | 1.6 |
| Westgate | $548K | $518K | 73% | 1.7 |
| Aspen Woods | $750K | $987K | 83% | 1.7 |
| Signal Hill | $600K | $590K | 89% | 2.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Strathcona Park
How many households in Strathcona Park are in core housing need?
2% of Strathcona Park’s households, under the 8% of Alberta’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
Is Strathcona Park expensive for Alberta?
Dearer than the middle: Alberta’s towns come to $400,000, Strathcona Park to more.
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).