Photo: Masterhatch · CC0Owners in Hanna value their homes 59% below the median of Alberta’s towns
Owners put the median home at $166,000 at the 2021 census; for Alberta’s towns the median is $400,000. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021. What homes sold for in Hanna isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Alberta.
What Hanna’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
- $179K
- Owners
- 820
- 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 Hanna is assessed 55% lower than across Alberta’s towns
Detached houses account for 86% of the 1,200 properties on Hanna’s 2024 roll.
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.
Before 1961: 34% of the homes in Hanna, where Alberta’s towns have 5%
1,100 occupied homes stood in Hanna in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 88% of them.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Hanna | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 11% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 3% | 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.
2 new homes a year per 1,000 in Hanna: fewer than Alberta’s towns (7.5)
Over 2018–2023, 13 homes were permitted in Hanna, close to 2 each year. About 46% went into single-unit buildings, where Alberta’s towns built 69%.
The busiest year: 2022, with 4 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.
Hanna is cheaper than most of Alberta’s towns: 59% 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.
Hanna’s neighbours by home value
Next to Hanna: 2021 census values and the share of owners. The nearest places to Hanna with figures are 24–79 km away.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanna | $166K | $179K | 74% | |
| Special Area No. 2 | $250K | $268K | 84% | 24.4 |
| Starland County | $250K | $308K | 88% | 44.6 |
| Drumheller | $250K | $276K | 71% | 57.8 |
| Paintearth County No. 18 | $250K | $356K | 86% | 72.3 |
| Special Area No. 4 | $250K | $286K | 85% | 78.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Hanna
Is Hanna expensive for Alberta?
On census values, Hanna sits among the cheaper of Alberta’s towns (median $400,000).
How many households in Hanna are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 3% of Hanna’s households in core housing need, a smaller share than the 8% of Alberta’s towns.
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).