For sale48$749,900
317, 175 crossbow
2 bed3 bath1,284 sq ft
Canmore sits just outside Banff National Park's gate, in the Bow Valley corridor — a genuine mountain town with a year-round population, framed by the Three Sisters peaks.
Canmore currently has 163 active listings. Most homes for sale are priced between $640K and $3.38M, with a median around $1.23M. Condos and apartments make up the largest share of the market.
| Bedrooms | Active listings | Median asking price |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | $625K |
| 2 | 52 | $809K |
| 3 | 50 | $1.39M |
| 4+ | 41 | $2.50M |
Figures reflect current active MLS® listings and update as the market moves.
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Browse →In Alberta, ask the seller for a current Real Property Report (RPR) with the municipality's compliance stamp — it confirms the house, garage and fences sit where they should. A home inspection and a review of the title for caveats round out the standard conditions.
Alberta has no land transfer tax — buyers pay land titles registration fees instead, which makes closing costs noticeably lower than in BC or Ontario. See our BC & Alberta closing costs checklist.
Alberta doesn't have a provincial short-term rental principal-residence law or a foreign-buyer ban the way BC and the federal government apply to Metro Vancouver and Whistler — but Canmore itself regulates vacation rentals through its own municipal business-licensing bylaw, and licences are capped by area in some neighbourhoods. If nightly rental is part of your plan, that's a municipal question specific to the property.
Canmore's terrain drives a lot of the market's texture: hillside lots and homes near the Three Sisters or Cougar Creek carry different geotechnical and insurance considerations (rockfall and debris-flow mapping) than valley-floor properties. We flag any hazard overlay on a specific listing.
Canmore draws year-round residents commuting into Calgary or Banff for work, remote workers who want the mountains without Banff National Park's leasehold restrictions, and second-home buyers who want a genuine town — grocery stores, schools, a hospital — rather than a purely seasonal resort.
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Most Canmore properties are freehold, unlike Banff townsite next door, where properties sit on federal leasehold land with residency restrictions tied to the national park. That's a meaningful practical difference if you're comparing the two towns.
It depends on the Town of Canmore's business licensing rules for the specific property and neighbourhood, which cap vacation rental licences in some areas. We confirm current eligibility for a given listing before you offer.
Banff townsite requires proof of eligible employment within Banff National Park to own or rent long-term, and most land is leasehold. Canmore has no such residency requirement and is predominantly freehold — which is why many people who work in Banff choose to live in Canmore instead.
The median asking price for homes currently for sale in Canmore is about $1,225,000, and most are listed between $640,000 and $3,381,000. These figures come from active MLS® listings and move with the market.
There are 163 active listings on this page's search, 22 of them new in the last 7 days. Listings are updated continuously from the MLS®.
Median asking prices by bedroom count in Canmore right now — 1 bedroom: about $625,000; 2 bedrooms: about $809,000; 3 bedrooms: about $1,389,000; 4+ bedrooms: about $2,500,000. Based on 154 active listings.
The median asking price per square foot of living area is about $998 across homes currently listed in Canmore. Location, age and building type move this a lot, so compare within a neighbourhood.
The typical active listing here first came on the market about 49 days ago. That's days listed so far, not time to sell, but a long figure usually signals more room to negotiate.
Generally not right now. Since January 1, 2023, the federal Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians Act has barred most non-Canadians from buying residential property, with exceptions such as permanent residents and some work-permit holders. The ban has been extended before, so confirm its current status and get legal advice on your situation.
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