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Property prices in St. Paul County No. 19 · Census 2021 and Statistics Canada

Half the owned homes in St. Paul County No. 19 are valued above $348,000

Some 1,885 owner households gave their home’s value to the 2021 census. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices. For St. Paul County No. 19 there is no published sale price, as for every town in Alberta.

Median home value
$348K
owners’ estimate, census 2021
average $388K
Median assessed value
$183K
all residential, 2024
New homes a year
22
permits, 2018–2023
9.1 per 1,000 homes
Owner households
1,885
census 2021
92% of households
What homes are worth

What St. Paul County No. 19’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 2021$348K

median, owners’ estimate

Average
$388K
Owners
1,885
Alberta’s towns
$400K
The typical Canadian town
$406K
Assessed, 2024$183K

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

St. Paul County No. 19’s detached houses are assessed 23% below the median of Alberta’s towns

Detached houses account for 78% of the 3,700 properties on St. Paul County No. 19’s 2024 roll.

Assessed value

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

Detached houses$254K
Mobile homes$130K
Multi-unit properties$277K
The mix of properties
Detached houses78%
Multi-unit properties13%
Mobile homes10%
1,570 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

Single-detached houses are 88% of St. Paul County No. 19’s homes, against 64% for Alberta’s towns

At the 2021 census, St. Paul County No. 19 had 2,495 homes with someone living in them. Half or more were standing by 2000.

When they were built

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

Before 196115%
1961–198029%
1981–200031%
2001–201520%
2016–20215%
What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses88%
Semi-detached housesunder 1%
Row housesunder 1%
Apartments, under 5 storeysunder 1%
Movable dwellings11%
Against the median town of the province and of Canada
St. Paul County No. 19AlbertaCanada
Condominiumsunder 1%15%8%
Needing major repairs7%5%6%
Too small for the household1%4%3%
Households in core housing need16%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

9.1 new homes a year per 1,000 in St. Paul County No. 19: in step with Alberta’s towns (7.5)

St. Paul County No. 19 issued permits for 134 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 22 a year. 97% were single-unit buildings, beside 69% for Alberta’s towns.

Permits by year, 2018–2023

Most in 2021: 32 new homes

Single-unit buildingsTwo or more units
010203040201820192020202120222023
The pace

New homes a year per 1,000 homes

St. Paul County No. 199.1
Alberta’s towns7.5
The typical Canadian town13.8
$5.81M
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

St. Paul County No. 19 against Alberta’s towns: 13% under the $400,000 median

478 of Alberta’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.

Lower values near St. Paul County No. 19: St. Paul, Elk Point and Two Hills County No. 21

The places around St. Paul County No. 19 at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Distances here run 10–43 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from St. Paul County No. 19.

St. PaulElk PointTwo Hills County No. 21BonnyvilleSt. PaulElk PointTwo Hills County No. 21BonnyvilleSt. Paul County No. 19
Prices next door
TownMedian home valueAverageOwnerskm
St. Paul County No. 19$348K$388K92%
St. Paul$278K$295K68%10.2
Elk Point$250K$250K65%33.3
Two Hills County No. 21$280K$290K89%41.5
Bonnyville$310K$315K60%42.7

Census 2021 values; km.

Questions about property prices in St. Paul County No. 19

How many households in St. Paul County No. 19 are in core housing need?

In St. Paul County No. 19, 16% of households are in core housing need, against 8% for Alberta’s towns: their home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, and nothing suitable nearby costs under 30% of their income.

Is St. Paul County No. 19 expensive for Alberta?

No: St. Paul County No. 19’s census median is below the $400,000 of Alberta’s towns.

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).