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Edmonton Neighbourhood Profile

Abbottsfield

Abbottsfield is an Edmonton neighbourhood of about 376 homes — 0% houses and 100% condos, most units built around 1972. The typical (median) condo is assessed at $149,500, 20% below the citywide condo median. Across its established condos — largely the same properties over time — the median assessed value changed +6% from 2012 to 2025. 33% of homes are owner-occupied, median household income is $62,000, and 3 public schools are designated for it. Figures throughout are City assessed values — directional and comparative, not exact sale prices ("typical" means the median).

Total homes

376

0% houses · 100% condos

Typical condo

$149,500

20% below citywide

Condo $/sq ft

$140

$1,507/m² · 26% below citywide

Typical age

1972

median condo build year

Where it is

At a glance.Abbottsfield's location and boundary, with schools marked — green areas are parks and open space.

Map of Abbottsfield, Edmonton — neighbourhood boundary, 1 school, parks and surrounding streets.
Neighbourhood boundary outlined in sand; schools pinned in teal. Schools shown are those inside the boundary, plus designated schools that fall inside this view. Map data © Mapbox © OpenStreetMap.

The homes

What's built here — the housing stock, its age, and the condo & rental supply.

What's here

Almost all condos. 0% houses (freehold) · 100% condos (condominium-titled).

Houses 0% Condos 100%
Building types in detail
Row house (townhouse)65%
Apartment in a duplex1%
Apartment (low-rise)34%

Bedrooms — homes here by bedroom count:

Studio (no bedroom)0%
1 bedroom5%
2 bedrooms36%
3 bedrooms53%
4+ bedrooms5%

5% of homes needed major repairs in 2021, as assessed by their own residents.

Building-type, bedroom and condition figures from the 2021 federal census.

Condos & multi-family

3 condo developments here — about 376 condo dwellings, plus 3 purpose-built rental / multi-family buildings.

How condos & rentals are counted

3 condo developments, the largest around 172 units — about 376 condo dwellings in total. Separately-titled parking and storage stalls aren't counted as homes.

3 rental / multi-family buildings, typically built around 19833 large (over $10M). Purpose-built rentals (assessed as a single parcel each), separate from the owned homes counted above. Unit counts aren't in the open data.

Living here

The people and the day-to-day — who lives here, and the schools, shops, parks and transit around them.

Who lives here

Mostly renters. Median household income $62,000.

Resident snapshot from the 2021 federal census.

Median household income

$62,000

18% earn $100k+

Homeowners

33%

67% rent

Bachelor's degree or higher

14%

of residents 15+

Commute to work

75%

drive · 19% transit · 5% walk/bike

Median age 30.6; 52% of households have kids at home; 54% lived at a different address five years earlier.

Residents by age

Median age 30.6.

0–1430%
15–2413%
25–4432%
45–6417%
65+8%
Household income spread
Under $50k32%
$50k–$100k43%
$100k–$150k12%
$150k–$200k4%
$200k+0%

0% of households reported $200k or more; 32% under $50k.

Government transfers made up 36.6% of residents' 2020 income (including 12.2% pandemic supports — 2020 was a COVID income year); 32.8% of residents were below the low-income measure (LIM-AT).

Household total income, 2020, from the 2021 federal census (income shares and low-income prevalence as reported). Statistics Canada rounds and suppresses small counts, so shares may not sum exactly to 100.

Households & families
Couples with kids at home25%
Couples without kids at home8%
One-parent families27%
Living alone22%
Multigenerational5%
Other shared households13%

Average household size 2.7; families with kids at home average 1.9 children.

What residents do for work

Occupation groups (share of the labour force):

Sales & service33%
Trades, transport & equipment operators24%
Education, law, social & government13%
Health9%
Business, finance & administration8%
Natural & applied sciences8%
Manufacturing & utilities3%
Natural resources & agriculture2%

Industries residents work in (top 10; the rest combined):

Health care & social assistance19%
Construction16%
Retail trade13%
Administrative & support services11%
Accommodation & food services9%
Transportation & warehousing7%
Other services5%
Manufacturing4%
Wholesale trade4%
Educational services3%
All other sectors combined6%

Unemployment rate in the census reference week (May 2021): 17.1% — a pandemic-period snapshot.

How long people stay

14% of residents had moved within the previous year; 54% lived at a different address five years earlier.

Counts every change of address — moves within Abbottsfield, into it, owners and renters alike.

Housing costs & affordability

A household earning the local median income would put about 22% of it toward typical owner shelter costs here — or 22% toward the typical rent.

Typical owner shelter cost

$1,150/mo

70.5% of owners hold a mortgage

Typical rent

$1,130/mo

median tenant shelter cost

Affordability in detail

Households spending 30% or more of their own income on their own shelter — the standard affordability-stress measure: 18.2% of owner households · 38.1% of renter households. (Different from the headline above, which compares the median cost against the median income — a typical-household what-if, not a count of stretched households.)

In core housing need (unaffordable, unsuitable or inadequate, with no affordable local alternative): 9.5% of owners · 34.9% of renters.

Owners' own estimate of their home's value (2021): $155,000 median — self-reported, so it can differ from the assessed medians above.

Owner costs reflect current owners — including long-time, mortgage-free ones — not the cost to buy in today. The income-share figures compare 2020 median household income with shelter costs reported in 2021.

Schools

3 designated public schools. Edmonton Public catchment for Abbottsfield: Abbott, Ivor Dent and Eastglen.

All schools, levels & catchment notes

Designated public schools (Edmonton Public Schools catchment for Abbottsfield):

Catchments are set by the school board and can change — and the City's published catchment data can lag new schools and boundary updates — so confirm the current designated school with Edmonton Public Schools before relying on it.

Schools located in Abbottsfield:

Independent / private schools aren't in the City's open data, so they aren't listed here. School-quality ratings are published separately by the Fraser Institute (not affiliated with this site).

Shopping & amenities

About 33 businesses in Abbottsfield, employing roughly 369 people.

Business mix & how this is counted

From the City's business census (2025 survey).

The mix of what's here, from currently-licensed businesses:

Food & dining3
Shops & retail5
Personal & health services1
Professional & office3
Trades, auto & industrial7
Other4
Everyday amenities Other businesses

Counts come from City of Edmonton business licences and the City's business census — a licence means a business is registered at an address here, not a guarantee it's open today , and includes home-based businesses (about 26% of licences here). Landlord rental licences are excluded, and a listing isn't an endorsement.

Parks & green space

1 park (6.9 hectares) and 3 playgrounds in Abbottsfield.

Parks

1

6.9 hectares total

Playgrounds

3

Green-space types & notes

Types of green space:

  • School & community park1

Counts come from the City of Edmonton's parks and playgrounds open data. A park is attributed to the neighbourhood its centre point falls in, so a large park or greenway that spans several areas is counted once — treat boundaries as approximate. Trail corridors appear here as greenways; off-street bike routes aren't included.

Transit & connectivity

No LRT line in Abbottsfield today. The nearest station is Belvedere (Capital Line), about 3.3 km away (straight-line). The neighbourhood is served by 4 bus routes (1 frequent).

Looking ahead, the nearest future stop is MacEwan Arts / 112 Street on the Valley Line West, about 8.8 km from the centre — under construction, targeted to open later this decade. Timelines can slip, and a nearby line doesn't imply any change in property values.

Nearest LRT

3.3 km

to Belvedere

Bus routes

4

1 frequent

Future LRT

8.8 km

MacEwan Arts / 112 Street · under construction

Bus routes & notes

4 bus routes serve Abbottsfield: 8, 101, 102 and 116. They run from 13 boardable stops inside the neighbourhood.

Frequent (≈ a bus every 15 min or better on a weekday): 8.

Bus routes and frequency come from the City's ETS GTFS schedule — the routes whose trips call at stops inside Abbottsfield, with “frequent” meaning at least 100 weekday trips through the neighbourhood (about a bus every 15 minutes or better, counting both directions). Distances are straight-line (“as the crow flies”) from the neighbourhood centre — the actual walking or driving route is longer. Future stations are under construction; their locations and timelines come from City of Edmonton project pages and can change. Day-to-day commute mode (drive / transit / walk) is shown under “Who lives here.” Source: City of Edmonton LRT & ETS (GTFS) Open Data.

The market

Assessed value over time, and recent building activity.

Assessed value over time

Median assessed value changed +6% from 2012 to 2025.

That tracks Abbottsfield's condos — largely the same homes throughout — so it's a real value change, not a shifting mix.

$140,500 $149,500 2012201620212025

Building activity

Since 2015: 46 building permits, about 248 net new homes.

Of those new units, roughly 0% are individually-owned (houses + condos), 100% purpose-built rental, and 0% in mixed-use buildings.

Purpose-built rental

Split by building type (a strong proxy, not a guarantee of final tenure).

Permits year by year

Permits count every new home built — including purpose-built rental apartments and mixed-use buildings — so this can run well above the "total homes" figure above, which counts only individually-owned houses and condos.

Source

City of Edmonton Open Data — assessment, property info, building permits; Statistics Canada 2021 Census of Population (City of Edmonton neighbourhood tabulation). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Edmonton.

About these figures. They use the City of Edmonton's annual property assessment — its mass-appraisal estimate of value as of July 1 the prior year, informed by that year's sales but applied across the whole roll at once. That makes it a reliable directional and comparative signal (ideal for "how does this neighbourhood compare"), but not the exact price a specific home would sell for today — for that you need a comparative market analysis. Resident demographics and housing-cost figures (income and its distribution, age, education, commute, tenure, household types, shelter costs, occupations and industries, mobility) and the building-type, bedroom and condition mix are from the 2021 federal census — the most recent neighbourhood-level vintage; the City notes it fell during the pandemic, so treat these figures as directional. Census figures are adapted from Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Trevor Tardif is a licensed REALTOR® with REAL Broker AB Ltd, Edmonton, Alberta. Content on this site does not constitute financial or investment advice.

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