Glastonbury’s housing is newer than most: 71% has gone up since 2001, against 24% for Alberta’s towns
Owners valued the median home at $400,000 at the 2021 census, and the average at $412,496. Treat the values as owners’ May 2021 guesses: they are self-reported, and they come from before rates went up. What homes sold for in Glastonbury isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Alberta.
Two ways to price a home in Glastonbury
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Alberta’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $412K
- Owners
- 3,095
- 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). · Assessed values, values by property type and building permits: one figure for all of the city of Edmonton
On the assessment roll, Edmonton’s houses sit 30% above Alberta’s towns
Detached houses account for 61% of the 347,170 properties on Edmonton’s 2024 roll; condos for 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.
Condominiums are 38% of Glastonbury’s homes, against 15% for Alberta’s towns
Glastonbury had 3,720 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 62% of them single-detached houses. 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
| Glastonbury | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 38% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 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
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Edmonton created 61,232 homes, about 10,205 a year. About 32% went into single-unit buildings, where Alberta’s towns built 69%.
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. · Monthly permits: the Edmonton metro area
Glastonbury against Alberta’s towns: about level with the $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 Glastonbury: Lymburn and Ormsby Place
Next to Glastonbury: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glastonbury | $400K | $412K | 83% | |
| Granville | $500K | $515K | 89% | 0.9 |
| Lymburn | $356K | $348K | 70% | 1.6 |
| Ormsby Place | $220K | $343K | 70% | 2.1 |
| Aldergrove | $400K | $365K | 63% | 2.1 |
| Suder Greens | $400K | $412K | 77% | 2.1 |
| Jamieson Place | $400K | $406K | 90% | 2.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Glastonbury
How many households in Glastonbury are in core housing need?
About as many as elsewhere: 8% of households in Glastonbury, where Alberta’s towns sit at 8%.
Is Glastonbury expensive for Alberta?
Glastonbury is close to the norm for Alberta’s towns, whose median home is worth $400,000.
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).