Photo: Wilson Hui from Calgary, Canada · CC BY 2.0Westlock sits 38% below Alberta’s towns on home values
Owners put the median home at $250,000 at the 2021 census; for Alberta’s towns the median is $400,000. Owners gave those values at the May 2021 census; they are estimates, and older than today’s prices. No open sale prices are published in Alberta, so for Westlock the census value is the measure.
What Westlock’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.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $247K
- Owners
- 1,475
- 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).
Westlock’s detached houses are assessed 30% below the median of Alberta’s towns
Detached houses account for 80% of the 1,875 properties on Westlock’s 2024 roll; condos for 3%.
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.
Westlock’s homes: when they went up and what they are
2,150 occupied homes stood in Westlock in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 68% of them. The older half dates from before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Westlock | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 5% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 9% | 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.
Westlock is cheaper than most of Alberta’s towns: 38% under their $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.
Westlock’s neighbours by home value
Next to Westlock: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Westlock has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 10–44 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westlock | $250K | $247K | 69% | |
| Westlock County | $324K | $343K | 87% | 9.5 |
| Legal | $300K | $303K | 76% | 28.4 |
| Barrhead | $250K | $277K | 65% | 36.7 |
| Morinville | $348K | $340K | 83% | 41.7 |
| Barrhead County No. 11 | $348K | $358K | 88% | 44.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Westlock
Is Westlock expensive for Alberta?
Less than most: Alberta’s towns have a median of $400,000, and Westlock sits below it.
How many households in Westlock are in core housing need?
In line with Alberta’s towns (8%): 9% in Westlock, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program. 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).