Photo: sadikartart · CC0Homes in Temple are worth a median $348,000
Behind it are the answers of 2,580 owners at the 2021 census. No open sale prices are published in Alberta, so for Temple the census value is the measure. Assessors valued the median residential property at $525,000 for 2024. Temple doesn’t get its own assessed values, values by property type and building permits figures; the ones here come from the city of Calgary.
Two ways to price a home in Temple
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Alberta’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $352K
- Owners
- 2,580
- 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
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.
Core housing need: 11% of Temple’s households, where Alberta’s towns sit at 8%
Temple had 3,440 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 62% of them single-detached houses. The older half dates from before 1981. 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
| Temple | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 11% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 8% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 11% | 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)
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. Nobody publishes monthly permits for Temple alone, so this card uses the figure for the Calgary metro area.
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.
Temple against Alberta’s towns: 13% under 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 Temple: Falconridge
The places around Temple at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temple | $348K | $352K | 75% | |
| Monterey Park | $380K | $383K | 82% | 1 |
| Pineridge | $348K | $319K | 66% | 1.3 |
| Falconridge | $310K | $306K | 63% | 1.7 |
| Whitehorn | $376K | $361K | 71% | 1.8 |
| Coral Springs | $500K | $498K | 89% | 2 |
| Rundle | $376K | $338K | 70% | 2.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Temple
Is Temple expensive for Alberta?
Below the norm for Alberta’s towns, whose median home is worth $400,000; Temple’s is worth less.
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).