Photo: Own work · CC BY-SA 3.0An apartment town: 56% of Ermineskin’s homes, against 14% across Alberta’s towns
A median of $400,000 and a mean of $352,629: that is how owners valued their homes in 2021. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021. What homes sold for in Ermineskin isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Alberta.
Ermineskin’s homes, by two sources
Two sources, each set against Alberta’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $353K
- Owners
- 1,495
- 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). · Area-wide: assessed values, values by property type and building permits, counted over the city of Edmonton
Houses in Edmonton carry assessments 30% over the middle 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.
36% of Ermineskin’s homes are condos, where Alberta’s towns have 15%
Ermineskin had 3,315 occupied homes at the 2021 census. At least half predate 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
| Ermineskin | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 36% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 7% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 14% | 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
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 Ermineskin one part of it.
Most 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.
Ermineskin sits close to the $400,000 median of Alberta’s towns
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 Ermineskin: Skyrattler
The places around Ermineskin at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ermineskin | $400K | $353K | 44% | |
| Blue Quill | $460K | $398K | 42% | 1.4 |
| Skyrattler | $360K | $404K | 57% | 1.6 |
| Duggan | $416K | $403K | 59% | 1.7 |
| Bearspaw | $392K | $399K | 85% | 1.7 |
| Sweet Grass | $492K | $405K | 62% | 1.7 |
| Greenfield | $448K | $458K | 83% | 1.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Ermineskin
How many households in Ermineskin are in core housing need?
In Ermineskin, 14% of households are in core housing need, against 8% for Alberta’s towns: their home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, and nothing suitable nearby costs under 30% of their income.
Is Ermineskin expensive for Alberta?
In the middle: Alberta’s towns come to $400,000, and so, near enough, does Ermineskin.
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).