Photo: Markus Säynevirta · CC BY-SA 4.0Homes in Fairview are worth 50% less than the median of Alberta’s towns
The 2021 census gives $200,000 as the median value; Alberta’s towns come to $400,000. Owners gave those values at the May 2021 census; they are estimates, and older than today’s prices. For Fairview there is no published sale price, as for every town in Alberta.
Fairview’s homes, by two sources
Two sources, each set against Alberta’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $224K
- Owners
- 895
- 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).
On the assessment roll, Fairview’s houses sit 45% below Alberta’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 1,175 homes in Fairview, detached houses 86% of them.
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.
Fairview’s homes: when they went up and what they are
1,200 occupied homes stood in Fairview in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 78% of them. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Fairview | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 5% | 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.
Permits in Fairview ran at 0.3 homes a year per 1,000, where Alberta’s towns ran at 7.5
Building permits added 1 homes in Fairview between 2020 and 2023: some 0 a year. Apartments and other multi-unit buildings dominate: only under 1% were single-unit, against 69% for Alberta’s towns.
Most in 2022: 1 new homes
A year with no report is left out.
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.
Fairview is 50% 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.
Home values around Fairview
The places around Fairview at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Fairview has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 4–49 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | $200K | $224K | 75% | |
| Fairview No. 136 | $274K | $310K | 80% | 4 |
| Clear Hills | $250K | $271K | 91% | 35.8 |
| Birch Hills County | $200K | $208K | 84% | 36.9 |
| Grimshaw | $226K | $228K | 70% | 49.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Fairview
Is Fairview expensive for Alberta?
Less than most: Alberta’s towns have a median of $400,000, and Fairview sits below it.
How many households in Fairview are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 5% of Fairview’s households in core housing need, a smaller share than the 8% 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).