99% of Rapperswill’s homes have been built since 2001, against 24% for Alberta’s towns
A median of $420,000 and a mean of $441,239: that is how owners valued their homes in 2021. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Alberta; the census value stands in for Rapperswill. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $360,000. Rapperswill doesn’t get its own assessed values, values by property type and building permits figures; the ones here come from the city of Edmonton.
Rapperswill’s homes, by two sources
Two sources, each set against Alberta’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $441K
- Owners
- 1,025
- 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.
How Rapperswill’s homes break down, by age and kind
Rapperswill had 1,090 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 66% of them single-detached houses. Summed from small census areas, a neighbourhood’s parts may add up to a little less than its total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Rapperswill | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 2% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 9% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 2% | 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
Some 10,205 homes a year: 61,232 in all were permitted in Edmonton from 2018 to 2023. 32% were single-unit buildings and the rest multi-unit ones, against 69% for Alberta’s towns. For monthly permits, the only official count covers all of the Edmonton metro area, Rapperswill included.
A peak in 2022: 12,256 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Down 15%: 21,179 new homes in the year to August 2026
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.
Rapperswill 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 Rapperswill: Dunluce, Albany and Baturyn
Next to Rapperswill: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
Questions about property prices in Rapperswill
How many households in Rapperswill are in core housing need?
Fewer than most: 2% of households in Rapperswill, where Alberta’s towns sit at 8%.
Is Rapperswill expensive for Alberta?
On census values, Rapperswill 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).