Photo: JMacPherson from Calgary, Canada · CC BY 2.0Wildwood’s housing is older than most: 43% dates from before 1961 (Alberta’s towns: 5%)
In May 2021 the median owned home was worth $600,000 by its owner’s reckoning, the average one $630,709. The census figure is the owner’s own reckoning of value in May 2021; actual sale prices may differ. There is no public record of sale prices in Alberta, which leaves the census value as the guide for Wildwood.
Two ways to price a home in Wildwood
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Alberta’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $631K
- Owners
- 1,530
- 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). · Area behind the assessed values, values by property type and building permits figures: the city of Calgary
On the assessment roll, Calgary’s houses sit 88% above Alberta’s towns
Detached houses account for 62% of the 483,605 properties on Calgary’s 2024 roll; condos for 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.
40% of Wildwood’s homes are condos, where Alberta’s towns have 15%
The 2021 census counted 1,845 occupied homes in Wildwood; 53% of them are 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
| Wildwood | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 40% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | under 1% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 6% | 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.
Calgary permitted 26.6 new homes a year per 1,000, above the 7.5 of Alberta’s towns
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Calgary created 77,275 homes, about 12,879 a year. About 26% went into single-unit buildings, where Alberta’s towns built 69%. For monthly permits, the only official count covers all of the Calgary metro area, Wildwood included.
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.
Wildwood against Alberta’s towns: 50% 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 Wildwood: Westgate
The places around Wildwood at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildwood | $600K | $631K | 83% | |
| Spruce Cliff | $600K | $558K | 44% | 1.1 |
| Rosscarrock | $600K | $581K | 35% | 1.5 |
| Westgate | $548K | $518K | 73% | 1.6 |
| West Hillhurst | $780K | $905K | 64% | 1.6 |
| Patterson | $576K | $574K | 72% | 1.9 |
| University Heights | $755K | $817K | 29% | 2.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Wildwood
Is Wildwood expensive for Alberta?
On census values, Wildwood ranks among the dearer of Alberta’s towns (median $400,000).
How many households in Wildwood are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 6% of Wildwood’s households in core housing need, a smaller share than the 8% of Alberta’s towns.
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).