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Edmonton Neighbourhood Profile

Parkdale

Parkdale is an Edmonton neighbourhood of about 1,434 homes — 69.7% houses and 30.3% condos, most homes built around 1946. The typical (median) house is assessed at $240,500, 46% below the citywide median (275th of 277 neighbourhoods); condos around $118,750. Across its established houses — largely the same properties over time — the median assessed value changed +20% from 2012 to 2025. 54% of homes are owner-occupied, median household income is $63,200, 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

1,434

69.7% houses · 30.3% condos

Typical house

$240,500

46% below citywide · 275th of 277

Typical condo

$118,750

37% below citywide

House $/sq ft

$242

$2,605/m² · 20% below citywide

Condo $/sq ft

$144

$1,550/m² · 24% below citywide

Typical lot

3,961 ft²

368 m² · 26% below citywide

Typical age

1946

median house build year

Where it is

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

Map of Parkdale, 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

Mostly houses. 69.7% houses (freehold) · 30.3% condos (condominium-titled).

Houses 69.7% Condos 30.3%
Building types in detail
Detached47%
Semi-detached2%
Row house (townhouse)1%
Apartment in a duplex15%
Apartment (low-rise)31%
Apartment (high-rise)4%

Bedrooms — homes here by bedroom count:

Studio (no bedroom)0%
1 bedroom20%
2 bedrooms39%
3 bedrooms24%
4+ bedrooms16%

10% of homes needed major repairs in 2021, as assessed by their own residents.

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

When it was built

Most homes here were built before 1960. The median build year is 1946.

Full age breakdown
pre-1960756
1960s52
1970s42
1980s23
1990s27
2000s42
2010s39
2020s5

Condos & multi-family

40 condo developments here — about 434 condo dwellings, plus 46 purpose-built rental / multi-family buildings.

How condos & rentals are counted

40 condo developments, the largest around 184 units — about 434 condo dwellings in total. Separately-titled parking and storage stalls aren't counted as homes.

46 rental / multi-family buildings, typically built around 200933 small (under $1M), 11 mid ($1–10M), 2 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

An even owner / renter mix. Median household income $63,200.

Resident snapshot from the 2021 federal census.

Median household income

$63,200

25% earn $100k+

Homeowners

54%

46% rent

Bachelor's degree or higher

20%

of residents 15+

Commute to work

76%

drive · 14% transit · 5% walk/bike

Median age 40; 40% of households are people living alone; 48% lived at a different address five years earlier.

Residents by age

Median age 40.

0–1414%
15–2410%
25–4433%
45–6430%
65+13%
Household income spread
Under $50k37%
$50k–$100k37%
$100k–$150k18%
$150k–$200k6%
$200k+2%

2% of households reported $200k or more; 37% under $50k.

Government transfers made up 30.2% of residents' 2020 income (including 11% pandemic supports — 2020 was a COVID income year); 18.4% 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 home14%
Couples without kids at home14%
One-parent families11%
Living alone40%
Multigenerational1%
Other shared households20%

Average household size 2.1; families with kids at home average 1.7 children.

What residents do for work

Occupation groups (share of the labour force):

Sales & service30%
Trades, transport & equipment operators24%
Business, finance & administration16%
Education, law, social & government11%
Health7%
Natural & applied sciences6%
Art, culture, recreation & sport2%
Natural resources & agriculture2%
Manufacturing & utilities2%

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

Health care & social assistance14%
Construction12%
Accommodation & food services11%
Retail trade8%
Other services8%
Administrative & support services7%
Public administration7%
Manufacturing6%
Transportation & warehousing6%
Educational services6%
All other sectors combined16%

Unemployment rate in the census reference week (May 2021): 20.1% — a pandemic-period snapshot.

How long people stay

19% of residents had moved within the previous year; 48% lived at a different address five years earlier.

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

Housing costs & affordability

A household earning the local median income would put about 26% of it toward typical owner shelter costs here — or 19% toward the typical rent.

Typical owner shelter cost

$1,390/mo

71.9% of owners hold a mortgage

Typical rent

$1,010/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: 21.6% of owner households · 41.1% 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): 10.3% of owners · 39.1% of renters.

Owners' own estimate of their home's value (2021): $256,000 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 Parkdale: Delton, Victoria and Spruce Avenue.

All schools, levels & catchment notes

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

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 Parkdale:

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). Catholic-school catchments aren’t published as open data, so Catholic schools are shown by location rather than catchment.

Shopping & amenities

About 88 businesses in Parkdale, employing roughly 871 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 & dining13
Shops & retail24
Personal & health services14
Recreation & fitness1
Professional & office18
Trades, auto & industrial30
Other8
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 28% of licences here). Landlord rental licences are excluded, and a listing isn't an endorsement.

Parks & green space

6 parks (3.4 hectares) and 2 playgrounds in Parkdale.

Parks

6

3.4 hectares total

Playgrounds

2

1 wheelchair-accessible

Green-space types & notes

Types of green space:

  • Pocket park3
  • School & community park2
  • Urban village 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 Parkdale today. The nearest station is Stadium (Capital Line), about 600 m away (straight-line). The neighbourhood is served by 7 bus routes.

Looking ahead, the nearest future stop is MacEwan Arts / 112 Street on the Valley Line West, about 3.5 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

600 m

to Stadium

Bus routes

7

serving the area

Future LRT

3.5 km

MacEwan Arts / 112 Street · under construction

Bus routes & notes

7 bus routes serve Parkdale: 2, 3, 5, 8, 102, 111 and 114. They run from 13 boardable stops inside the neighbourhood.

No route here meets the frequent-service bar (≈ 15-minute weekday headway).

Bus routes and frequency come from the City's ETS GTFS schedule — the routes whose trips call at stops inside Parkdale, 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 +20% from 2012 to 2025.

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

$201,500 $242,000 2012201620212025

Building activity

Since 2015: 420 building permits, about 300 net new homes, and 69 secondary-suite permits.

Of those new units, roughly 35% are individually-owned (houses + condos), 58% purpose-built rental, and 1% in mixed-use buildings (7% other, e.g. hotels).

Owned Purpose-built rental Mixed-use Other

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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