A median $344,000: what owners say homes in Sakaw are worth
That figure comes from 820 owner households at the 2021 census. No open sale prices are published in Alberta, so for Sakaw the census value is the measure. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $360,000. For assessed values, values by property type and building permits, the only official count covers all of the city of Edmonton, Sakaw included.
Two ways to price a home in Sakaw
Two sources, each set against Alberta’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. The census asks owners what their home would sell for, so the values are estimates from May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $328K
- Owners
- 820
- 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
In 2024, Edmonton had 347,170 residential properties on the roll, detached houses 61% of them and 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.
12% of Sakaw’s households are in core housing need, against 8% for Alberta’s towns
1,295 occupied homes stood in Sakaw in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 63% of them. Half or more were standing by 2000. 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
| Sakaw | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 15% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 7% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 12% | 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
Edmonton issued permits for 61,232 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 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
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. · Area behind the monthly permits figures: the Edmonton metro area
Sakaw against Alberta’s towns: 14% under the $400,000 median
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 Sakaw: Meyokumin and Pollard Meadows
The places around Sakaw at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sakaw | $344K | $328K | 63% | |
| Meyokumin | $296K | $282K | 60% | 0.9 |
| Anthony Henday South East | $340K | $350K | 83% | 1.1 |
| Ekota | $348K | $324K | 68% | 1.4 |
| Pollard Meadows | $310K | $302K | 58% | 1.4 |
| Crawford Plains | $348K | $342K | 76% | 1.6 |
| Charlesworth | $392K | $408K | 74% | 1.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Sakaw
Is Sakaw expensive for Alberta?
Below the norm for Alberta’s towns, whose median home is worth $400,000; Sakaw’s is worth less.
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).