Photo: Qyd · CC BY 2.5Grande Cache sits 25% below Alberta’s towns on home values
The census median was $300,000 in 2021, against $400,000 for Alberta’s towns. Those values come from owners at the 2021 census and predate the prices of the years since. Sale prices aren’t published in Alberta: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Grande Cache.
What Grande Cache’s homes are worth, two ways
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Alberta’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $321K
- Owners
- 2,370
- 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).
Houses in Grande Cache carry assessments 23% under the middle of Alberta’s towns
Assessors listed 3,610 residential properties in Grande Cache for 2024, 78% of them detached houses and 3% 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.
More need than most: 13% of households in Grande Cache (Alberta’s towns: 8%)
The 2021 census counted 3,230 occupied homes in Grande Cache; 80% 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
| Grande Cache | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 5% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 13% | 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.
Grande Cache permitted 4.2 new homes a year per 1,000, below the 7.5 of Alberta’s towns
Over 2018–2023, 93 homes were permitted in Grande Cache, close to 16 each year. Single-unit buildings took 93% of them, where Alberta’s towns built 69%.
A peak in 2018: 25 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.
Grande Cache is cheaper than most of Alberta’s towns: 25% under their $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 Grande Cache: Wembley
Next to Grande Cache: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Grande Cache has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 40–49 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grande Cache | $300K | $321K | 82% | |
| Wembley | $256K | $256K | 85% | 40.1 |
| Grande Prairie | $328K | $330K | 66% | 43.8 |
| Grande Prairie County No. 1 | $500K | $527K | 91% | 48.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Grande Cache
Is Grande Cache expensive for Alberta?
On census values, Grande Cache sits among the cheaper of 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).