Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domainHome values in Didsbury run 29% lower than the median of Alberta’s towns
The 2021 census gives $286,000 as the median value; Alberta’s towns come to $400,000. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Alberta; the census value stands in for Didsbury.
Didsbury’s homes, by two sources
Two sources, each set against Alberta’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $291K
- Owners
- 1,610
- 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).
On the roll, 78% of Didsbury’s properties are detached houses
The 2024 assessment roll counts 1,985 homes in Didsbury: detached houses make 78% 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.
How Didsbury’s homes break down, by age and kind
The 2021 census counted 2,045 occupied homes in Didsbury; 72% of them are single-detached houses. Half went up before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Didsbury | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 7% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 5% | 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.
Permits in Didsbury ran at 5.4 homes a year per 1,000, where Alberta’s towns ran at 7.5
Some 11 homes a year: 55 in all were permitted in Didsbury from 2018 to 2023. Single-unit buildings took 64% of them, where Alberta’s towns built 69%.
A peak in 2020: 13 new homes
A year with no report is left out.
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.
Didsbury is cheaper than most of Alberta’s towns: 29% under 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.
Didsbury’s neighbours by home value
The places around Didsbury at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Didsbury | $286K | $291K | 79% | |
| Carstairs | $352K | $370K | 86% | 11.6 |
| Olds | $340K | $357K | 72% | 15.1 |
| Mountain View County | $500K | $549K | 86% | 17.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Didsbury
How many households in Didsbury are in core housing need?
5% of Didsbury’s households, under the 8% of Alberta’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
Is Didsbury expensive for Alberta?
Below the norm for Alberta’s towns, whose median home is worth $400,000; Didsbury’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).