Photo: awmcphee · CC BY-SA 4.0Home values in Northern Sunrise County run 25% lower than the median of Alberta’s towns
That is a median of $300,000 at the 2021 census, set beside $400,000 for Alberta’s towns. Treat the values as owners’ May 2021 guesses: they are self-reported, and they come from before rates went up. For Northern Sunrise County there is no published sale price, as for every town in Alberta.
What Northern Sunrise 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.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $332K
- Owners
- 460
- 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).
Houses in Northern Sunrise County carry assessments 26% under the middle of Alberta’s towns
Assessors listed 800 residential properties in Northern Sunrise County for 2024, 83% 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.
Single-detached houses are 86% of Northern Sunrise County’s homes, against 64% for Alberta’s towns
The 2021 census counted 645 occupied homes in Northern Sunrise County. Half went up before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Northern Sunrise County | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 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 at the pace of Alberta’s towns: 6.8 new homes a year per 1,000 in Northern Sunrise County, against 7.5
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Northern Sunrise County created 26 homes, about 4 a year. Single-unit buildings took 96% of them, where Alberta’s towns built 69%.
A peak in 2022: 6 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.
Northern Sunrise County 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.
Home values around Northern Sunrise County
The places around Northern Sunrise County at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Sunrise County | $300K | $332K | 83% | |
| Peace River | $300K | $313K | 59% | 9.7 |
| Peace No. 135 | $348K | $380K | 89% | 18.3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Northern Sunrise County
Is Northern Sunrise County expensive for Alberta?
On census values, Northern Sunrise County sits among the cheaper of Alberta’s towns (median $400,000).
How many households in Northern Sunrise County are in core housing need?
In line with Alberta’s towns (8%): 7% in Northern Sunrise County, 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).