Photo: Garth Bishop · CC BY-SA 3.0Homes from 2001 on make up 98% of Summerside, where Alberta’s towns have 24%
In May 2021 the median owned home was worth $428,000 by its owner’s reckoning, the average one $487,737. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Alberta; the census value stands in for Summerside. Assessors valued the median residential property at $360,000 for 2024. Summerside doesn’t get its own assessed values, values by property type and building permits figures; the ones here come from the city of Edmonton.
Two ways to price a home in Summerside
Two sources, each set against Alberta’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $488K
- Owners
- 4,360
- 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
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.
22% of Summerside’s homes are condos, where Alberta’s towns have 15%
At the 2021 census, 60% of Summerside’s 5,500 occupied homes were 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
| Summerside | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 22% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 1% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 5% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 5% | 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
Building permits added 61,232 homes in Edmonton between 2018 and 2023: some 10,205 a year. Single-unit buildings took 32%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 69% for Alberta’s towns.
The busiest year: 2022, with 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
The monthly permits numbers here cover 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.
Summerside against Alberta’s towns: about level with 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 Summerside: The Orchards At Ellerslie, Ellerslie and Charlesworth
Next to Summerside: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summerside | $428K | $488K | 79% | |
| The Orchards At Ellerslie | $384K | $420K | 87% | 1.1 |
| Ellerslie | $348K | $351K | 72% | 1.4 |
| Walker | $412K | $419K | 76% | 1.7 |
| Charlesworth | $392K | $408K | 74% | 2.5 |
| Anthony Henday South East | $340K | $350K | 83% | 3 |
| Cavanagh | $480K | $492K | 87% | 3.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Summerside
How many households in Summerside are in core housing need?
5% of Summerside’s households, under the 8% of Alberta’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
Is Summerside expensive for Alberta?
On census values, Summerside 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).