Homes in Delwood are worth 20% less than the median of Alberta’s towns
The 2021 census gives $320,000 as the median value; Alberta’s towns come to $400,000. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices. What homes sold for in Delwood isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Alberta.
What Delwood’s homes are worth, two ways
Two sources, each set against Alberta’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. For assessed values, values by property type and building permits, the only official count covers all of the city of Edmonton, Delwood included.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $319K
- Owners
- 1,100
- 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
The 2024 assessment roll counts 347,170 homes in Edmonton: detached houses make 61% of them, 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.
The homes of Delwood, by period and type
At the 2021 census, 83% of Delwood’s 1,390 occupied homes were single-detached houses. The older half dates from before 1981. 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
| Delwood | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 5% | 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.
26 new homes a year per 1,000 in Edmonton: more than Alberta’s towns (7.5)
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Edmonton created 61,232 homes, about 10,205 a year. Single-unit buildings took 32%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 69% for Alberta’s towns. Delwood doesn’t get its own monthly permits figures; the ones here come from the Edmonton metro area.
A peak in 2022: 12,256 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
21,179 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, down 15% on the year before
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.
Delwood is cheaper than most of Alberta’s towns: 20% under their $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 Delwood: Belvedere
Next to Delwood: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
Questions about property prices in Delwood
Is Delwood expensive for Alberta?
Less than most: Alberta’s towns have a median of $400,000, and Delwood sits below it.
How many households in Delwood are in core housing need?
In line with Alberta’s towns (8%): 10% in Delwood, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
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).