Photo: Qyd · CC BY-SA 3.0Permits in Edson added just 0.5 homes a year for every 1,000, where Alberta’s towns added 7.5
Going by owners’ own estimates in 2021, the typical home is worth $332,000, the average one $322,400. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since. No open sale prices are published in Alberta, so for Edson the census value is the measure.
Two ways to price a home in Edson
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
- $322K
- Owners
- 2,345
- 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 Edson is assessed at 4.7 times a condo
Of Edson’s 2,755 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 76% are detached houses and 12% are 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.
How Edson’s homes break down, by age and kind
The 2021 census counted 3,385 occupied homes in Edson; 61% of them are single-detached houses. Half went up before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Edson | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 10% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 8% | 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.
2018 was the year Edson built most: 7 new homes permitted
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Edson created 16 homes, about 3 a year. Single-unit buildings took 100% of them, where Alberta’s towns built 69%.
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
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.
Edson is 17% below 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.
Edson’s neighbours by home value
Next to Edson: 2021 census values and the share of owners. The nearest places to Edson with figures are 28–79 km away.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edson | $332K | $322K | 69% | |
| Yellowhead County | $388K | $425K | 86% | 27.5 |
| Hinton | $336K | $337K | 72% | 77.5 |
| Whitecourt | $324K | $319K | 68% | 79.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Edson
Is Edson expensive for Alberta?
On census values, Edson sits among the cheaper of Alberta’s towns (median $400,000).
How many households in Edson are in core housing need?
In line with Alberta’s towns (8%): 8% in Edson, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
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).