Photo: Enzenberger · CC BY-SA 3.0Owners in Wetaskiwin value their homes 38% below the median of Alberta’s towns
Owners put the median home at $250,000 at the 2021 census; for Alberta’s towns the median is $400,000. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Alberta; the census value stands in for Wetaskiwin. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $216,000.
What Wetaskiwin’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. Those values come from owners at the 2021 census and predate the prices of the years since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $249K
- Owners
- 3,290
- 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).
A detached house in Wetaskiwin is assessed 31% lower than across Alberta’s towns
In 2024, Wetaskiwin had 4,165 residential properties on the roll, detached houses 77% of them and condos 6%.
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.
Core housing need: 15% of Wetaskiwin’s households, where Alberta’s towns sit at 8%
Of the 5,185 homes people lived in across Wetaskiwin at the 2021 census, 58% were single-detached houses. Half or more were standing by 1980.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Wetaskiwin | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 10% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 5% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 15% | 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.
4 new homes a year per 1,000 in Wetaskiwin: fewer than Alberta’s towns (7.5)
Building permits added 127 homes in Wetaskiwin between 2018 and 2023: some 21 a year. Single-unit buildings took 20%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 69% for Alberta’s towns.
The busiest year: 2020, with 51 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.
Wetaskiwin 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.
Wetaskiwin’s neighbours by home value
Next to Wetaskiwin: 2021 census values and the share of owners. The nearest places to Wetaskiwin with figures are 15–36 km away.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wetaskiwin | $250K | $249K | 63% | |
| Millet | $276K | $255K | 83% | 15.5 |
| Leduc County | $512K | $583K | 89% | 33.7 |
| Leduc | $348K | $362K | 73% | 34.4 |
| Ponoka | $258K | $270K | 73% | 35.4 |
| Camrose | $300K | $325K | 66% | 35.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Wetaskiwin
Is Wetaskiwin expensive for Alberta?
On census values, Wetaskiwin 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).