Photo: AuroraTiara · CC BY-SA 4.051% of Delton’s homes were built before 1961, against 5% across Alberta’s towns
In May 2021 the median owned home was worth $280,000 by its owner’s reckoning, the average one $284,094. The census figure is the owner’s own reckoning of value in May 2021; actual sale prices may differ. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Alberta; the census value stands in for Delton.
Delton’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.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $284K
- Owners
- 635
- 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
Houses in Edmonton carry assessments 30% over the middle 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.
13% of Delton’s households are in core housing need, against 8% for Alberta’s towns
The 2021 census counted 1,100 occupied homes in Delton; 60% 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
| Delton | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 7% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 13% | 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
Over 2018–2023, 61,232 homes were permitted in Edmonton, close to 10,205 each year. The mix: 32% in single-unit buildings, beside 69% for Alberta’s towns.
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
Source area for monthly permits: the Edmonton metro area
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.
Delton against Alberta’s towns: 30% under the $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 Delton: Parkdale
Next to Delton: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
Questions about property prices in Delton
Is Delton expensive for Alberta?
Below the norm for Alberta’s towns, whose median home is worth $400,000; Delton’s is worth less.
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).