Photo: Tara Zieminek · Public domainNew building in Spruce Grove runs at 31.1 homes a year per 1,000, beside 7.5 for Alberta’s towns
The 2021 census put the median home at $364,000, with an average of $384,000. For Spruce Grove there is no published sale price, as for every town in Alberta. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $369,000.
Two ways to price a home in Spruce Grove
Two sources, each set against Alberta’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. The census figure is the owner’s own reckoning of value in May 2021; actual sale prices may differ.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $384K
- Owners
- 10,895
- 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, Spruce Grove’s houses sit 25% above Alberta’s towns
In 2024, Spruce Grove had 14,150 residential properties on the roll, detached houses 67% of them and condos 7%.
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.
Since 2001: 60% of the homes in Spruce Grove, where Alberta’s towns have 24%
The 2021 census counted 14,275 occupied homes in Spruce Grove; 63% of them are single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Spruce Grove | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 13% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 3% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 9% | 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 Spruce Grove permitted 680 new homes
Building permits added 2,521 homes in Spruce Grove between 2018 and 2023: some 420 a year. Single-unit buildings took 42%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 69% for Alberta’s towns. For monthly permits, the only official count covers all of the Edmonton metro area, Spruce Grove included.
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Slowing: 21,179 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, 15% fewer
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.
Spruce Grove is 9% 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.
Home values around Spruce Grove
Next to Spruce Grove: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Grove | $364K | $384K | 76% | |
| Stony Plain | $352K | $369K | 73% | 6.7 |
| Parkland County | $500K | $561K | 92% | 12.6 |
| Enoch Cree Nation | – | – | 16% | 13.9 |
| Secord | $400K | $436K | 87% | 13.9 |
| Rosenthal | $424K | $425K | 91% | 14 |
| Suder Greens | $400K | $412K | 77% | 15.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Spruce Grove
Is Spruce Grove expensive for Alberta?
Less than most: Alberta’s towns have a median of $400,000, and Spruce Grove sits below it.
How many households in Spruce Grove are in core housing need?
9% of Spruce Grove’s households, near 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).