Photo: Jason Woodhead · CC BY 4.0Owners in Taber value their homes 35% below the median of Alberta’s towns
The 2021 census gives $260,000 as the median value; Alberta’s towns come to $400,000. There is no public record of sale prices in Alberta, which leaves the census value as the guide for Taber. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $253,000.
Two ways to price a home in Taber
Each source sits beside its own median for Alberta’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Treat the values as owners’ May 2021 guesses: they are self-reported, and they come from before rates went up.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $281K
- Owners
- 2,440
- 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).
Taber’s detached houses are assessed 19% below the median of Alberta’s towns
In 2024, Taber had 3,085 residential properties on the roll, detached houses 83% of them and condos 3%.
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.
The homes of Taber, by period and type
The 2021 census counted 3,350 occupied homes in Taber; 72% of them are single-detached houses. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Taber | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 7% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 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.
Permits in Taber ran at 4.8 homes a year per 1,000, where Alberta’s towns ran at 7.5
Building permits added 94 homes in Taber between 2018 and 2023: some 16 a year. Most were houses: 93% went into single-unit buildings, against 69% for Alberta’s towns.
The busiest year: 2020, with 23 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 is 35% below the $400,000 median of Alberta’s towns
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.
Home values around Taber
Next to Taber: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
Questions about property prices in Taber
How many households in Taber are in core housing need?
In Taber, 3% of households are in core housing need, against 8% for Alberta’s towns: those whose home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, with nothing suitable nearby under 30% of their income.
Is Taber expensive for Alberta?
On census values, Taber sits among the cheaper of Alberta’s towns (median $400,000).
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).