Homes from 2001 on make up 65% of Oxford, where Alberta’s towns have 24%
Asked in 2021, owners gave a median value of $400,000; averaged, their homes came to $422,846. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Alberta; the census value stands in for Oxford.
Two ways to price a home in Oxford
Two sources, each set against Alberta’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $423K
- Owners
- 1,230
- 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). · Assessed values, values by property type and building permits for the city of Edmonton
Edmonton’s detached houses are assessed 30% above the median of Alberta’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 347,170 homes in Edmonton: detached houses make 61% of them, 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.
How Oxford’s homes break down, by age and kind
1,455 occupied homes stood in Oxford in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 71% of them. 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
| Oxford | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 20% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 3% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 6% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 5% | 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
Over 2018–2023, 61,232 homes were permitted in Edmonton, close to 10,205 each 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
21,179 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, down 15% on the year before
Area-wide: monthly permits, counted over 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.
Oxford sits near the middle of Alberta’s towns ($400,000)
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 Oxford: Cumberland, Albany and Dunluce
The places around Oxford at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford | $400K | $423K | 85% | |
| Carlton | $424K | $434K | 84% | 0.8 |
| Cumberland | $360K | $388K | 82% | 1.1 |
| Albany | $352K | $386K | 66% | 1.4 |
| Dunluce | $324K | $301K | 65% | 1.4 |
| Caernarvon | $324K | $295K | 63% | 1.5 |
| Hudson | $348K | $357K | 79% | 1.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Oxford
How many households in Oxford are in core housing need?
5% of Oxford’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 Oxford expensive for Alberta?
About average: Oxford’s census median is close to the $400,000 of Alberta’s towns.
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).