Photo: Kaz Andrew from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Before 1961 is when 54% of Alberta Avenue’s homes went up, beside 5% for Alberta’s towns
Asked in 2021, owners gave a median value of $270,000; averaged, their homes came to $270,490. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Alberta, so nothing here says what Alberta Avenue’s homes actually sold for. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $360,000. For assessed values, values by property type and building permits, the only official count covers all of the city of Edmonton, Alberta Avenue included.
Two ways to price a home in Alberta Avenue
Each source sits beside its own median for Alberta’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $270K
- Owners
- 1,450
- 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 Edmonton is assessed 30% higher than across Alberta’s towns
Assessors listed 347,170 residential properties in Edmonton for 2024, 61% of them detached houses and 18% condos.
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.
More homes in poor repair than most: 16% in Alberta Avenue (Alberta’s towns: 5%)
The 2021 census counted 2,655 occupied homes in Alberta Avenue; 59% of them are single-detached houses. 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
| Alberta Avenue | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 16% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 9% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 18% | 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 Edmonton ran at 26 homes a year per 1,000, where Alberta’s towns ran at 7.5
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Edmonton created 61,232 homes, about 10,205 a year. Single-unit buildings took 32%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 69% for Alberta’s towns.
Most in 2022: 12,256 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Down 15%: 21,179 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. · Area behind the monthly permits figures: the Edmonton metro area
Alberta Avenue is 33% 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 Alberta Avenue: Parkdale and McCauley
Next to Alberta Avenue: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alberta Avenue | $270K | $270K | 55% | |
| Delton | $280K | $284K | 58% | 0.9 |
| Parkdale | $250K | $277K | 55% | 1 |
| Westwood | $302K | $316K | 21% | 1 |
| Eastwood | $270K | $281K | 38% | 1.4 |
| McCauley | $250K | $287K | 28% | 1.6 |
| Virginia Park | $348K | $355K | 48% | 2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Alberta Avenue
How many households in Alberta Avenue are in core housing need?
In Alberta Avenue, 18% of households are in core housing need, against 8% for Alberta’s towns: their home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, and nothing suitable nearby costs under 30% of their income.
Is Alberta Avenue expensive for Alberta?
No: Alberta Avenue’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).