Home values in High Prairie run 38% lower than the median of Alberta’s towns
The 2021 census gives $250,000 as the median value; Alberta’s towns come to $400,000. Sale prices aren’t published in Alberta: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for High Prairie. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $192,000.
Two ways to price a home in High Prairie
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Alberta’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. Treat the values as owners’ May 2021 guesses: they are self-reported, and they come from before rates went up.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $239K
- Owners
- 580
- 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 Prairie’s detached houses are assessed 36% below the median of Alberta’s towns
Assessors listed 1,025 residential properties in High Prairie for 2024, 83% of them detached houses and 2% 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.
How High Prairie’s homes break down, by age and kind
Of the 970 homes people lived in across High Prairie at the 2021 census, 67% were single-detached houses. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| High Prairie | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 5% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 6% | 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.
6.4 new homes a year per 1,000 in High Prairie: in step with Alberta’s towns (7.5)
High Prairie issued permits for 34 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 6 a year. 32% were single-unit buildings and the rest multi-unit ones, against 69% for Alberta’s towns.
Most in 2021: 24 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.
High Prairie against Alberta’s towns: 38% under the $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.
Cheaper next to High Prairie: Big Lakes County, Falher and Valleyview
The places around High Prairie at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. High Prairie has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 22–65 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Prairie | $250K | $239K | 60% | |
| Big Lakes County | $226K | $267K | 79% | 21.6 |
| Falher | $180K | $180K | 70% | 55.7 |
| Smoky River No. 130 | $250K | $313K | 87% | 58.1 |
| Valleyview | $230K | $244K | 69% | 64.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in High Prairie
Is High Prairie expensive for Alberta?
Below the norm for Alberta’s towns, whose median home is worth $400,000; High Prairie’s is worth less.
How many households in High Prairie are in core housing need?
In High Prairie, 6% 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.
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).