Photo: Glenlarson · Public domainHome values in Wîhkwêntôwin run 39% lower than the median of Alberta’s towns
That is a median of $246,000 at the 2021 census, set beside $400,000 for Alberta’s towns. There is no public record of sale prices in Alberta, which leaves the census value as the guide for Wîhkwêntôwin. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $360,000. For assessed values, values by property type and building permits, the only official count covers all of the city of Edmonton, Wîhkwêntôwin included.
Two ways to price a home in Wîhkwêntôwin
Each source sits beside its own median for Alberta’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $329K
- Owners
- 3,650
- 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).
Houses in Edmonton carry assessments 30% over the middle of 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.
98% of Wîhkwêntôwin lives in apartments, where Alberta’s towns have 14%
Wîhkwêntôwin had 12,270 occupied homes at the 2021 census. At least half predate 1981. A neighbourhood’s counts are summed from small census areas, so its parts can fall a little short of the whole.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Wîhkwêntôwin | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 53% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 5% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 18% | 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)
Edmonton issued permits for 61,232 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 10,205 a year. Single-unit buildings took 32%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 69% for Alberta’s towns.
A peak in 2022: 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
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 published for the Edmonton metro area, not by town
Wîhkwêntôwin is cheaper than most of Alberta’s towns: 39% under their $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 Wîhkwêntôwin: Central McDougall
Next to Wîhkwêntôwin: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wîhkwêntôwin | $246K | $329K | 30% | |
| Queen Mary Park | $250K | $284K | 21% | 1 |
| Downtown | $332K | $366K | 28% | 1.6 |
| Westmount | $516K | $560K | 56% | 1.7 |
| Central McDougall | $194K | $261K | 12% | 1.8 |
| Garneau | $480K | $750K | 26% | 2.4 |
| Glenora | $650K | $748K | 77% | 2.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Wîhkwêntôwin
How many households in Wîhkwêntôwin are in core housing need?
18% of Wîhkwêntôwin’s households, above the 8% of Alberta’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair, with no acceptable one nearby they could afford.
Is Wîhkwêntôwin expensive for Alberta?
No: Wîhkwêntôwin’s census median is below 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).