Photo: Amqui · CC BY-SA 4.0In Provost No. 52, 18% of households can’t afford a home that is big enough and in good repair (Alberta’s towns: 8%)
Owners valued the median home at $250,000 at the 2021 census, and the average at $306,000. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates. Sale prices aren’t published in Alberta: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Provost No. 52.
What Provost No. 52’s homes are worth, two ways
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Alberta’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $306K
- Owners
- 485
- 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).
On the assessment roll, Provost No. 52’s houses sit 39% below Alberta’s towns
Assessors listed 995 residential properties in Provost No. 52 for 2024, 75% 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 90% of Provost No. 52’s homes, against 64% for Alberta’s towns
Provost No. 52 had 855 occupied homes at the 2021 census. Half or more were standing by 2000.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Provost No. 52 | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 18% | 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.
Permits in Provost No. 52 ran at 7.5 homes a year per 1,000, near the 7.5 of Alberta’s towns
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Provost No. 52 created 50 homes, about 8 a year. 75% were single-unit buildings, beside 69% for Alberta’s towns.
The busiest year: 2018, with 18 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.
Provost No. 52 is cheaper than most of Alberta’s towns: 38% under their $400,000 median
478 of Alberta’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Lower values near Provost No. 52: Macklin
The places around Provost No. 52 at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Distances here run 17–60 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Provost No. 52.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provost No. 52 | $250K | $306K | 85% | |
| Provost | $240K | $245K | 80% | 17.3 |
| Macklin | $220K | $237K | 80% | 38.6 |
| Special Area No. 4 | $250K | $286K | 85% | 52.7 |
| Wainwright No. 61 | $400K | $426K | 81% | 56 |
| Wainwright | $276K | $286K | 70% | 59.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Provost No. 52
Is Provost No. 52 expensive for Alberta?
Cheaper than the middle: Alberta’s towns come to $400,000, Provost No. 52 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).