Photo: Grant Berg · CC BY-SA 3.0Homes in Sexsmith are worth 25% less than the median of Alberta’s towns
Owners put the median home at $300,000 at the 2021 census; for Alberta’s towns the median is $400,000. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Alberta, so nothing here says what Sexsmith’s homes actually sold for.
What Sexsmith’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
- $331K
- Owners
- 650
- 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 roll, 92% of Sexsmith’s properties are detached houses
The 2024 assessment roll counts 835 homes in Sexsmith, detached houses 92% of them.
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.
A younger stock than most: 44% of Sexsmith’s homes went up after 2000 (Alberta’s towns: 24%)
850 occupied homes stood in Sexsmith in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 83% of them.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Sexsmith | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 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.
Building at the pace of Alberta’s towns: 8.7 new homes a year per 1,000 in Sexsmith, against 7.5
Some 7 homes a year: 41 in all were permitted in Sexsmith from 2018 to 2023. Only 16% went into single-unit buildings, beside 69% for Alberta’s towns.
Most in 2023: 29 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.
Sexsmith is 25% below the $400,000 median of Alberta’s towns
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 Sexsmith: Wembley and Beaverlodge
The places around Sexsmith at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Distances here run 16–44 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Sexsmith.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sexsmith | $300K | $331K | 77% | |
| Grande Prairie County No. 1 | $500K | $527K | 91% | 15.7 |
| Grande Prairie | $328K | $330K | 66% | 21.1 |
| Wembley | $256K | $256K | 85% | 32.5 |
| Beaverlodge | $260K | $273K | 77% | 43.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Sexsmith
How many households in Sexsmith are in core housing need?
In Sexsmith, 3% of households are in core housing need, against 8% for Alberta’s towns: those whose home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, with nothing suitable nearby under 30% of their income.
Is Sexsmith expensive for Alberta?
Cheaper than the middle: Alberta’s towns come to $400,000, Sexsmith 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).