Photo: Odysseus1479 · CC BY-SA 3.0A home in Central McDougall is worth 52% less than the middle of Alberta’s towns
The census median was $194,000 in 2021, against $400,000 for Alberta’s towns. What homes sold for in Central McDougall isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Alberta. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $360,000. Central McDougall doesn’t get its own assessed values, values by property type and building permits figures; the ones here come from the city of Edmonton.
Two ways to price a home in Central McDougall
Each source sits beside its own median for Alberta’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. The census figure is the owner’s own reckoning of value in May 2021; actual sale prices may differ.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $261K
- Owners
- 305
- 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).
Edmonton’s detached houses are assessed 30% above the median of Alberta’s towns
Of Edmonton’s 347,170 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 61% are detached houses and 18% are 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.
More apartments than most: 95% of the homes in Central McDougall (Alberta’s towns: 14%)
People lived in 2,655 homes in Central McDougall at the 2021 census. At least half predate 1981. 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
| Central McDougall | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 22% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 12% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 16% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 34% | 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.
A peak in 2022: 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. · Area behind the monthly permits figures: the Edmonton metro area
Central McDougall against Alberta’s towns: 52% under 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 Central McDougall: Boyle Street
The places around Central McDougall at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central McDougall | $194K | $261K | 12% | |
| Queen Mary Park | $250K | $284K | 21% | 1.1 |
| McCauley | $250K | $287K | 28% | 1.2 |
| Downtown | $332K | $366K | 28% | 1.6 |
| Boyle Street | $180K | $271K | 13% | 1.7 |
| Wîhkwêntôwin | $246K | $329K | 30% | 1.8 |
| Alberta Avenue | $270K | $270K | 55% | 2.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Central McDougall
Is Central McDougall expensive for Alberta?
Less than most: Alberta’s towns have a median of $400,000, and Central McDougall sits below it.
How many households in Central McDougall are in core housing need?
More than most: 34% of households in Central McDougall, 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).