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Edmonton Neighbourhood Profile

Richford

Richford is an Edmonton neighbourhood of about 393 homes — 35.6% houses and 64.4% condos, most units built around 2014. The typical (median) house is assessed at $645,500, 44% above the citywide median (28th of 277 neighbourhoods); condos around $314,000. The median assessed value changed -27% from 2012 to 2025, a stretch when Richford was still building out — so that reflects both value changes and a changing mix of homes. 82% of homes are owner-occupied, median household income is $90,000, 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

393

35.6% houses · 64.4% condos

Typical house

$645,500

44% above citywide · 28th of 277

Typical condo

$314,000

67% above citywide

House $/sq ft

$291

$3,132/m² · 4% below citywide

Condo $/sq ft

$266

$2,863/m² · 40% above citywide

Typical lot

5,737 ft²

533 m² · 7% above citywide

Typical age

2014

median condo build year

Where it is

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

Map of Richford, 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 condos. 35.6% houses (freehold) · 64.4% condos (condominium-titled).

Houses 35.6% Condos 64.4%
Building types in detail
Detached45%
Semi-detached14%
Apartment (low-rise)11%
Apartment (high-rise)30%

Bedrooms — homes here by bedroom count:

Studio (no bedroom)0%
1 bedroom12%
2 bedrooms33%
3 bedrooms24%
4+ bedrooms31%

0% 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 units here were built in the 2010s. The median build year is 2014.

Full age breakdown
2000s42
2010s206
2020s5

Condos & multi-family

5 condo developments here — about 253 condo dwellings, plus 1 purpose-built rental / multi-family building.

How condos & rentals are counted

5 condo developments, the largest around 161 units — about 253 condo dwellings in total. Separately-titled parking and storage stalls aren't counted as homes.

1 rental / multi-family building — 1 mid ($1–10M). 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 homeowners. Median household income $90,000.

Resident snapshot from the 2021 federal census.

Median household income

$90,000

43% earn $100k+

Homeowners

82%

18% rent

Bachelor's degree or higher

32%

of residents 15+

Commute to work

88%

drive · 0% transit · 8% walk/bike

Median age 53.2; 33% lived at a different address five years earlier.

Residents by age

Median age 53.2.

0–1410%
15–248%
25–4424%
45–6427%
65+30%
Household income spread
Under $50k6%
$50k–$100k36%
$100k–$150k10%
$150k–$200k12%
$200k+21%

21% of households reported $200k or more; 6% under $50k.

Government transfers made up 15.5% of residents' 2020 income (including 4.8% pandemic supports — 2020 was a COVID income year); 6.8% 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 home18%
Couples without kids at home36%
One-parent families3%
Living alone30%
Multigenerational5%
Other shared households8%

Average household size 2.3; families with kids at home average 2 children.

What residents do for work

Occupation groups (share of the labour force):

Sales & service36%
Business, finance & administration20%
Trades, transport & equipment operators15%
Education, law, social & government12%
Health8%
Natural & applied sciences5%

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

Retail trade19%
Health care & social assistance16%
Accommodation & food services11%
Transportation & warehousing9%
Professional, scientific & technical7%
Public administration7%
Construction5%
Finance & insurance5%
Other services5%
Wholesale trade4%
All other sectors combined10%

Unemployment rate in the census reference week (May 2021): 17.7% — a pandemic-period snapshot.

How long people stay

6% of residents had moved within the previous year; 33% lived at a different address five years earlier.

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

Housing costs & affordability

A household earning the local median income would put about 19% of it toward typical owner shelter costs here — or 18% toward the typical rent.

Typical owner shelter cost

$1,450/mo

50.9% of owners hold a mortgage

Typical rent

$1,350/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: 27.3% of owner households · 54.5% 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): 5.6% of owners · 0% of renters.

Owners' own estimate of their home's value (2021): $476,000 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 Richford: Roberta MacAdams, D. S. MacKenzie and Dr. Anne Anderson.

All schools, levels & catchment notes

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

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 13 businesses in Richford, employing roughly 123 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 & dining4
Personal & health services3
Recreation & fitness1
Professional & office3
Trades, auto & industrial3
Other2
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 36% of licences here). Landlord rental licences are excluded, and a listing isn't an endorsement.

Parks & green space

2 parks (0.3 hectares) and 1 playground in Richford.

Parks

2

0.3 hectares total

Playgrounds

1

Green-space types & notes

Types of green space:

  • Pocket park2

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 Richford today. The nearest station is Century Park (Capital Line), about 3.4 km away (straight-line). The neighbourhood is served by 4 bus routes.

Looking ahead, the nearest future stop is Twin Brooks on the Capital Line South, about 500 m 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

3.4 km

to Century Park

Bus routes

4

serving the area

Future LRT

500 m

Twin Brooks · under construction

Bus routes & notes

4 bus routes serve Richford: 521, 665, 721 and 722. They run from 4 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 Richford, 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 -27% from 2012 to 2025.

But Richford was still being built out over this period, so the line reflects both value changes and a changing mix (more — often smaller — homes added). Read the shape, not just the endpoints.

$429,500 $314,000 2012201620212025

Building activity

Since 2015: 79 building permits, about 52 net new homes, and 1 secondary-suite permit.

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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