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Edmonton Neighbourhood Profile

Quesnell Heights

Quesnell Heights is an Edmonton neighbourhood of about 125 homes — 100% houses and 0% condos, most homes built around 1970. The typical (median) house is assessed at $867,500, 93% above the citywide median (8th of 277 neighbourhoods). Across its established houses — largely the same properties over time — the median assessed value changed +44% from 2012 to 2025. 100% of homes are owner-occupied, median household income is $226,000, 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

125

100% houses · 0% condos

Typical house

$867,500

93% above citywide · 8th of 277

House $/sq ft

$358

$3,853/m² · 18% above citywide

Typical lot

11,980 ft²

1,113 m² · 124% above citywide

Typical age

1970

median house build year

Where it is

At a glance.Quesnell Heights's location and boundary — green areas are parks and open space.

Map of Quesnell Heights, Edmonton — neighbourhood boundary, parks and surrounding streets.
Neighbourhood boundary outlined in sand. 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. 100% houses (freehold) · 0% condos (condominium-titled).

Houses 100% Condos 0%
Building types in detail
Detached100%

Bedrooms — homes here by bedroom count:

Studio (no bedroom)0%
1 bedroom0%
2 bedrooms0%
3 bedrooms13%
4+ bedrooms88%

8% 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 in the 1970s. The median build year is 1970.

Full age breakdown
1960s52
1970s58
1980s6
1990s1
2000s1
2010s6

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 homeowners. Median household income $226,000.

Resident snapshot from the 2021 federal census.

Median household income

$226,000

88% earn $100k+

Homeowners

100%

0% rent

Bachelor's degree or higher

58%

of residents 15+

Commute to work

90%

drive · 0% transit · 0% walk/bike

Median age 44.8; 44% of households have kids at home; 25% lived at a different address five years earlier.

Residents by age

Median age 44.8.

0–1421%
15–2410%
25–4418%
45–6429%
65+21%
Households & families
Couples with kids at home32%
Couples without kids at home44%
One-parent families12%
Living alone12%

Average household size 2.9; families with kids at home average 1.9 children.

What residents do for work

Occupation groups (share of the labour force):

Business, finance & administration32%
Education, law, social & government19%
Senior management13%
Health13%
Sales & service13%
Trades, transport & equipment operators6%

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

Professional, scientific & technical23%
Health care & social assistance13%
Construction10%
Retail trade10%
Educational services10%
Wholesale trade6%
Finance & insurance6%
Real estate & leasing6%
Public administration6%

Unemployment rate in the census reference week (May 2021): 0% — a pandemic-period snapshot.

How long people stay

9% of residents had moved within the previous year; 25% lived at a different address five years earlier.

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

Housing costs & affordability

A household earning the local median income would put about 6% of it toward typical owner shelter costs here.

Typical owner shelter cost

$1,060/mo

20.8% of owners hold a mortgage

Affordability in detail

Households spending 30% or more of their own income on their own shelter — the standard affordability-stress measure: 0% of owner 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): 0% of owners.

Owners' own estimate of their home's value (2021): $800,000 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 Quesnell Heights: Laurier Heights, Patricia Heights and Jasper Place.

All schools, levels & catchment notes

Designated public schools (Edmonton Public Schools catchment for Quesnell Heights):

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.

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 10 currently-licensed businesses in Quesnell Heights.

Business mix & how this is counted

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

Shops & retail1
Personal & health services1
Professional & office4
Trades, auto & industrial4
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 50% of licences here). Landlord rental licences are excluded, and a listing isn't an endorsement.

Parks & green space

2 parks (10 hectares) in Quesnell Heights — includes a natural area.

Parks

2

10 hectares total

Green-space types & notes

Types of green space:

  • Natural area1
  • Pocket 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 Quesnell Heights today. The nearest station is South Campus Ft Edmonton (Capital Line), about 3.1 km away (straight-line).

Looking ahead, the nearest future stop is Meadowlark on the Valley Line West, about 2.0 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

3.1 km

to South Campus Ft Edmonton

Future LRT

2.0 km

Meadowlark · under construction

Transit notes

No ETS bus stops fall inside Quesnell Heights.

Bus routes and frequency come from the City's ETS GTFS schedule — the routes whose trips call at stops inside Quesnell Heights, 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 +44% from 2012 to 2025.

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

$603,000 $869,000 2012201620212025

Building activity

Since 2015: 43 building permits, about 1 net new home.

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

Owned

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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