Photo: WinterE229 WinterforceMedia · CC0St. Albert builds fast: 18.2 new homes a year per 1,000, against 7.5 for Alberta’s towns
In May 2021 the median owned home was worth $424,000 by its owner’s reckoning, the average one $455,200. No sales are published for towns in Alberta, St. Albert included, so owners’ values are the measure. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $421,000.
St. Albert’s homes, by two sources
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Alberta’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $455K
- Owners
- 21,510
- 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).
A detached house in St. Albert is assessed 38% higher than across Alberta’s towns
In 2024, St. Albert had 25,205 residential properties on the roll, detached houses 75% of them and condos 10%.
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.
St. Albert’s homes: when they went up and what they are
Of the 25,935 homes people lived in across St. Albert at the 2021 census, 70% were single-detached houses. The older half dates from before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| St. Albert | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 19% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 6% | 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 St. Albert peaked in 2023: 696 new homes
Some 442 homes a year: 2,653 in all were permitted in St. Albert from 2018 to 2023. Single-unit buildings took 37%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 69% for Alberta’s towns.
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
21,179 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, down 15% on the year before
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. · Monthly permits published for the Edmonton metro area, not by town
St. Albert sits close to the $400,000 median of Alberta’s towns
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 St. Albert: Albany, Oxford and Cumberland
Next to St. Albert: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Albert | $424K | $455K | 83% | |
| Albany | $352K | $386K | 66% | 4.7 |
| Carlton | $424K | $434K | 84% | 4.9 |
| Oxford | $400K | $423K | 85% | 5.6 |
| Cumberland | $360K | $388K | 82% | 5.8 |
| Rapperswill | $420K | $441K | 94% | 6.1 |
| Hudson | $348K | $357K | 79% | 6.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in St. Albert
How many households in St. Albert are in core housing need?
Below the norm for Alberta’s towns (8%): 6% in St. Albert, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Is St. Albert expensive for Alberta?
In the middle: Alberta’s towns come to $400,000, and so, near enough, does St. Albert.
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).