Photo: Matthew Boonstra · CC BY-SA 4.0For every 1,000 homes, Fort Saskatchewan permitted 23.6 new ones a year; Alberta’s towns permitted 7.5
Asked in 2021, owners gave a median value of $380,000; averaged, their homes came to $400,400. Treat the values as owners’ May 2021 guesses: they are self-reported, and they come from before rates went up. Sale prices aren’t published in Alberta: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Fort Saskatchewan.
What Fort Saskatchewan’s homes are worth, two ways
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
- $400K
- Owners
- 7,875
- 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 Fort Saskatchewan is assessed 28% higher than across Alberta’s towns
Detached houses account for 69% of the 10,215 properties on Fort Saskatchewan’s 2024 roll; condos for 9%.
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.
Since 2001: 55% of the homes in Fort Saskatchewan, where Alberta’s towns have 24%
Fort Saskatchewan had 10,420 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 64% of them single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Fort Saskatchewan | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 14% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 3% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 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.
Permits in Fort Saskatchewan peaked in 2021: 428 new homes
Building permits added 1,386 homes in Fort Saskatchewan between 2018 and 2023: some 231 a year. 56% were single-unit buildings, beside 69% for Alberta’s towns.
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. · Data for monthly permits covers the Edmonton metro area
Fort Saskatchewan sits close to the $400,000 median of Alberta’s towns
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 Fort Saskatchewan: Edmonton Energy And Technology Park, Fraser and Kirkness
The places around Fort Saskatchewan at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Saskatchewan | $380K | $400K | 76% | |
| Edmonton Energy And Technology Park | $220K | $281K | 76% | 11.8 |
| Fraser | $300K | $358K | 77% | 12.3 |
| Cy Becker | $400K | $433K | 93% | 12.5 |
| Kirkness | $348K | $330K | 69% | 12.9 |
| Bannerman | $286K | $271K | 65% | 13.2 |
| Brintnell | $400K | $409K | 73% | 13.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Fort Saskatchewan
How many households in Fort Saskatchewan are in core housing need?
In line with Alberta’s towns (8%): 8% in Fort Saskatchewan, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Is Fort Saskatchewan expensive for Alberta?
On census values, Fort Saskatchewan sits mid-table among Alberta’s towns (median $400,000).
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).