Photo: Qyd · CC BY 2.5Home values in Valleyview run 43% lower than the median of Alberta’s towns
The 2021 census gives $230,000 as the median value; Alberta’s towns come to $400,000. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Alberta, so nothing here says what Valleyview’s homes actually sold for. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $203,000.
Valleyview’s homes, by two sources
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Alberta’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. Treat the values as owners’ May 2021 guesses: they are self-reported, and they come from before rates went up.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $244K
- Owners
- 455
- 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, Valleyview’s houses sit 29% below Alberta’s towns
Detached houses account for 77% of the 895 properties on Valleyview’s 2024 roll.
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.
23% of Valleyview’s households are in core housing need, against 8% for Alberta’s towns
Valleyview had 660 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 58% of them single-detached houses. Half went up before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Valleyview | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 11% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 13% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 6% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 23% | 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 Valleyview: fewer than Alberta’s towns (7.5)
Building permits added 21 homes in Valleyview between 2018 and 2022: some 5 a year. 100% were single-unit buildings, beside 69% for Alberta’s towns.
A peak in 2018: 15 new homes
A year with no report is left out.
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.
Valleyview is 43% below the $400,000 median of Alberta’s towns
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 Valleyview: Falher
The places around Valleyview at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. The nearest places to Valleyview with figures are 65–80 km away.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valleyview | $230K | $244K | 69% | |
| High Prairie | $250K | $239K | 60% | 64.9 |
| Smoky River No. 130 | $250K | $313K | 87% | 68.8 |
| Falher | $180K | $180K | 70% | 73.8 |
| Fox Creek | $278K | $288K | 77% | 79.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Valleyview
Is Valleyview expensive for Alberta?
Below the norm for Alberta’s towns, whose median home is worth $400,000; Valleyview’s is worth less.
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).