Photo: Qyd · CC BY 2.5An old town: 29% of the homes in Sunalta predate 1961, where Alberta’s towns have 5%
By the 2021 census, half of owned homes were worth more than $532,000; the average was $661,684. No sales are published for towns in Alberta, Sunalta included, so owners’ values are the measure. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $525,000. For assessed values, values by property type and building permits, the only official count covers all of the city of Calgary, Sunalta included.
Sunalta’s homes, by two sources
Each source sits beside its own median for Alberta’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Those values come from owners at the 2021 census and predate the prices of the years since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $662K
- Owners
- 760
- 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
Of Calgary’s 483,605 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 62% are detached houses and 18% are 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.
71% of Sunalta lives in apartments, where Alberta’s towns have 14%
At the 2021 census, Sunalta had 2,265 homes with someone living in them. 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
| Sunalta | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 41% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 7% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 17% | 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
Over 2018–2023, 77,275 homes were permitted in Calgary, close to 12,879 each year. Single-unit buildings took 26%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 69% for Alberta’s towns.
The busiest year: 2023, with 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. · Monthly permits: one figure for all of the Calgary metro area
Sunalta against Alberta’s towns: 33% over the $400,000 median
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 Sunalta: Bankview, Lower Mount Royal and Downtown West End
Next to Sunalta: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunalta | $532K | $662K | 34% | |
| Bankview | $348K | $472K | 31% | 0.8 |
| Lower Mount Royal | $348K | $420K | 29% | 1.2 |
| South Calgary | $700K | $729K | 51% | 1.3 |
| Downtown West End | $400K | $392K | 36% | 1.4 |
| Upper Mount Royal | $1.3M | $1.75M | 73% | 1.5 |
| Richmond | $690K | $660K | 62% | 1.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Sunalta
How many households in Sunalta are in core housing need?
Above the norm for Alberta’s towns (8%): 17% in Sunalta, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Is Sunalta expensive for Alberta?
More than most: Alberta’s towns have a median of $400,000, and Sunalta sits above it.
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).