Apartments make up 34% of the homes in Royal Gardens, where Alberta’s towns have 14%
The 2021 census put the median home at $400,000, with an average of $343,197. No open sale prices are published in Alberta, so for Royal Gardens the census value is the measure. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $360,000. Behind assessed values, values by property type and building permits sits data gathered across the city of Edmonton, with Royal Gardens one part of it.
What Royal Gardens’s homes are worth, two ways
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Alberta’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $343K
- 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).
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.
25% of Royal Gardens’s homes are condos, where Alberta’s towns have 15%
People lived in 1,325 homes in Royal Gardens at the 2021 census. 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
| Royal Gardens | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 25% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 9% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 11% | 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. 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
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.
Royal Gardens 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 Royal Gardens: Empire Park
Next to Royal Gardens: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Gardens | $400K | $343K | 55% | |
| Westbrook Estates | $600K | $889K | 77% | 0.8 |
| Greenfield | $448K | $458K | 83% | 1.1 |
| Malmo Plains | $460K | $473K | 64% | 1.4 |
| Sweet Grass | $492K | $405K | 62% | 1.5 |
| Duggan | $416K | $403K | 59% | 1.8 |
| Empire Park | $258K | $272K | 12% | 1.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Royal Gardens
How many households in Royal Gardens are in core housing need?
In Royal Gardens, 11% of households are in core housing need, against 8% for Alberta’s towns: their home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, and nothing suitable nearby costs under 30% of their income.
Is Royal Gardens expensive for Alberta?
In the middle: Alberta’s towns come to $400,000, and so, near enough, does Royal Gardens.
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).