Photo: Thelma A Phillips · CC BY-SA 3.021% of households in Alberton are in core housing need, against 5% for Prince Edward Island’s towns
Asked in 2021, owners gave a median value of $250,000; averaged, their homes came to $252,000. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales on Prince Edward Island, so nothing here says what Alberton’s homes actually sold for. Assessors valued the median residential property at $106,000 for 2024.
What Alberton’s homes are worth, two ways
Each source sits beside its own median for Prince Edward Island’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $252K
- Owners
- 215
- Prince Edward Island’s towns
- $288K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential
- Prince Edward Island’s towns
- $159K
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).
Alberton’s detached houses are assessed 39% below the median of Prince Edward Island’s towns
Assessors listed 350 residential properties in Alberton for 2024, 76% of them detached houses.
Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of Prince Edward Island’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 Prince Edward Island’s towns with their own figure; assessments compare within a province only.
The homes of Alberton, by period and type
The 2021 census counted 560 occupied homes in Alberton; 48% of them are single-detached houses. Half went up before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Prince Edward Island’s towns
Homes by kind
| Alberton | Prince Edward Island | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 5% | 1% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 7% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 21% | 5% | 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.
27.9 new homes a year per 1,000 in Alberton: in step with Prince Edward Island’s towns (25.7)
Over 2018–2023, 81 homes were permitted in Alberton, close to 14 each year. Multi-unit buildings took most: single-unit ones were just 13%, where Prince Edward Island’s towns built 27%.
Most in 2021: 27 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.
Alberton is cheaper than most of Prince Edward Island’s towns: 13% under their $288,000 median
The census values of Prince Edward Island’s towns, 12 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 Alberton: Miminegash, O'Leary and O'Leary
Next to Alberton: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
Questions about property prices in Alberton
Is Alberton expensive for Prince Edward Island?
On census values, Alberton sits among the cheaper of Prince Edward Island’s towns (median $288,000).
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).