95% of Brintnell’s homes have been built since 2001, against 24% for Alberta’s towns
The middle home was worth $400,000 at the 2021 census, the average $409,322. No open sale prices are published in Alberta, so for Brintnell the census value is the measure. Assessors valued the median residential property at $360,000 for 2024. Brintnell shares its assessed values, values by property type and building permits numbers with the rest of the city of Edmonton.
Brintnell’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. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $409K
- Owners
- 1,490
- 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 assessment roll, Edmonton’s houses sit 30% above Alberta’s towns
Detached houses account for 61% of the 347,170 properties on Edmonton’s 2024 roll; condos for 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 Brintnell, by period and type
The 2021 census counted 2,045 occupied homes in Brintnell; 77% of them are single-detached houses. A neighbourhood’s counts are summed from small census areas, so its parts can fall a little short of the whole.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Brintnell | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 10% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 2% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 9% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 8% | 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
Building permits added 61,232 homes in Edmonton between 2018 and 2023: some 10,205 a year. 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
Slowing: 21,179 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, 15% fewer
Measured across the Edmonton metro area: monthly permits
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.
Brintnell against Alberta’s towns: about level with the $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.
Lower values near Brintnell: Miller, Casselman and Kirkness
Next to Brintnell: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brintnell | $400K | $409K | 73% | |
| Hollick-Kenyon | $400K | $400K | 72% | 0.8 |
| Miller | $324K | $345K | 79% | 1.1 |
| Cy Becker | $400K | $433K | 93% | 1.4 |
| Casselman | $340K | $320K | 73% | 1.5 |
| Matt Berry | $428K | $417K | 93% | 1.6 |
| Kirkness | $348K | $330K | 69% | 1.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Brintnell
How many households in Brintnell are in core housing need?
8% of Brintnell’s households, near 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 Brintnell expensive for Alberta?
Neither more nor less: Alberta’s towns have a median of $400,000, and Brintnell is near it.
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).