Photo: R. Sieben · CC BY 3.0Irricana sits 25% below Alberta’s towns on home values
In figures: $300,000 for the median home in 2021, $400,000 for the middle of Alberta’s towns. No sales are published for towns in Alberta, Irricana included, so owners’ values are the measure. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $283,000.
What Irricana’s homes are worth, two ways
Each source sits beside its own median for Alberta’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Treat the values as owners’ May 2021 guesses: they are self-reported, and they come from before rates went up.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $287K
- Owners
- 415
- 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).
Irricana’s homes by type: detached houses lead, at 76%
Of Irricana’s 490 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 76% are 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.
The homes of Irricana, by period and type
At the 2021 census, 76% of Irricana’s 465 occupied homes were single-detached houses. At least half predate 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Irricana | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 9% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 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.
Building behind Alberta’s towns: 4.3 new homes a year per 1,000 in Irricana, against 7.5
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Irricana created 7 homes, about 2 a year. 67% were single-unit buildings, beside 69% for Alberta’s towns.
Most in 2023: 4 new homes
A year with no report is left out.
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
26,142 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, about as many as the year before
Area-wide: monthly permits, counted over the Calgary metro area
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.
Irricana is cheaper than most of Alberta’s towns: 25% 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.
Irricana’s neighbours by home value
Next to Irricana: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Irricana has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 29–44 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irricana | $300K | $287K | 89% | |
| Airdrie | $400K | $418K | 79% | 29.2 |
| Crossfield | $380K | $392K | 83% | 32.5 |
| Strathmore | $340K | $342K | 77% | 32.8 |
| Chestermere | $532K | $579K | 91% | 34.6 |
| Wheatland County | $448K | $495K | 84% | 43.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Irricana
Is Irricana expensive for Alberta?
Less than most: Alberta’s towns have a median of $400,000, and Irricana sits below it.
How many households in Irricana are in core housing need?
In line with Alberta’s towns (8%): 7% in Irricana, 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 · 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).