Photo: LaserToaster5 · CC BY-SA 4.0Homes in Kirkness are worth a median $348,000
Behind it are the answers of 1,360 owners at the 2021 census. Owners gave those values at the May 2021 census; they are estimates, and older than today’s prices. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Alberta, so nothing here says what Kirkness’s homes actually sold for.
What Kirkness’s homes are worth, two ways
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Alberta’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $330K
- Owners
- 1,360
- 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 behind the assessed values, values by property type and building permits figures: the city of Edmonton
A detached house in Edmonton is assessed 30% higher than across Alberta’s towns
In 2024, Edmonton had 347,170 residential properties on the roll, detached houses 61% of them and 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.
Apartments are 30% of Kirkness’s homes, against 14% for Alberta’s towns
At the 2021 census, Kirkness had 1,965 homes with someone living in them. Half went up before 2001. 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
| Kirkness | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 28% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 6% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 11% | 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
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Edmonton created 61,232 homes, about 10,205 a year. 32% were single-unit buildings and the rest multi-unit ones, against 69% for Alberta’s towns.
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
The monthly permits numbers here cover 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.
Kirkness against Alberta’s towns: 13% under 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 Kirkness: Fraser, Bannerman and Edmonton Energy And Technology Park
The places around Kirkness at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkness | $348K | $330K | 69% | |
| Fraser | $300K | $358K | 77% | 0.9 |
| Bannerman | $286K | $271K | 65% | 1 |
| Edmonton Energy And Technology Park | $220K | $281K | 76% | 1.1 |
| Miller | $324K | $345K | 79% | 1.3 |
| Brintnell | $400K | $409K | 73% | 1.7 |
| Clareview Town Centre | $276K | $238K | 44% | 1.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Kirkness
How many households in Kirkness are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 11% of Kirkness’s households in core housing need, a higher share than the 8% of Alberta’s towns.
Is Kirkness expensive for Alberta?
Less than most: Alberta’s towns have a median of $400,000, and Kirkness sits below it.
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).