Photo: Tiado · CC BY-SA 3.0A home in Claresholm is worth 38% less than the middle of Alberta’s towns
At the 2021 census the median home was worth $250,000, where Alberta’s towns sit at $400,000. Sale prices aren’t published in Alberta: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Claresholm. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $250,000.
What Claresholm’s homes are worth, two ways
Two sources, each set against Alberta’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $270K
- Owners
- 1,305
- 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).
Claresholm’s houses carry 3 times the assessment of its condos
The 2024 assessment roll counts 1,740 homes in Claresholm: detached houses make 75% of them, condos 6%.
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.
The homes of Claresholm, by period and type
Claresholm had 1,710 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 73% of them single-detached houses. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Claresholm | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 6% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 2% | 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.
Claresholm permitted 8.8 new homes a year per 1,000, close to the 7.5 of Alberta’s towns
Building permits added 82 homes in Claresholm between 2018 and 2023: some 14 a year. Apartments and other multi-unit buildings dominate: only 8% were single-unit, against 69% for Alberta’s towns.
Most in 2021: 23 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
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.
Claresholm against Alberta’s towns: 38% under 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.
Home values around Claresholm
The places around Claresholm at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. No closer places have figures: these lie 10–48 km from Claresholm.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claresholm | $250K | $270K | 77% | |
| Willow Creek No. 26 | $360K | $412K | 84% | 10.1 |
| Fort Macleod | $240K | $262K | 77% | 36.3 |
| Nanton | $300K | $302K | 80% | 38 |
| Nobleford | $300K | $328K | 84% | 41.7 |
| Vulcan | $250K | $249K | 83% | 47.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Claresholm
How many households in Claresholm are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 2% of Claresholm’s households in core housing need, a smaller share than the 8% of Alberta’s towns.
Is Claresholm expensive for Alberta?
On census values, Claresholm sits among the cheaper of 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).