Photo: Thank you for visiting my page from Canada · CC BY 2.0Owners in Rocky View County value their homes at 2.3 times the median of Alberta’s towns
Owners put the median home at $900,000 at the 2021 census; for Alberta’s towns the median is $400,000. For Rocky View County there is no published sale price, as for every town in Alberta. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $901,000.
What Rocky View County’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. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $1.03M
- Owners
- 12,200
- 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).
Rocky View County’s detached houses are assessed at 3 times the median of Alberta’s towns
Assessors listed 15,380 residential properties in Rocky View County for 2024, 88% 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.
93% of Rocky View County’s homes are detached houses, where Alberta’s towns have 64%
Rocky View County had 13,905 occupied homes at the 2021 census. The older half dates from before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Rocky View County | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 7% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 4% | 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.
21.9 new homes a year per 1,000 in Rocky View County: more than Alberta’s towns (7.5)
Some 301 homes a year: 1,804 in all were permitted in Rocky View County from 2018 to 2023. 84% were single-unit buildings, beside 69% for Alberta’s towns.
Most in 2022: 428 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Level with the year before: 26,142 new homes to August 2026
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. · Not measured by town: monthly permits (the Calgary metro area)
Rocky View County is dearer than most of Alberta’s towns: 125% above 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.
Cheaper next to Rocky View County: Rocky Ridge, Royal Oak and Tuscany
Next to Rocky View County: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky View County | $900K | $1.03M | 92% | |
| Rocky Ridge | $532K | $563K | 82% | 2.2 |
| Royal Oak | $544K | $524K | 83% | 3.2 |
| Tuscany | $552K | $569K | 89% | 4 |
| Arbour Lake | $500K | $480K | 86% | 5.1 |
| Scenic Acres | $548K | $575K | 92% | 5.5 |
| Citadel | $448K | $445K | 87% | 6.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Rocky View County
Is Rocky View County expensive for Alberta?
Yes: Rocky View County’s census median is above the $400,000 of Alberta’s towns.
How many households in Rocky View County are in core housing need?
4% of Rocky View County’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.
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).