Photo: Kurt Bauschardt from Edmonton, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Homes in Patricia Heights are worth 50% more than the median of Alberta’s towns
At the 2021 census the median home was worth $600,000, where Alberta’s towns sit at $400,000. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Alberta; the census value stands in for Patricia Heights.
Patricia 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. Patricia Heights shares its assessed values, values by property type and building permits numbers with the rest of the city of Edmonton.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $633K
- Owners
- 1,265
- 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
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.
The homes of Patricia Heights, by period and type
Of the 1,665 homes people lived in across Patricia Heights at the 2021 census, 76% were single-detached houses. At least half predate 1981. 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
| Patricia Heights | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 11% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 6% | 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
Building permits added 61,232 homes in Edmonton between 2018 and 2023: some 10,205 a year. About 32% went into single-unit buildings, where Alberta’s towns built 69%.
The busiest year: 2022, with 12,256 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Down 15%: 21,179 new homes in the year to August 2026
Source area for monthly permits: 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.
Patricia Heights against Alberta’s towns: 50% 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 Patricia Heights: Elmwood, Lynnwood and Meadowlark Park
Next to Patricia Heights: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patricia Heights | $600K | $633K | 76% | |
| Elmwood | $352K | $359K | 65% | 0.9 |
| Lynnwood | $412K | $410K | 50% | 1.2 |
| Meadowlark Park | $344K | $344K | 84% | 1.8 |
| Callingwood South | $200K | $219K | 28% | 1.8 |
| River Valley Oleskiw | $596K | $626K | 87% | 1.8 |
| Laurier Heights | $800K | $828K | 82% | 1.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Patricia Heights
Is Patricia Heights expensive for Alberta?
More than most: Alberta’s towns have a median of $400,000, and Patricia Heights sits above it.
How many households in Patricia Heights are in core housing need?
In Patricia Heights, 6% of households are in core housing need, against 8% for 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.
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).