Photo: Johntwrl at English Wikipedia · Public domainHomes in Laurier Heights are worth 2 times the median of Alberta’s towns
Owners valued the median home at $800,000 in 2021, where the median of Alberta’s towns was $400,000. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Alberta, so nothing here says what Laurier Heights’s homes actually sold for. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $360,000. Laurier Heights shares its assessed values, values by property type and building permits numbers with the rest of the city of Edmonton.
Laurier Heights’s homes, by two sources
Each source sits beside its own median for Alberta’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Treat the values as owners’ May 2021 guesses: they are self-reported, and they come from before rates went up.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $828K
- Owners
- 995
- 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).
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.
Before 1961: 43% of the homes in Laurier Heights, where Alberta’s towns have 5%
Laurier Heights had 1,195 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 89% of them single-detached houses. 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
| Laurier Heights | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | under 1% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | under 1% | 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
Edmonton issued permits for 61,232 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 10,205 a year. Single-unit buildings took 32%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 69% for Alberta’s towns. For monthly permits, the only official count covers all of the Edmonton metro area, Laurier Heights included.
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
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.
Laurier Heights against Alberta’s towns: 100% over the $400,000 median
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 Laurier Heights: Lynnwood, Jasper Park and Parkview
The places around Laurier Heights at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurier Heights | $800K | $828K | 82% | |
| Lynnwood | $412K | $410K | 50% | 1.3 |
| Jasper Park | $324K | $337K | 52% | 1.3 |
| Parkview | $695K | $813K | 83% | 1.4 |
| Meadowlark Park | $344K | $344K | 84% | 1.9 |
| Patricia Heights | $600K | $633K | 76% | 1.9 |
| Elmwood | $352K | $359K | 65% | 2.3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Laurier Heights
Is Laurier Heights expensive for Alberta?
More than most: Alberta’s towns have a median of $400,000, and Laurier Heights sits above it.
How many households in Laurier Heights are in core housing need?
Fewer than most: under 1% of households in Laurier Heights, where Alberta’s towns sit at 8%.
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).