Photo: Amqui · CC BY-SA 4.0Owners put the median home in Wainwright No. 61 at $400,000
The census of 2021 asked 855 owner households what their home was worth. What homes sold for in Wainwright No. 61 isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Alberta. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $302,000.
What Wainwright No. 61’s homes are worth, two ways
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
- $426K
- Owners
- 855
- 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).
Wainwright No. 61’s homes by type: detached houses lead, at 79%
Detached houses account for 79% of the 1,435 properties on Wainwright No. 61’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.
Wainwright No. 61’s homes: when they went up and what they are
The 2021 census counted 1,490 occupied homes in Wainwright No. 61; 85% of them are single-detached houses. Half or more were standing by 2000.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Wainwright No. 61 | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 11% | 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 at the pace of Alberta’s towns: 8.2 new homes a year per 1,000 in Wainwright No. 61, against 7.5
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Wainwright No. 61 created 86 homes, about 14 a year. Houses dominate the permits, at 92% in single-unit buildings (Alberta’s towns: 69%).
The busiest year: 2018, with 25 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.
Wainwright No. 61 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 Wainwright No. 61: Wainwright, Provost No. 52 and Vermilion
Next to Wainwright No. 61: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Distances here run 4–68 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Wainwright No. 61.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wainwright No. 61 | $400K | $426K | 81% | |
| Wainwright | $276K | $286K | 70% | 4.2 |
| Provost No. 52 | $250K | $306K | 85% | 56 |
| Vermilion | $268K | $275K | 77% | 61.6 |
| Provost | $240K | $245K | 80% | 64.3 |
| Flagstaff County | $250K | $289K | 91% | 67.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Wainwright No. 61
How many households in Wainwright No. 61 are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 11% of Wainwright No. 61’s households in core housing need, much as for Alberta’s towns (8%).
Is Wainwright No. 61 expensive for Alberta?
Wainwright No. 61 is close to the norm for Alberta’s towns, whose median home is worth $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).