Photo: Laine Ewaschuk · CC BY 3.0A newly built town: 96% of the homes in Tamarack date from 2001 or later (Alberta’s towns: 24%)
Asked in 2021, owners gave a median value of $392,000; averaged, their homes came to $405,347. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Alberta; the census value stands in for Tamarack.
Tamarack’s homes, by two sources
Each source sits beside its own median for Alberta’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $405K
- Owners
- 1,485
- 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). · Not measured by town: assessed values, values by property type and building permits (the city of Edmonton)
On the assessment roll, Edmonton’s houses sit 30% above Alberta’s towns
Assessors listed 347,170 residential properties in Edmonton for 2024, 61% of them detached houses and 18% condos.
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.
The homes of Tamarack, by period and type
1,995 occupied homes stood in Tamarack in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 56% of them. 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
| Tamarack | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 18% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 1% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 15% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 7% | 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
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%.
Most in 2022: 12,256 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
21,179 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, down 15% on the year before
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. · Monthly permits: the Edmonton metro area
Tamarack against Alberta’s towns: about level with 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 Tamarack: Kiniski Gardens and Bisset
Next to Tamarack: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamarack | $392K | $405K | 74% | |
| Wild Rose | $400K | $422K | 84% | 0.7 |
| Maple | $388K | $430K | 82% | 1.1 |
| Larkspur | $392K | $370K | 82% | 1.4 |
| Silver Berry | $400K | $371K | 77% | 1.6 |
| Kiniski Gardens | $328K | $372K | 86% | 2.5 |
| Bisset | $348K | $334K | 61% | 2.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Tamarack
How many households in Tamarack are in core housing need?
7% of Tamarack’s households, near 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 Tamarack expensive for Alberta?
Neither more nor less: Alberta’s towns have a median of $400,000, and Tamarack is near it.
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).