Photo: Rural Health Professions Action Plan from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada · CC BY 2.0Homes in Vermilion River County are worth a median $384,000
That figure comes from 2,045 owner households at the 2021 census. Those values come from owners at the 2021 census and predate the prices of the years since. For Vermilion River County there is no published sale price, as for every town in Alberta.
What Vermilion River County’s homes are worth, two ways
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
- $406K
- Owners
- 2,045
- 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).
Detached houses make up 82% of Vermilion River County’s residential properties
Assessors listed 3,270 residential properties in Vermilion River County for 2024, 82% of them detached houses.
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.
A town of houses: 91% of the homes in Vermilion River County stand alone (Alberta’s towns: 64%)
At the 2021 census, Vermilion River County had 2,995 homes with someone living in them. Half went up before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Vermilion River County | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 14% | 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.
7.3 new homes a year per 1,000 in Vermilion River County: in step with Alberta’s towns (7.5)
Vermilion River County issued permits for 139 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 23 a year. Houses dominate the permits, at 98% in single-unit buildings (Alberta’s towns: 69%).
Most in 2018: 29 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.
Vermilion River County sits close to 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 Vermilion River County: Vermilion, Lloydminster (Part) and Lloydminster (Part)
Next to Vermilion River County: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Distances here run 20–41 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Vermilion River County.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vermilion River County | $384K | $406K | 91% | |
| Vermilion | $268K | $275K | 77% | 19.6 |
| Lloydminster (Part) | $340K | $344K | 72% | 39.3 |
| Britannia No. 502 | $452K | $482K | 90% | 40.2 |
| Lloydminster (Part) | $278K | $283K | 59% | 41.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Vermilion River County
How many households in Vermilion River County are in core housing need?
14% of Vermilion River County’s households, above the 8% of Alberta’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair, with no acceptable one nearby they could afford.
Is Vermilion River County expensive for Alberta?
On census values, Vermilion River County sits mid-table among 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).