Photo: Carlos Duarte Do Nascimento from Toronto, Canada · CC BY 2.0Westmount’s housing is older than most: 44% dates from before 1961 (Alberta’s towns: 5%)
Asked in 2021, owners gave a median value of $516,000; averaged, their homes came to $559,625. Sale prices aren’t published in Alberta: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Westmount. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $360,000. Figures for assessed values, values by property type and building permits are published for the city of Edmonton as a whole, not for Westmount alone.
Two ways to price a home in Westmount
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Alberta’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. The census figure is the owner’s own reckoning of value in May 2021; actual sale prices may differ.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $560K
- Owners
- 1,360
- 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).
A detached house in Edmonton is assessed 30% higher than across 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.
42% of Westmount lives in apartments, where Alberta’s towns have 14%
At the 2021 census, Westmount had 2,425 homes with someone living in them. 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
| Westmount | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 20% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 12% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 19% | 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. The mix: 32% in single-unit buildings, beside 69% for Alberta’s towns.
The busiest year: 2022, with 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
Westmount against Alberta’s towns: 29% over 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 Westmount: Inglewood, North Glenora and Queen Mary Park
The places around Westmount at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westmount | $516K | $560K | 56% | |
| Inglewood | $380K | $380K | 27% | 1.5 |
| North Glenora | $424K | $456K | 65% | 1.5 |
| Queen Mary Park | $250K | $284K | 21% | 1.6 |
| Glenora | $650K | $748K | 77% | 1.7 |
| Wîhkwêntôwin | $246K | $329K | 30% | 1.7 |
| Woodcroft | $380K | $355K | 39% | 2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Westmount
How many households in Westmount are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 19% of Westmount’s households in core housing need, a higher share than the 8% of Alberta’s towns.
Is Westmount expensive for Alberta?
Yes: Westmount’s census median is above the $400,000 of Alberta’s towns.
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).