Photo: Wilson Hui from Calgary, Canada · CC BY 2.0Home values in Grimshaw run 44% lower than the median of Alberta’s towns
In figures: $226,000 for the median home in 2021, $400,000 for the middle of 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 Grimshaw.
What Grimshaw’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
- $228K
- Owners
- 760
- 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, Grimshaw’s houses sit 38% below Alberta’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 1,115 homes in Grimshaw: detached houses make 75% of them, condos 4%.
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.
10% of Grimshaw’s homes need major repairs, against 5% for Alberta’s towns
At the 2021 census, 74% of Grimshaw’s 1,080 occupied homes were single-detached houses. The older half dates from before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Grimshaw | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 8% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 10% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 7% | 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.
Grimshaw is 44% below the $400,000 median of Alberta’s towns
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.
Home values around Grimshaw
The places around Grimshaw at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Grimshaw has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 9–27 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grimshaw | $226K | $228K | 70% | |
| Peace No. 135 | $348K | $380K | 89% | 9.5 |
| Peace River | $300K | $313K | 59% | 20.8 |
| Northern Sunrise County | $300K | $332K | 83% | 27.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Grimshaw
Is Grimshaw expensive for Alberta?
On census values, Grimshaw sits among the cheaper of Alberta’s towns (median $400,000).
How many households in Grimshaw are in core housing need?
In line with Alberta’s towns (8%): 7% in Grimshaw, 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. 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).