Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0In Lac Ste. Anne County, 19% of households can’t afford a home that is big enough and in good repair (Alberta’s towns: 8%)
The 2021 census put the median home at $348,000, with an average of $375,200. Sale prices aren’t published in Alberta: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Lac Ste. Anne County. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $249,000.
What Lac Ste. Anne County’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. The census asks owners what their home would sell for, so the values are estimates from May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $375K
- Owners
- 3,495
- 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 Lac Ste. Anne County is assessed at 6 times a condo
In 2024, Lac Ste. Anne County had 5,960 residential properties on the roll, detached houses 70% of them and condos 6%.
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.
Major repairs needed: 10% of the homes in Lac Ste. Anne County, where Alberta’s towns have 5%
Lac Ste. Anne County had 4,375 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 84% of them single-detached houses. The older half dates from before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Lac Ste. Anne County | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 10% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 19% | 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.
Lac Ste. Anne County permitted 17.7 new homes a year per 1,000, above the 7.5 of Alberta’s towns
Over 2018–2023, 487 homes were permitted in Lac Ste. Anne County, close to 81 each year. 96% were single-unit buildings, beside 69% for Alberta’s towns.
Most in 2018: 99 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.
Lac Ste. Anne County is 13% 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.
Cheaper next to Lac Ste. Anne County: Barrhead
Next to Lac Ste. Anne County: 2021 census values and the share of owners. The nearest places to Lac Ste. Anne County with figures are 36–43 km away.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lac Ste. Anne County | $348K | $375K | 92% | |
| Barrhead | $250K | $277K | 65% | 36.4 |
| Parkland County | $500K | $561K | 92% | 38 |
| Barrhead County No. 11 | $348K | $358K | 88% | 40.5 |
| Stony Plain | $352K | $369K | 73% | 41.1 |
| Spruce Grove | $364K | $384K | 76% | 42.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Lac Ste. Anne County
Is Lac Ste. Anne County expensive for Alberta?
Below the norm for Alberta’s towns, whose median home is worth $400,000; Lac Ste. Anne County’s is worth less.
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).