Photo: dave_7 from Lethbridge, Canada · CC BY 2.0The middle home in Taber is valued at $376,000
The census of 2021 asked 1,215 owner households what their home was worth. Owners gave those values at the May 2021 census; they are estimates, and older than today’s prices. There is no public record of sale prices in Alberta, which leaves the census value as the guide for Taber.
Taber’s homes, by two sources
Each source sits beside its own median for Alberta’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $403K
- Owners
- 1,215
- 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 assessment roll, Taber’s houses sit 15% above Alberta’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 2,060 homes in Taber, detached houses 78% of them.
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.
Single-detached houses are 93% of Taber’s homes, against 64% for Alberta’s towns
The 2021 census counted 1,970 occupied homes in Taber. At least half predate 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Taber | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 7% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 3% | 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.
Building ahead of Alberta’s towns: 13.3 new homes a year per 1,000 in Taber, against 7.5
Taber issued permits for 157 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 26 a year. Single-unit buildings took 53% of them, where Alberta’s towns built 69%.
The busiest year: 2022, with 34 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.
Taber against Alberta’s towns: about level with 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 Taber: Taber, Vauxhall and Barnwell
The places around Taber at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
Questions about property prices in Taber
How many households in Taber are in core housing need?
3% of Taber’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 Taber expensive for Alberta?
About average: Taber’s census median is close to 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).