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Property prices in Strathmore · Census 2021 and Statistics Canada

The middle home in Strathmore is valued at $340,000

It is the middle of what 4,255 owner households told the 2021 census. What homes sold for in Strathmore isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Alberta. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $378,000.

Median home value
$340K
owners’ estimate, census 2021
average $342K
Median assessed value
$378K
all residential, 2024
New homes a year
38
permits, 2018–2023
6 per 1,000 homes
Owner households
4,255
census 2021
77% of households
What homes are worth

Two ways to price a home in Strathmore

Every figure here is compared within the province, against Alberta’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed.

Census 2021$340K

median, owners’ estimate

Average
$342K
Owners
4,255
Alberta’s towns
$400K
The typical Canadian town
$406K
Assessed, 2024$378K

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

Strathmore’s detached houses are assessed 31% above the median of Alberta’s towns

Of Strathmore’s 5,235 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 64% are detached houses and 6% are condos.

Assessed value

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

Detached houses$431K
Semi-detached$338K
Row houses$238K
Condos$181K
Mobile homes$208K
Multi-unit properties$611K
The mix of properties
Detached houses64%
Row houses15%
Semi-detached10%
Condos6%
Mobile homes4%
Multi-unit properties1%
2,080 sq ft
living area of the median detached house (Alberta’s towns: 1,960 sq ft)
1,140 sq ft
living area of the median condo

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

Since 2001: 50% of the homes in Strathmore, where Alberta’s towns have 24%

At the 2021 census, 59% of Strathmore’s 5,515 occupied homes were single-detached houses.

When they were built

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

Before 19613%
1961–198015%
1981–200033%
2001–201544%
2016–20216%
What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses59%
Semi-detached houses13%
Row houses10%
Flats in a duplex1%
Apartments, under 5 storeys13%
Movable dwellings4%
Against the median town of the province and of Canada
StrathmoreAlbertaCanada
Condominiums19%15%8%
Needing major repairs4%5%6%
Too small for the household3%4%3%
Households in core housing need6%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

Strathmore permitted 6 new homes a year per 1,000, close to the 7.5 of Alberta’s towns

Over 2018–2023, 230 homes were permitted in Strathmore, close to 38 each year. Most were houses: 70% went into single-unit buildings, against 69% for Alberta’s towns.

Permits by year, 2018–2023

A peak in 2018: 64 new homes

Single-unit buildingsTwo or more units
020406080201820192020202120222023
The pace

New homes a year per 1,000 homes

Strathmore6
Alberta’s towns7.5
The typical Canadian town13.8
$9.69M
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

Strathmore is 15% below 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.

Median value, census 2021

Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.

Lower values near Strathmore: Irricana

The places around Strathmore at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Distances here run 12–47 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Strathmore.

Wheatland CountyChestermereIrricanaCalgaryWheatland CountyChestermereIrricanaCalgaryStrathmore
Prices next door
TownMedian home valueAverageOwnerskm
Strathmore$340K$342K77%
Wheatland County$448K$495K84%12.3
Chestermere$532K$579K91%30.5
Irricana$300K$287K89%32.8
Calgary$456K$520K69%47.4

Census 2021 values; km.

Questions about property prices in Strathmore

How many households in Strathmore are in core housing need?

Statistics Canada puts 6% of Strathmore’s households in core housing need, a smaller share than the 8% of Alberta’s towns.

Is Strathmore expensive for Alberta?

No: Strathmore’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).