Photo: John Wiley User:Jw4nvc - Santa Barbara, California · CC BY 3.0Owners in Fort Macleod value their homes 40% below the median of Alberta’s towns
The census median was $240,000 in 2021, against $400,000 for Alberta’s towns. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed. What homes sold for in Fort Macleod isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Alberta.
What Fort Macleod’s homes are worth, two ways
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
- $262K
- Owners
- 1,025
- 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).
On the assessment roll, Fort Macleod’s houses sit 20% below Alberta’s towns
Assessors listed 1,365 residential properties in Fort Macleod for 2024, 83% 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.
33% of Fort Macleod’s homes predate 1961, against 5% for Alberta’s towns
1,325 occupied homes stood in Fort Macleod in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 77% of them.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Fort Macleod | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 6% | 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 Fort Macleod ran at 8.2 homes a year per 1,000, near the 7.5 of Alberta’s towns
Some 9 homes a year: 56 in all were permitted in Fort Macleod from 2018 to 2023. About 35% went into single-unit buildings, where Alberta’s towns built 69%.
The busiest year: 2023, with 26 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.
Fort Macleod is cheaper than most of Alberta’s towns: 40% under their $400,000 median
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.
Fort Macleod’s neighbours by home value
Next to Fort Macleod: 2021 census values and the share of owners. No closer places have figures: these lie 27–40 km from Fort Macleod.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Macleod | $240K | $262K | 77% | |
| Willow Creek No. 26 | $360K | $412K | 84% | 27.3 |
| Nobleford | $300K | $328K | 84% | 30.3 |
| Coalhurst | $280K | $290K | 81% | 34 |
| Claresholm | $250K | $270K | 77% | 36.3 |
| Lethbridge | $314K | $338K | 68% | 40.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Fort Macleod
Is Fort Macleod expensive for Alberta?
Below the norm for Alberta’s towns, whose median home is worth $400,000; Fort Macleod’s is worth less.
How many households in Fort Macleod are in core housing need?
Below the norm for Alberta’s towns (8%): 6% in Fort Macleod, 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).