Homes from 2001 on make up 92% of Ellerslie, where Alberta’s towns have 24%
In May 2021 the median owned home was worth $348,000 by its owner’s reckoning, the average one $350,910. No sales are published for towns in Alberta, Ellerslie included, so owners’ values are the measure. Assessors valued the median residential property at $360,000 for 2024. Ellerslie shares its assessed values, values by property type and building permits numbers with the rest of the city of Edmonton.
Two ways to price a home in Ellerslie
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Alberta’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $351K
- Owners
- 1,450
- 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
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.
More condos than most: 42% of the homes in Ellerslie (Alberta’s towns: 15%)
2,015 occupied homes stood in Ellerslie in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 49% of them. 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
| Ellerslie | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 42% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 3% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 6% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 8% | 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
Some 10,205 homes a year: 61,232 in all were permitted in Edmonton from 2018 to 2023. 32% were single-unit buildings and the rest multi-unit ones, against 69% for Alberta’s towns. Behind monthly permits sits data gathered across the Edmonton metro area, with Ellerslie one part of it.
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.
Ellerslie is cheaper than most of Alberta’s towns: 13% 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.
Home values around Ellerslie
The places around Ellerslie at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellerslie | $348K | $351K | 72% | |
| Summerside | $428K | $488K | 79% | 1.4 |
| Walker | $412K | $419K | 76% | 1.7 |
| Anthony Henday South East | $340K | $350K | 83% | 1.8 |
| Charlesworth | $392K | $408K | 74% | 1.9 |
| Satoo | $348K | $328K | 75% | 2.1 |
| The Orchards At Ellerslie | $384K | $420K | 87% | 2.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Ellerslie
Is Ellerslie expensive for Alberta?
Below the norm for Alberta’s towns, whose median home is worth $400,000; Ellerslie’s is worth less.
How many households in Ellerslie are in core housing need?
In line with Alberta’s towns (8%): 8% in Ellerslie, 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).