Photo: Kay Röllig · CC BY 3.0Homes in Foothills County are worth 2.3 times the median of Alberta’s towns
The 2021 census gives $900,000 as the median value; Alberta’s towns come to $400,000. Treat the values as owners’ May 2021 guesses: they are self-reported, and they come from before rates went up. There is no public record of sale prices in Alberta, which leaves the census value as the guide for Foothills County.
Two ways to price a home in Foothills County
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
- $985K
- Owners
- 7,025
- 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 Foothills County is assessed at 2.8 times the middle of Alberta’s towns
Assessors listed 9,630 residential properties in Foothills County for 2024, 87% of them detached houses.
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.
Single-detached houses are 94% of Foothills County’s homes, against 64% for Alberta’s towns
The 2021 census counted 8,450 occupied homes in Foothills County. Half or more were standing by 2000.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Foothills County | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 3% | 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.
13.6 new homes a year per 1,000 in Foothills County: more than Alberta’s towns (7.5)
Building permits added 668 homes in Foothills County between 2018 and 2023: some 111 a year. Houses dominate the permits, at 89% in single-unit buildings (Alberta’s towns: 69%).
The busiest year: 2022, with 150 new homes
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.
Foothills County against Alberta’s towns: 125% 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 Foothills County: Okotoks, Legacy and Walden
Next to Foothills County: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
Questions about property prices in Foothills County
Is Foothills County expensive for Alberta?
Above the norm for Alberta’s towns, whose median home is worth $400,000; Foothills County’s is worth more.
How many households in Foothills County are in core housing need?
3% of Foothills County’s households, under 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.
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).