Photo: Vanstrat · CC BY-SA 4.0Since 2001, Eaux Claires has built 66% of the homes it has today; Alberta’s towns, 24%
The 2021 census put the median home at $348,000, with an average of $373,459. No open sale prices are published in Alberta, so for Eaux Claires the census value is the measure. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $360,000. Eaux Claires shares its assessed values, values by property type and building permits numbers with the rest of the city of Edmonton.
What Eaux Claires’s homes are worth, two ways
Each source sits beside its own median for Alberta’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Treat the values as owners’ May 2021 guesses: they are self-reported, and they come from before rates went up.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $373K
- Owners
- 980
- 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).
Houses in Edmonton carry assessments 30% over the middle 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.
43% of Eaux Claires lives in apartments, where Alberta’s towns have 14%
Eaux Claires had 1,255 occupied homes at the 2021 census. 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
| Eaux Claires | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 47% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 3% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 6% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 9% | 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)
Over 2018–2023, 61,232 homes were permitted in Edmonton, close to 10,205 each year. 32% were single-unit buildings and the rest multi-unit ones, against 69% for Alberta’s towns.
Most 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
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
Eaux Claires against Alberta’s towns: 13% 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.
Home values around Eaux Claires
Next to Eaux Claires: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eaux Claires | $348K | $373K | 78% | |
| Lorelei | $348K | $343K | 66% | 0.7 |
| Belle Rive | $448K | $416K | 93% | 1.1 |
| Lago Lindo | $348K | $348K | 89% | 1.2 |
| Beaumaris | $388K | $371K | 73% | 1.2 |
| Baturyn | $340K | $314K | 78% | 1.5 |
| Mayliewan | $448K | $449K | 94% | 1.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Eaux Claires
Is Eaux Claires expensive for Alberta?
On census values, Eaux Claires sits among the cheaper of Alberta’s towns (median $400,000).
How many households in Eaux Claires are in core housing need?
In Eaux Claires, 9% of households are in core housing need, close to the 8% of Alberta’s towns: those whose home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, with nothing suitable nearby under 30% of their income.
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).