Photo: Carsell: Photographer · Public domainA home in Wainwright is worth 31% less than the middle of Alberta’s towns
Owners put the median home at $276,000 at the 2021 census; for Alberta’s towns the median is $400,000. What homes sold for in Wainwright isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Alberta. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $231,000.
Two ways to price a home in Wainwright
Each source sits beside its own median for Alberta’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $286K
- Owners
- 1,875
- 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, Wainwright’s houses sit 23% below Alberta’s towns
Detached houses account for 75% of the 2,470 properties on Wainwright’s 2024 roll; condos for 4%.
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.
How Wainwright’s homes break down, by age and kind
At the 2021 census, 66% of Wainwright’s 2,665 occupied homes were single-detached houses. The older half dates from before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Wainwright | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 10% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 4% | 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 Wainwright ran at 7.4 homes a year per 1,000, near the 7.5 of Alberta’s towns
Building permits added 118 homes in Wainwright between 2018 and 2023: some 20 a year. The mix: 34% in single-unit buildings, beside 69% for Alberta’s towns.
A peak in 2019: 43 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 against Alberta’s towns: 31% under the $400,000 median
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.
Cheaper next to Wainwright: Provost No. 52 and Provost
Next to Wainwright: 2021 census values and the share of owners. The nearest places to Wainwright with figures are 4–67 km away.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wainwright | $276K | $286K | 70% | |
| Wainwright No. 61 | $400K | $426K | 81% | 4.2 |
| Vermilion | $268K | $275K | 77% | 57.4 |
| Provost No. 52 | $250K | $306K | 85% | 59.6 |
| Vermilion River County | $384K | $406K | 91% | 66.1 |
| Provost | $240K | $245K | 80% | 67.3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Wainwright
How many households in Wainwright are in core housing need?
In Wainwright, 4% 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 Wainwright expensive for Alberta?
On census values, Wainwright 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).