Photo: Joli Rumi · CC BY-SA 4.0Avonmore’s housing is older than most: 72% dates from before 1961 (Alberta’s towns: 5%)
The 2021 census put the median home at $400,000, with an average of $412,234. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Alberta, so nothing here says what Avonmore’s homes actually sold for.
What Avonmore’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.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $412K
- Owners
- 940
- 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). · Assessed values, values by property type and building permits for the city of Edmonton
A detached house in Edmonton is assessed 30% higher than across Alberta’s towns
In 2024, Edmonton had 347,170 residential properties on the roll, detached houses 61% of them and condos 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.
The homes of Avonmore, by period and type
At the 2021 census, 81% of Avonmore’s 1,240 occupied homes were 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
| Avonmore | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 7% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | under 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.
Edmonton permitted 26 new homes a year per 1,000, above the 7.5 of Alberta’s towns
Some 10,205 homes a year: 61,232 in all were permitted in Edmonton from 2018 to 2023. 32% were single-unit buildings and the rest multi-unit ones, against 69% for Alberta’s towns.
A peak in 2022: 12,256 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Slowing: 21,179 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, 15% fewer
The monthly permits numbers here cover the Edmonton metro area
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.
Avonmore sits close to the $400,000 median of Alberta’s towns
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 Avonmore: Tweddle Place
Next to Avonmore: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avonmore | $400K | $412K | 76% | |
| King Edward Park | $388K | $307K | 67% | 1.5 |
| Hazeldean | $400K | $442K | 59% | 1.5 |
| Ritchie | $380K | $446K | 53% | 1.9 |
| Bonnie Doon | $400K | $492K | 53% | 2.1 |
| Holyrood | $428K | $473K | 61% | 2.8 |
| Tweddle Place | $340K | $320K | 66% | 3.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Avonmore
How many households in Avonmore are in core housing need?
4% of Avonmore’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 Avonmore expensive for Alberta?
On census values, Avonmore sits mid-table among 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).