98% of Callaghan’s homes have been built since 2001, against 24% for Alberta’s towns
Asked in 2021, owners gave a median value of $448,000; averaged, their homes came to $499,000. Owners gave those values at the May 2021 census; they are estimates, and older than today’s prices. No open sale prices are published in Alberta, so for Callaghan the census value is the measure.
Callaghan’s homes, by two sources
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
- $499K
- Owners
- 845
- 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). · Measured across 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
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.
37% of Callaghan lives in apartments, where Alberta’s towns have 14%
People lived in 1,575 homes in Callaghan at the 2021 census. 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
| Callaghan | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 31% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 2% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 10% | 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
Over 2018–2023, 61,232 homes were permitted in Edmonton, close to 10,205 each year. About 32% went into single-unit buildings, where Alberta’s towns built 69%.
The busiest year: 2022, with 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. · Data for monthly permits covers the Edmonton metro area
Callaghan is dearer than most of Alberta’s towns: 12% above their $400,000 median
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 Callaghan: Rutherford, Paisley and MacEwan
Next to Callaghan: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
Questions about property prices in Callaghan
Is Callaghan expensive for Alberta?
Above the norm for Alberta’s towns, whose median home is worth $400,000; Callaghan’s is worth more.
How many households in Callaghan are in core housing need?
About as many as elsewhere: 10% of households in Callaghan, 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).