Photo: Hero122 · CC BY-SA 3.0Stirling sits 23% below Alberta’s towns on home values
Owners valued the median home at $308,000 in 2021, where the median of Alberta’s towns was $400,000. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Alberta; the census value stands in for Stirling. Assessors valued the median residential property at $283,000 for 2024.
Stirling’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. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $310K
- Owners
- 295
- 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, 87% of Stirling’s properties are detached houses
Detached houses account for 87% of the 385 properties on Stirling’s 2024 roll.
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 town of houses: 94% of the homes in Stirling stand alone (Alberta’s towns: 64%)
The 2021 census counted 340 occupied homes in Stirling. Half went up before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Stirling | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | under 1% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 7% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | under 1% | 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.
Stirling against Alberta’s towns: 23% under the $400,000 median
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 Stirling: Raymond
Next to Stirling: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stirling | $308K | $310K | 87% | |
| Raymond | $276K | $297K | 87% | 10.5 |
| Warner County No. 5 | $348K | $392K | 82% | 12.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Stirling
How many households in Stirling are in core housing need?
under 1% of Stirling’s households, under 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.
Is Stirling expensive for Alberta?
Less than most: Alberta’s towns have a median of $400,000, and Stirling sits below it.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program. 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).