Home values in Mactaggart run 75% higher than the median of Alberta’s towns
The 2021 census gives $700,000 as the median value; Alberta’s towns come to $400,000. Sale prices aren’t published in Alberta: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Mactaggart. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $360,000. Figures for assessed values, values by property type and building permits are published for the city of Edmonton as a whole, not for Mactaggart alone.
What Mactaggart’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. The census figure is the owner’s own reckoning of value in May 2021; actual sale prices may differ.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $734K
- Owners
- 905
- 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).
On the assessment roll, Edmonton’s houses sit 30% above 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.
Since 2001: 99% of the homes in Mactaggart, where Alberta’s towns have 24%
At the 2021 census, 43% of Mactaggart’s 1,275 occupied homes were 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
| Mactaggart | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 44% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | under 1% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 7% | 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.
Building ahead of Alberta’s towns: 26 new homes a year per 1,000 in Edmonton, against 7.5
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Edmonton created 61,232 homes, about 10,205 a year. The mix: 32% in single-unit buildings, beside 69% for Alberta’s towns. For monthly permits, the only official count covers all of the Edmonton metro area, Mactaggart included.
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.
Mactaggart against Alberta’s towns: 75% 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 Mactaggart: Magrath Heights, South Terwillegar and Twin Brooks
The places around Mactaggart at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mactaggart | $700K | $734K | 72% | |
| Magrath Heights | $600K | $747K | 82% | 1.2 |
| South Terwillegar | $400K | $404K | 72% | 1.4 |
| Twin Brooks | $500K | $515K | 93% | 1.8 |
| Terwillegar Towne | $408K | $481K | 87% | 1.9 |
| Ogilvie Ridge | $600K | $593K | 79% | 2 |
| MacEwan | $400K | $353K | 58% | 2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Mactaggart
Is Mactaggart expensive for Alberta?
Dearer than the middle: Alberta’s towns come to $400,000, Mactaggart to more.
How many households in Mactaggart are in core housing need?
In line with Alberta’s towns (8%): 7% in Mactaggart, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
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).