A median $428,000: what owners say homes in Matt Berry are worth
1,150 owner households answered the census question on value in 2021. For Matt Berry there is no published sale price, as for every town in Alberta. Assessors valued the median residential property at $360,000 for 2024. Figures for assessed values, values by property type and building permits are published for the city of Edmonton as a whole, not for Matt Berry alone.
Two ways to price a home in Matt Berry
Two sources, each set against Alberta’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $417K
- Owners
- 1,150
- 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
Of Edmonton’s 347,170 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 61% are detached houses and 18% are condos.
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: 48% of the homes in Matt Berry, where Alberta’s towns have 24%
Of the 1,245 homes people lived in across Matt Berry at the 2021 census, 84% were single-detached houses. 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
| Matt Berry | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 15% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 2% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 3% | 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
Building permits added 61,232 homes in Edmonton between 2018 and 2023: some 10,205 a year. The mix: 32% in single-unit buildings, beside 69% for Alberta’s towns.
The busiest year: 2022, with 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
Measured across the Edmonton metro area: monthly permits
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.
Matt Berry sits close to the $400,000 median of Alberta’s towns
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 Matt Berry: Hollick-Kenyon, Casselman and McConachie
Next to Matt Berry: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Berry | $428K | $417K | 93% | |
| Hollick-Kenyon | $400K | $400K | 72% | 0.8 |
| Ozerna | $420K | $414K | 90% | 1.1 |
| Casselman | $340K | $320K | 73% | 1.1 |
| McConachie | $400K | $426K | 78% | 1.1 |
| Brintnell | $400K | $409K | 73% | 1.6 |
| Kilkenny | $348K | $337K | 62% | 1.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Matt Berry
How many households in Matt Berry are in core housing need?
3% of Matt Berry’s households, under the 8% of Alberta’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
Is Matt Berry expensive for Alberta?
On census values, Matt Berry sits mid-table among Alberta’s towns (median $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).