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Property prices in Sundre · Census 2021 and Statistics Canada

A 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.

Median home value
$250K
owners’ estimate, census 2021
average $265K
Median assessed value
$204K
all residential, 2024
New homes a year
4
permits, 2018–2023
3 per 1,000 homes
Owner households
905
census 2021
77% of households
What homes are worth

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.

Census 2021$250K

median, owners’ estimate

Average
$265K
Owners
905
Alberta’s towns
$400K
The typical Canadian town
$406K
Assessed, 2024$204K

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

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.

Assessed value

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

Detached houses$322K
Semi-detached$261K
Row houses$170K
Condos$146K
Mobile homes$134K
Multi-unit properties$317K
The mix of properties
Detached houses44%
Mobile homes40%
Semi-detached7%
Condos6%
Row houses2%
Multi-unit properties1%
1,780 sq ft
living area of the median detached house (Alberta’s towns: 1,960 sq ft)
848 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

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.

When they were built

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

Before 196110%
1961–198029%
1981–200030%
2001–201529%
2016–20212%
What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses52%
Semi-detached houses6%
Row houses6%
Flats in a duplex1%
Apartments, under 5 storeys8%
Movable dwellings27%
Against the median town of the province and of Canada
SundreAlbertaCanada
Condominiums11%15%8%
Needing major repairs6%5%6%
Too small for the household2%4%3%
Households in core housing need4%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

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%.

Permits by year, 2018–2023

Most in 2022: 6 new homes

Single-unit buildingsTwo or more units
0246201820192020202120222023
The pace

New homes a year per 1,000 homes

Sundre3
Alberta’s towns7.5
The typical Canadian town13.8
$951K
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

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.

Median value, census 2021

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.

Mountain View CountyOldsDidsburyBowdenCarstairsMountain View CountyOldsDidsburyBowdenCarstairsSundre
Prices next door
TownMedian home valueAverageOwnerskm
Sundre$250K$265K77%
Mountain View County$500K$549K86%21.7
Olds$340K$357K72%35.8
Didsbury$286K$291K79%38.9
Bowden$210K$215K75%44.1
Carstairs$352K$370K86%46.2

Census 2021 values; km.

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).