Photo: Kurayba · CC BY-SA 2.0Home values in Brookside run 50% higher than the median of Alberta’s towns
In figures: $600,000 for the median home in 2021, $400,000 for the middle of Alberta’s towns. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices. No sales are published for towns in Alberta, Brookside included, so owners’ values are the measure.
Two ways to price a home in Brookside
Each source sits beside its own median for Alberta’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $693K
- Owners
- 915
- 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). · Shared with the rest of the city of Edmonton: assessed values, values by property type and building permits
Edmonton’s detached houses are assessed 30% above the median of 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.
Brookside’s homes: when they went up and what they are
The 2021 census counted 1,285 occupied homes in Brookside; 75% of them are single-detached houses. Half or more were standing by 1980. 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
| Brookside | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 6% | 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.
26 new homes a year per 1,000 in Edmonton: more than Alberta’s towns (7.5)
Some 10,205 homes a year: 61,232 in all were permitted in Edmonton from 2018 to 2023. About 32% went into single-unit buildings, where Alberta’s towns built 69%.
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
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.
Brookside against Alberta’s towns: 50% over 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 Brookside: Ramsay Heights, Royal Gardens and Malmo Plains
The places around Brookside at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookside | $600K | $693K | 71% | |
| Ramsay Heights | $348K | $505K | 63% | 1 |
| Bulyea Heights | $600K | $601K | 99% | 1.2 |
| Westbrook Estates | $600K | $889K | 77% | 1.6 |
| Royal Gardens | $400K | $343K | 55% | 2.2 |
| Malmo Plains | $460K | $473K | 64% | 2.5 |
| Rhatigan Ridge | $552K | $627K | 95% | 2.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Brookside
Is Brookside expensive for Alberta?
Dearer than the middle: Alberta’s towns come to $400,000, Brookside to more.
How many households in Brookside are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 6% of Brookside’s households in core housing need, a smaller share than the 8% 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).