You are better off with renting in term of your income. Only those people in the contruction industry can afford to buy a house here. $ E& Y; m* `4 T# V, W! ?; x0 {( I9 b# P5 C4 R
If you can only make so little money in Alberta, you should consider to leave.7 |$ K& O8 c1 _/ @; E
& O) T; \. P6 O# G& S' y0 VDon't be too greedy, you may lose money if you buy now.