Photo: Sir-Mister-Horse · CC BY 4.0A home in Sundre is worth 38% less than the middle of Alberta’s towns
Owners put the median home at $250,000 at the 2021 census; for Alberta’s towns the median is $400,000. Treat the values as owners’ May 2021 guesses: they are self-reported, and they come from before rates went up. What homes sold for in Sundre isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Alberta.
What Sundre’s homes are worth, two ways
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Alberta’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $265K
- Owners
- 905
- 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).
Houses against condos in Sundre: 2.2 times the assessed value
Assessors listed 1,455 residential properties in Sundre for 2024, 44% of them detached houses and 6% 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.
Sundre’s homes: when they went up and what they are
At the 2021 census, 52% of Sundre’s 1,190 occupied homes were single-detached houses. Half or more were standing by 2000.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Sundre | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 11% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 4% | 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.
3 new homes a year per 1,000 in Sundre: fewer than Alberta’s towns (7.5)
Building permits added 22 homes in Sundre between 2018 and 2023: some 4 a year. Single-unit buildings took 67% of them, where Alberta’s towns built 69%.
Most in 2022: 6 new homes
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.
Sundre is cheaper than most of Alberta’s towns: 38% under their $400,000 median
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 Sundre: Bowden
Next to Sundre: 2021 census values and the share of owners. The nearest places to Sundre with figures are 22–46 km away.
Questions about property prices in Sundre
How many households in Sundre are in core housing need?
4% of Sundre’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 Sundre expensive for Alberta?
No: Sundre’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).