Photo: Grant Berg · CC BY-SA 3.0A median $328,000: what owners say homes in Grande Prairie are worth
It is the middle of what 16,310 owner households told the 2021 census. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Alberta, so nothing here says what Grande Prairie’s homes actually sold for. Assessors valued the median residential property at $295,000 for 2024.
Two ways to price a home in Grande Prairie
Each source sits beside its own median for Alberta’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. The census asks owners what their home would sell for, so the values are estimates from May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $330K
- Owners
- 16,310
- 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 against condos in Grande Prairie: 2.3 times the assessed value
Detached houses account for 78% of the 21,840 properties on Grande Prairie’s 2024 roll; condos for 7%.
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.
A younger stock than most: 48% of Grande Prairie’s homes went up after 2000 (Alberta’s towns: 24%)
Grande Prairie had 24,815 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 62% of them single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Grande Prairie | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 11% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 10% | 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 Prairie permitted 7.3 new homes a year per 1,000, close to the 7.5 of Alberta’s towns
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Grande Prairie created 1,120 homes, about 187 a year. Single-unit buildings took 62% of them, where Alberta’s towns built 69%.
A peak in 2019: 214 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 Prairie against Alberta’s towns: 18% under 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 Grande Prairie: Sexsmith and Wembley
The places around Grande Prairie at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Distances here run 6–22 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Grande Prairie.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grande Prairie | $328K | $330K | 66% | |
| Grande Prairie County No. 1 | $500K | $527K | 91% | 6.4 |
| Sexsmith | $300K | $331K | 77% | 21.1 |
| Wembley | $256K | $256K | 85% | 22.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Grande Prairie
Is Grande Prairie expensive for Alberta?
On census values, Grande Prairie sits among the cheaper of Alberta’s towns (median $400,000).
How many households in Grande Prairie are in core housing need?
In Grande Prairie, 10% of households are in core housing need, close to the 8% of Alberta’s towns: those whose home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, with nothing suitable nearby under 30% of their income.
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).