76% of Taradale’s homes have been built since 2001, against 24% for Alberta’s towns
Owners valued the median home at $400,000 at the 2021 census, and the average at $403,905. The census figure is the owner’s own reckoning of value in May 2021; actual sale prices may differ. No open sale prices are published in Alberta, so for Taradale the census value is the measure.
What Taradale’s homes are worth, two ways
Each source sits beside its own median for Alberta’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $404K
- Owners
- 3,410
- 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). · Source area for assessed values, values by property type and building permits: the city of Calgary
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.
Condominiums are 21% of Taradale’s homes, against 15% for Alberta’s towns
Taradale had 4,530 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 66% of them single-detached houses. 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
| Taradale | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 21% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 18% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 10% | 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)
Calgary issued permits for 77,275 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 12,879 a year. 26% were single-unit buildings and the rest multi-unit ones, against 69% for Alberta’s towns.
A peak in 2023: 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. · Area behind the monthly permits figures: the Calgary metro area
Taradale against Alberta’s towns: about level with 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 Taradale: Martindale, Falconridge and Castleridge
Next to Taradale: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taradale | $400K | $404K | 75% | |
| Saddle Ridge | $468K | $452K | 74% | 1.4 |
| Martindale | $348K | $367K | 78% | 1.9 |
| Coral Springs | $500K | $498K | 89% | 2.1 |
| Falconridge | $310K | $306K | 63% | 2.2 |
| Castleridge | $332K | $354K | 68% | 2.6 |
| Cityscape | $448K | $444K | 80% | 3.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Taradale
How many households in Taradale are in core housing need?
10% of Taradale’s households, near 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 Taradale expensive for Alberta?
On census values, Taradale sits mid-table among Alberta’s towns (median $400,000).
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).