The middle home in Sweet Grass is valued at $492,000
Some 630 owner households gave their home’s value to the 2021 census. The census asks owners what their home would sell for, so the values are estimates from May 2021. What homes sold for in Sweet Grass isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Alberta.
Sweet Grass’s homes, by two sources
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Alberta’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $405K
- Owners
- 630
- 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). · Measured across the city of Edmonton: assessed values, values by property type and building permits
Houses in Edmonton carry assessments 30% over the middle 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.
37% of Sweet Grass’s homes are condos, where Alberta’s towns have 15%
At the 2021 census, 44% of Sweet Grass’s 1,020 occupied homes were single-detached houses. At least half predate 1981. 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
| Sweet Grass | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 37% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 5% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 10% | 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.
26 new homes a year per 1,000 in Edmonton: more than Alberta’s towns (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.
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
Area-wide: monthly permits, counted over 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.
Sweet Grass is 23% above the $400,000 median of Alberta’s towns
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 Sweet Grass: Greenfield, Blue Quill and Royal Gardens
Next to Sweet Grass: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweet Grass | $492K | $405K | 62% | |
| Greenfield | $448K | $458K | 83% | 0.5 |
| Blue Quill | $460K | $398K | 42% | 0.6 |
| Royal Gardens | $400K | $343K | 55% | 1.5 |
| Duggan | $416K | $403K | 59% | 1.7 |
| Westbrook Estates | $600K | $889K | 77% | 1.7 |
| Ermineskin | $400K | $353K | 44% | 1.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Sweet Grass
Is Sweet Grass expensive for Alberta?
More than most: Alberta’s towns have a median of $400,000, and Sweet Grass sits above it.
How many households in Sweet Grass are in core housing need?
About as many as elsewhere: 10% of households in Sweet Grass, where Alberta’s towns sit at 8%.
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).