MacEwan’s housing is newer than most: 94% has gone up since 2001, against 24% for Alberta’s towns
A median of $400,000 and a mean of $353,315: that is how owners valued their homes in 2021. For MacEwan there is no published sale price, as for every town in Alberta. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $360,000. MacEwan doesn’t get its own assessed values, values by property type and building permits figures; the ones here come from the city of Edmonton.
What MacEwan’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. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $353K
- Owners
- 1,460
- 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).
Houses in Edmonton carry assessments 30% over the middle of 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.
46% of MacEwan lives in apartments, where Alberta’s towns have 14%
MacEwan had 2,520 occupied homes at the 2021 census. A neighbourhood’s counts are summed from small census areas, so its parts can fall a little short of the whole.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| MacEwan | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 40% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 2% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 5% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 9% | 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
Some 10,205 homes a year: 61,232 in all were permitted in Edmonton from 2018 to 2023. The mix: 32% in single-unit buildings, beside 69% for Alberta’s towns.
A peak in 2022: 12,256 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Down 15%: 21,179 new homes in the year to August 2026
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
MacEwan sits close to 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 MacEwan: Rutherford and Skyrattler
Next to MacEwan: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacEwan | $400K | $353K | 58% | |
| Twin Brooks | $500K | $515K | 93% | 0.9 |
| Cavanagh | $480K | $492K | 87% | 1.5 |
| Rutherford | $352K | $386K | 68% | 1.8 |
| Mactaggart | $700K | $734K | 72% | 2 |
| Skyrattler | $360K | $404K | 57% | 2.1 |
| Bearspaw | $392K | $399K | 85% | 2.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in MacEwan
How many households in MacEwan are in core housing need?
In MacEwan, 9% of households are in core housing need, close to the 8% of Alberta’s towns: those whose home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, with nothing suitable nearby under 30% of their income.
Is MacEwan expensive for Alberta?
MacEwan 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).