Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0Little is being built in Pincher Creek: 2.1 new homes a year per 1,000, against 7.5 for Alberta’s towns
The middle home was worth $276,000 at the 2021 census, the average $270,500. No open sale prices are published in Alberta, so for Pincher Creek the census value is the measure. Assessors valued the median residential property at $274,000 for 2024.
Pincher Creek’s homes, by two sources
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Alberta’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $271K
- Owners
- 1,175
- 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 Pincher Creek carry assessments 15% under the middle of Alberta’s towns
Detached houses account for 91% of the 1,395 properties on Pincher Creek’s 2024 roll.
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.
27% of Pincher Creek’s homes predate 1961, against 5% for Alberta’s towns
Of the 1,525 homes people lived in across Pincher Creek at the 2021 census, 82% were single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Pincher Creek | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 3% | 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.
The peak came in 2021, when Pincher Creek permitted 6 new homes
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Pincher Creek created 18 homes, about 3 a year. Single-unit buildings took 75% of them, where Alberta’s towns built 69%.
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.
Pincher Creek against Alberta’s towns: 31% 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 Pincher Creek: Fort Macleod
The places around Pincher Creek at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Distances here run 13–48 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Pincher Creek.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pincher Creek | $276K | $271K | 77% | |
| Pincher Creek No. 9 | $400K | $443K | 87% | 13.1 |
| Crowsnest Pass | $300K | $320K | 85% | 39.1 |
| Fort Macleod | $240K | $262K | 77% | 47.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Pincher Creek
How many households in Pincher Creek are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 3% of Pincher Creek’s households in core housing need, a smaller share than the 8% of Alberta’s towns.
Is Pincher Creek expensive for Alberta?
Cheaper than the middle: Alberta’s towns come to $400,000, Pincher Creek to 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).