Photo: Carl Young · CC BY-SA 4.0High Level sits 44% below Alberta’s towns on home values
Owners put the median home at $224,000 at the 2021 census; for Alberta’s towns the median is $400,000. No open sale prices are published in Alberta, so for High Level the census value is the measure. Assessors valued the median residential property at $193,000 for 2024.
Two ways to price a home in High Level
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Alberta’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. Owners gave those values at the May 2021 census; they are estimates, and older than today’s prices.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $245K
- Owners
- 840
- 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).
High Level’s detached houses are assessed 29% below the median of Alberta’s towns
Assessors listed 1,140 residential properties in High Level for 2024, 74% of them detached houses.
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.
High Level’s homes: when they went up and what they are
The 2021 census counted 1,315 occupied homes in High Level; 48% 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
| High Level | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 7% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 4% | 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.
High Level permitted 3.2 new homes a year per 1,000, below the 7.5 of Alberta’s towns
High Level issued permits for 23 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 5 a year. Single-unit buildings took 41%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 69% for Alberta’s towns.
A peak in 2023: 11 new homes
A year with no report is left out.
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.
High Level is cheaper than most of Alberta’s towns: 44% 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.
High Level’s neighbours by home value
Next to High Level: 2021 census values and the share of owners. The nearest place to High Level with figures is 56 km away.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Level | $224K | $245K | 64% | |
| La Crète | $332K | $364K | 85% | 55.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in High Level
How many households in High Level are in core housing need?
In High Level, 4% of households are in core housing need, against 8% for 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.
Is High Level expensive for Alberta?
On census values, High Level 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).