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Housing Market Insights — Calgary’s prices, rents, vacancy, and new supply.

Housing Market Insights

This section provides housing indicators for Calgary including benchmark prices, rent trends, vacancy rates, housing starts, and construction patterns. Dashboards highlight long-term trends and city-wide dynamics.

Benchmark prices

Benchmark Prices – Detached | Calgary (2021–2025)

How detached home prices have evolved and diverged across Calgary communities.

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Apartment prices

Benchmark Prices – Apartment | Calgary (2021–2025)

Apartment benchmark trends by year and region — affordability and recovery insights.

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Semi-detached prices

Benchmark Prices – Semi-Detached | Calgary (2021–2025)

Semi-detached housing price changes — between detached and row housing trends.

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Row prices

Benchmark Prices – Row | Calgary (2021–2025)

Row home affordability and supply-side response in Calgary’s suburban markets.

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1 Bed Rent and Vacancy

Rent — 6 Cities (1-Bed) | (2019–2025)

Rental market comparison for 1-bedroom units across major Canadian cities.

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2 Bed Rent and Vacancy

Rent— 6 Cities (2-Bed) | (2019–2025)

Rental market comparison for 2-bedroom units across major Canadian cities.

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Price-to-Rent Ratio

Price-to-Rent Ratio | Calgary (2021–2025)

Tracking buy-vs-rent signals through the long-run Calgary price-to-rent ratio.

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Avg Household Size (Calgary)

Avg Household Size | Calgary (1964–2025)

Long-term trend of household size relative to population growth and housing supply (1964–2025).

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Vacancy and Oil Price

Vacancy Rate & Europe Brent | Calgary (1988–2023)

Analyzing Calgary’s vacancy rates against Brent oil prices — supply elasticity insights.

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Housing Starts and Oil

Housing Starts & Oil Price | Alberta (1988–2024)

Examining the correlation between Alberta housing starts and global oil cycles.

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Community Housing Type Mix in Calgary

Community Housing Type Mix | Calgary (2025)

See how each neighbourhood is made up of Detached, Semi, Row, and Apartment homes — a clear view of density and living styles across Calgary.

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Housing Type vs Median Area & Median Assessment in Calgary

Housing Type vs Median Area & Median Assessment | Calgary (2025)

Compare median living area and median assessed value by housing type across communities — quickly spot places that are larger-but-cheaper or smaller-yet-pricier.

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Housing Age Structure by Community in Calgary

Housing Age Structure by Community | Calgary (1980–2024)

See how home age differs across neighbourhoods — compare older inner-city districts with newer suburbs, and explore how housing type shapes the age profile of each community.

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Residential Building by Community in Calgary (Completed Units)

Completed Residential Units by Community | Calgary (1999–2025)

Explore completed residential units by neighbourhood — stack-ranked by community and broken down by dwelling type. Scan yearly trends to see how single-detached, townhomes, and apartments evolved across Calgary’s sectors.

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Estimated residential completions in Calgary by community

Estimated Residential Completions | Calgary (2025–2027 Outlook)”

Indicative forecast of residential completions by neighbourhood — modelled using historical median construction durations by dwelling type. Assessment-confirmed homes are excluded. Results may differ from real-world outcomes due to construction realities and status-update lags.

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