Photo: Darren Kirby · CC BY-SA 3.0In Queen Alexandra, 69% of households live in an apartment (Alberta’s towns: 14%)
The middle home was worth $380,000 at the 2021 census, the average $422,707. Owners gave those values at the May 2021 census; they are estimates, and older than today’s prices. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Alberta; the census value stands in for Queen Alexandra.
What Queen Alexandra’s homes are worth, two ways
Each source sits beside its own median for Alberta’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $423K
- Owners
- 735
- 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
A detached house in Edmonton is assessed 30% higher than across 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.
More need than most: 25% of households in Queen Alexandra (Alberta’s towns: 8%)
At the 2021 census, Queen Alexandra had 2,860 homes with someone living in them. Half or more were standing by 1980. 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
| Queen Alexandra | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 19% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 6% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 25% | 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
Over 2018–2023, 61,232 homes were permitted in Edmonton, close to 10,205 each year. Single-unit buildings took 32%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 69% for Alberta’s towns. Queen Alexandra shares its monthly permits numbers with the rest of the Edmonton metro area.
Most in 2022: 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
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.
Queen Alexandra 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.
Home values around Queen Alexandra
The places around Queen Alexandra at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Alexandra | $380K | $423K | 26% | |
| McKernan | $600K | $670K | 52% | 0.8 |
| Garneau | $480K | $750K | 26% | 1 |
| Allendale | $428K | $478K | 45% | 1.3 |
| Strathcona | $456K | $501K | 31% | 1.5 |
| Belgravia | $750K | $770K | 72% | 1.9 |
| Ritchie | $380K | $446K | 53% | 2.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Queen Alexandra
Is Queen Alexandra expensive for Alberta?
In the middle: Alberta’s towns come to $400,000, and so, near enough, does Queen Alexandra.
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).