The middle home in Greenfield is valued at $448,000
Behind it are the answers of 1,170 owners at the 2021 census. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021. No sales are published for towns in Alberta, Greenfield included, so owners’ values are the measure.
Greenfield’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
- $458K
- Owners
- 1,170
- 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
A detached house in Edmonton is assessed 30% higher than across 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.
Single-detached houses are 89% of Greenfield’s homes, against 64% for Alberta’s towns
At the 2021 census, Greenfield had 1,430 homes with someone living in them. The older half dates from before 1981. Neighbourhood figures add up small census areas, and rounding can leave the parts a little under the total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Greenfield | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | under 1% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 3% | 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.
Edmonton permitted 26 new homes a year per 1,000, above the 7.5 of Alberta’s towns
Building permits added 61,232 homes in Edmonton between 2018 and 2023: some 10,205 a year. 32% were single-unit buildings and the rest multi-unit ones, against 69% for Alberta’s towns.
A peak 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
Monthly permits for the Edmonton metro area
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.
Greenfield is 12% above the $400,000 median of Alberta’s towns
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.
Cheaper next to Greenfield: Royal Gardens, Duggan and Ermineskin
The places around Greenfield at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenfield | $448K | $458K | 83% | |
| Sweet Grass | $492K | $405K | 62% | 0.5 |
| Royal Gardens | $400K | $343K | 55% | 1.1 |
| Blue Quill | $460K | $398K | 42% | 1.1 |
| Duggan | $416K | $403K | 59% | 1.2 |
| Westbrook Estates | $600K | $889K | 77% | 1.6 |
| Ermineskin | $400K | $353K | 44% | 1.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Greenfield
How many households in Greenfield are in core housing need?
3% of Greenfield’s households, under the 8% of Alberta’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
Is Greenfield expensive for Alberta?
Yes: Greenfield’s census median is above the $400,000 of Alberta’s towns.
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).