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Property prices in Two Hills · Census 2021 and Statistics Canada

Owners in Two Hills value their homes 50% below the median of Alberta’s towns

Owners valued the median home at $200,000 in 2021, where the median of Alberta’s towns was $400,000. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Alberta, so nothing here says what Two Hills’s homes actually sold for.

Median home value
$200K
owners’ estimate, census 2021
average $210K
Median assessed value
$108K
all residential, 2024
New homes a year
1
permits, 2019–2023
2.8 per 1,000 homes
Owner households
300
census 2021
66% of households
What homes are worth

What Two Hills’s homes are worth, two ways

Two sources, each set against Alberta’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders.

Census 2021$200K

median, owners’ estimate

Average
$210K
Owners
300
Alberta’s towns
$400K
The typical Canadian town
$406K
Assessed, 2024$108K

all residential

Houses
$133K
Properties
570
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).

The homes

More need than most: 28% of households in Two Hills (Alberta’s towns: 8%)

The 2021 census counted 445 occupied homes in Two Hills; 89% of them are single-detached houses. The older half dates from before 1981.

When they were built

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

Before 196123%
1961–198055%
1981–200018%
2001–20153%
2016–2021under 1%
What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses89%
Semi-detached housesunder 1%
Row houses3%
Flats in a duplex3%
Apartments, under 5 storeys5%
Against the median town of the province and of Canada
Two HillsAlbertaCanada
Condominiums2%15%8%
Needing major repairs3%5%6%
Too small for the household7%4%3%
Households in core housing need28%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

2.8 new homes a year per 1,000 in Two Hills: fewer than Alberta’s towns (7.5)

Some 1 homes a year: 5 in all were permitted in Two Hills from 2019 to 2023. Houses dominate the permits, at 100% in single-unit buildings (Alberta’s towns: 69%).

Permits by year, 2019–2023

The busiest year: 2021, with 2 new homes

Single-unit buildingsTwo or more units
0122019202120222023

A year with no report is left out.

The pace

New homes a year per 1,000 homes

Two Hills2.8
Alberta’s towns7.5
The typical Canadian town13.8
$300K
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

Two Hills is cheaper than most of Alberta’s towns: 50% 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.

Home values around Two Hills

The places around Two Hills at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. No closer places have figures: these lie 10–43 km from Two Hills.

Two Hills County No. 21Minburn County No. 27VegrevilleSt. PaulTwo Hills County No. 21Minburn County No. 27VegrevilleSt. PaulTwo Hills
Prices next door
TownMedian home valueAverageOwnerskm
Two Hills$200K$210K66%
Two Hills County No. 21$280K$290K89%9.5
Minburn County No. 27$276K$348K87%25.2
Vegreville$250K$258K70%31.9
St. Paul$278K$295K68%42.7

Census 2021 values; km.

Questions about property prices in Two Hills

Is Two Hills expensive for Alberta?

Cheaper than the middle: Alberta’s towns come to $400,000, Two Hills to less.

What are houses and condos assessed at in Two Hills?

Houses had a median assessment of $133,000 in 2024.

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).