Alberta Industrial Real Estate vs BC: The 2026 Numbers
Alberta Industrial Real Estate vs British Columbia: Where the Advantage Actually Flips in 2026 British Columbia sells industrial power at roughly half Alberta’s price. Alberta leases industrial space at roughly half British Columbia’s price. Both statements are true, both are quoted selectively, and neither one decides anything on its own. This article works through the..
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Alberta Construction Costs 2026: The Costly Escalation Mistake
Alberta construction costs rose 4.12% in Calgary this year. In British Columbia, private sector costs fell 3 to 5%. Same country, same year, same tariffs. Canadian construction costs split in two directions in 2026, and the split runs almost exactly along the line separating markets with work from markets without it. Altus Group put it..
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Alberta Construction Costs Rose 4% in 2026 While Toronto’s Fell
Alberta construction costs rose more than 4% in 2026. Over the same twelve months, Toronto’s fell. Same country, same tariff regime, opposite direction. That divergence is invisible in every national average published this year, and it is the reason most cross-border cost benchmarking produces a number nobody can build to. The comparison most people start..
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Calgary Property Tax 2026: The City Raised 1.8%. The Province Raised 21%.
On a typical Calgary home assessed at $706,000, the municipal portion of the property tax bill went up $49 this year. The provincial portion went up $338. Same house. Same envelope. Two very different numbers. The Calgary property tax 2026 conversation has focused almost entirely on City Hall — on a November budget debate, on..
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Alberta’s Indigenous Loan Guarantee Is 75% Unused. That Is Not a Funding Problem.
Alberta’s Indigenous loan guarantee programme has authorised up to $3 billion in capacity. Since 2019 it has issued just over $745 million across eight transactions, benefiting 43 First Nations and Métis groups. Roughly three quarters of the capacity has never been drawn. The obvious reading is that the programme is underused, and that someone should..
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Alberta Housing Accelerator Fund: 70,000 Homes Approved
The Alberta Housing Accelerator Fund story is usually told in two headlines — one for Calgary, one for Edmonton. That framing misses the point. In under two years, the federal Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF) helped fast-track close to 30,000 residential building permits — roughly 70,000 homes — across Alberta’s largest cities, and the ripple reached..
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Alberta Non-Residential Construction: The 2026 Shift to Watch
Alberta non-residential construction is quietly becoming the most important story in the province’s building sector — and it’s the one most people are still missing. While headlines fixate on housing, the data shows the money changing lanes: residential investment is set to peak in 2026, while non-residential activity keeps climbing through 2035. For any company weighing..
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The Alberta Construction Market in 2026: Housing Is Down, But the Industry Is Booming
The Alberta construction market 2026 story that most headlines are telling is simple: things are slowing down. Housing starts are falling, buyers are cautious, and the residential engine that powered the province for years is cooling. That story is true — and it is also pointing you at the wrong market. Because while houses slow, another side..
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Alberta Housing Starts Fell 21% in 2026. Here’s Why That’s Not the Whole Story
The Alberta housing starts 2026 data tells two opposite stories at once. Starts fell 21% in the first half of the year — the sharpest drop of any province in Canada. At the same time, the province has 44,509 homes under construction, an all-time high. Both figures come from the same CMHC report. Here is..
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Calgary vs Canmore Real Estate: Two Alberta Markets Moving in Opposite Directions (2025)
Look at Calgary vs Canmore real estate side by side and you would assume you are reading one story: two Alberta markets, one hour apart, both riding the same provincial economy. You are not. In 2025 they moved in opposite directions — Calgary’s benchmark price fell while Canmore’s detached homes climbed almost 10%. The numbers below show..
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Eros belotti
Construction project manager with over 15 years of experience in Europe and the Canary Islands. Specialized in modular housing, container construction, real estate development and international project management. Founder of Reforma Vivienda Tenerife and Donkey Lab.
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