Photo: Joseph Fred Spalding · Public domainBefore 1961 is when 42% of Crowsnest Pass’s homes went up, beside 5% for Alberta’s towns
A median of $300,000 and a mean of $319,600: that is how owners valued their homes in 2021. For Crowsnest Pass there is no published sale price, as for every town in Alberta. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $248,000.
Crowsnest Pass’s homes, by two sources
Each source sits beside its own median for Alberta’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $320K
- Owners
- 2,330
- 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 Crowsnest Pass is assessed at 2.5 times a condo
The 2024 assessment roll counts 3,400 homes in Crowsnest Pass: detached houses make 83% of them, condos 3%.
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 Crowsnest Pass, by period and type
2,755 occupied homes stood in Crowsnest Pass in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 84% of them.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Crowsnest Pass | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 8% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 4% | 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.
Crowsnest Pass permitted 17.9 new homes a year per 1,000, above the 7.5 of Alberta’s towns
Over 2018–2023, 260 homes were permitted in Crowsnest Pass, close to 43 each year. Single-unit buildings took 70% of them, where Alberta’s towns built 69%.
The busiest year: 2021, with 87 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.
Crowsnest Pass is 25% below the $400,000 median of Alberta’s towns
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 Crowsnest Pass: Pincher Creek
The places around Crowsnest Pass at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. No closer places have figures: these lie 31–46 km from Crowsnest Pass.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crowsnest Pass | $300K | $320K | 85% | |
| Pincher Creek No. 9 | $400K | $443K | 87% | 31.4 |
| Sparwood | $332K | $338K | 72% | 34.4 |
| Electoral Area A, East Kootenay | $500K | $563K | 88% | 38.2 |
| Pincher Creek | $276K | $271K | 77% | 39.1 |
| Fernie | $645K | $643K | 72% | 45.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Crowsnest Pass
How many households in Crowsnest Pass are in core housing need?
Below the norm for Alberta’s towns (8%): 4% in Crowsnest Pass, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Is Crowsnest Pass expensive for Alberta?
No: Crowsnest Pass’s census median is below the $400,000 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).