Photo: runran from An island in the stream · CC BY-SA 2.0A home in Boyle Street is worth 55% less than the middle of Alberta’s towns
That is a median of $180,000 at the 2021 census, set beside $400,000 for Alberta’s towns. There is no public record of sale prices in Alberta, which leaves the census value as the guide for Boyle Street. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $360,000. For assessed values, values by property type and building permits, the only official count covers all of the city of Edmonton, Boyle Street included.
Boyle Street’s homes, by two sources
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Alberta’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $271K
- Owners
- 415
- 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).
Houses in Edmonton carry assessments 30% over the middle of 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.
Apartments are 96% of Boyle Street’s homes, against 14% for Alberta’s towns
Boyle Street had 3,170 occupied homes at the 2021 census. The older half dates from before 2001. 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
| Boyle Street | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 34% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 8% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 30% | 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.
Building ahead of Alberta’s towns: 26 new homes a year per 1,000 in Edmonton, against 7.5
Some 10,205 homes a year: 61,232 in all were permitted in Edmonton from 2018 to 2023. Single-unit buildings took 32%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 69% for Alberta’s towns.
The busiest year: 2022, with 12,256 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
21,179 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, down 15% on the year before
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. · Monthly permits published for the Edmonton metro area, not by town
Boyle Street is cheaper than most of Alberta’s towns: 55% 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.
Boyle Street’s neighbours by home value
Next to Boyle Street: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyle Street | $180K | $271K | 13% | |
| McCauley | $250K | $287K | 28% | 0.7 |
| Virginia Park | $348K | $355K | 48% | 1.5 |
| Riverdale | $496K | $561K | 49% | 1.5 |
| Central McDougall | $194K | $261K | 12% | 1.7 |
| Parkdale | $250K | $277K | 55% | 1.8 |
| Forest Heights | $460K | $517K | 61% | 1.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Boyle Street
Is Boyle Street expensive for Alberta?
Below the norm for Alberta’s towns, whose median home is worth $400,000; Boyle Street’s is worth less.
How many households in Boyle Street are in core housing need?
More than most: 30% of households in Boyle Street, where Alberta’s towns sit at 8%.
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).