Photo: CnekYT · CC BY-SA 4.059% of Westgate’s homes were built before 1961, against 5% across Alberta’s towns
Asked in 2021, owners gave a median value of $548,000; averaged, their homes came to $517,879. Owners gave those values at the May 2021 census; they are estimates, and older than today’s prices. For Westgate there is no published sale price, as for every town in Alberta.
Westgate’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. Westgate doesn’t get its own assessed values, values by property type and building permits figures; the ones here come from the city of Calgary.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $518K
- Owners
- 990
- 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).
Calgary’s detached houses are assessed 88% above the median of Alberta’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 483,605 homes in Calgary: detached houses make 62% of them, condos 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.
Major repairs needed: 9% of the homes in Westgate, where Alberta’s towns have 5%
1,340 occupied homes stood in Westgate in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 68% of 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
| Westgate | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 18% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 7% | 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)
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.
Most 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. · Not measured by town: monthly permits (the Calgary metro area)
Westgate is dearer than most of Alberta’s towns: 37% 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.
Westgate’s neighbours by home value
The places around Westgate at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westgate | $548K | $518K | 73% | |
| Rosscarrock | $600K | $581K | 35% | 0.9 |
| Wildwood | $600K | $631K | 83% | 1.6 |
| Glenbrook | $524K | $507K | 60% | 1.6 |
| Strathcona Park | $650K | $669K | 90% | 1.7 |
| Spruce Cliff | $600K | $558K | 44% | 1.8 |
| Signal Hill | $600K | $590K | 89% | 1.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Westgate
Is Westgate expensive for Alberta?
Dearer than the middle: Alberta’s towns come to $400,000, Westgate to more.
How many households in Westgate are in core housing need?
About as many as elsewhere: 7% of households in Westgate, where Alberta’s towns sit at 8%.
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).