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Property prices in Raymond · Census 2021 and Statistics Canada

Before 1961 is when 29% of Raymond’s homes went up, beside 5% for Alberta’s towns

A median of $276,000 and a mean of $296,500: that is how owners valued their homes in 2021. What homes sold for in Raymond isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Alberta. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $253,000.

Median home value
$276K
owners’ estimate, census 2021
average $297K
Median assessed value
$253K
all residential, 2024
New homes a year
16
permits, 2018–2023
12 per 1,000 homes
Owner households
1,145
census 2021
87% of households
What homes are worth

What Raymond’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. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates.

Census 2021$276K

median, owners’ estimate

Average
$297K
Owners
1,145
Alberta’s towns
$400K
The typical Canadian town
$406K
Assessed, 2024$253K

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).

By type of home

On the assessment roll, Raymond’s houses sit 14% below Alberta’s towns

Of Raymond’s 1,340 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 96% are detached houses.

Assessed value

Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns

Detached houses$282K
Semi-detached$227K
The mix of properties
Detached houses96%
Semi-detached2%
2,150 sq ft
living area of the median detached house (Alberta’s towns: 1,960 sq ft)

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

A town of houses: 90% of the homes in Raymond stand alone (Alberta’s towns: 64%)

Raymond had 1,330 occupied homes at the 2021 census.

When they were built

Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns

Before 196129%
1961–198025%
1981–200018%
2001–201521%
2016–20217%
What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses90%
Semi-detached houses2%
Row housesunder 1%
Flats in a duplex3%
Apartments, under 5 storeys2%
Movable dwellings2%
Against the median town of the province and of Canada
RaymondAlbertaCanada
Condominiumsunder 1%15%8%
Needing major repairs13%5%6%
Too small for the household5%4%3%
Households in core housing need3%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.

New homes

Permits in Raymond ran at 12 homes a year per 1,000, where Alberta’s towns ran at 7.5

Raymond issued permits for 95 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 16 a year. 85% were single-unit buildings, beside 69% for Alberta’s towns.

Permits by year, 2018–2023

A peak in 2022: 21 new homes

Single-unit buildingsTwo or more units
0102030201820192020202120222023
The pace

New homes a year per 1,000 homes

Raymond12
Alberta’s towns7.5
The typical Canadian town13.8
$5.3M
of new residential construction a year, 2019–2023

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.

Across Alberta

Raymond is cheaper than most of Alberta’s towns: 31% under their $400,000 median

The census values of Alberta’s towns, 478 of them with 2,500+ people, from dearest to cheapest.

Median value, census 2021

Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.

Raymond’s neighbours by home value

Next to Raymond: 2021 census values and the share of owners.

StirlingMagrathWarner County No. 5StirlingMagrathWarner County No. 5Raymond
Prices next door
TownMedian home valueAverageOwnerskm
Raymond$276K$297K87%
Stirling$308K$310K87%10.5
Magrath$300K$326K78%15.6
Warner County No. 5$348K$392K82%18.6

Census 2021 values; km.

Questions about property prices in Raymond

How many households in Raymond are in core housing need?

3% of Raymond’s households, under the 8% of Alberta’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.

Is Raymond expensive for Alberta?

Less than most: Alberta’s towns have a median of $400,000, and Raymond sits below it.

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).