Photo: Peter Vaitkunas · Public domainLittle is being built in St. Paul: 0.7 new homes a year per 1,000, against 7.5 for Alberta’s towns
Asked in 2021, owners gave a median value of $278,000; averaged, their homes came to $295,200. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Alberta, so nothing here says what St. Paul’s homes actually sold for. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $230,000.
Two ways to price a home in St. Paul
Two sources, each set against Alberta’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $295K
- Owners
- 1,565
- 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).
St. Paul’s detached houses are assessed 28% below the median of Alberta’s towns
Assessors listed 1,945 residential properties in St. Paul for 2024, 86% of them detached houses and 3% condos.
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.
The homes of St. Paul, by period and type
Of the 2,285 homes people lived in across St. Paul at the 2021 census, 72% were single-detached houses. The older half dates from before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| St. Paul | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 5% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 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. Paul peaked in 2021: 3 new homes
St. Paul issued permits for 7 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 2 a year. Houses dominate the permits, at 60% in single-unit buildings (Alberta’s towns: 69%).
A year with no report is left out.
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.
St. Paul is 31% 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 St. Paul: Elk Point and Two Hills
Next to St. Paul: 2021 census values and the share of owners. St. Paul has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 10–48 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Paul | $278K | $295K | 68% | |
| St. Paul County No. 19 | $348K | $388K | 92% | 10.2 |
| Elk Point | $250K | $250K | 65% | 27.6 |
| Two Hills County No. 21 | $280K | $290K | 89% | 34.8 |
| Two Hills | $200K | $210K | 66% | 42.7 |
| Bonnyville | $310K | $315K | 60% | 48 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in St. Paul
Is St. Paul expensive for Alberta?
On census values, St. Paul sits among the cheaper of Alberta’s towns (median $400,000).
How many households in St. Paul are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 6% of St. Paul’s households in core housing need, a smaller share than the 8% 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).