35% of Killarney’s homes were built before 1961, against 5% across Alberta’s towns
In May 2021 the median owned home was worth $324,000 by its owner’s reckoning, the average one $321,336. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Alberta, so nothing here says what Killarney’s homes actually sold for.
Two ways to price a home in Killarney
Each source sits beside its own median for Alberta’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $321K
- Owners
- 595
- 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
Edmonton’s detached houses are assessed 30% above the median 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.
Core housing need: 23% of Killarney’s households, where Alberta’s towns sit at 8%
1,570 occupied homes stood in Killarney in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 32% of them. 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
| Killarney | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 5% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 11% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 23% | 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)
Building permits added 61,232 homes in Edmonton between 2018 and 2023: some 10,205 a year. About 32% went into single-unit buildings, where Alberta’s towns built 69%.
A peak 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. · Area behind the monthly permits figures: the Edmonton metro area
Killarney is cheaper than most of Alberta’s towns: 19% 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.
Lower values near Killarney: Delton and Eastwood
Next to Killarney: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
Questions about property prices in Killarney
Is Killarney expensive for Alberta?
Cheaper than the middle: Alberta’s towns come to $400,000, Killarney to less.
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).