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Edmonton Neighbourhood Profile

Strathcona

Strathcona is an Edmonton neighbourhood of about 2,962 homes — 41.6% houses and 58.4% condos, most units built around 1981. The typical (median) house is assessed at $511,000, 14% above the citywide median (79th of 277 neighbourhoods); condos around $184,000. Across its established condos — largely the same properties over time — the median assessed value changed -12% from 2012 to 2025. 30% of homes are owner-occupied, median household income is $64,500, and 2 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

2,962

41.6% houses · 58.4% condos

Typical house

$511,000

14% above citywide · 79th of 277

Typical condo

$184,000

2% below citywide

House $/sq ft

$376

$4,047/m² · 24% above citywide

Condo $/sq ft

$211

$2,271/m² · 11% above citywide

Typical lot

4,349 ft²

404 m² · 19% below citywide

Typical age

1981

median condo build year

Where it is

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

Map of Strathcona, Edmonton — neighbourhood boundary, 3 schools, 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

A mix of houses and condos. 41.6% houses (freehold) · 58.4% condos (condominium-titled).

Houses 41.6% Condos 58.4%
Building types in detail
Detached18%
Semi-detached1%
Row house (townhouse)1%
Apartment in a duplex7%
Apartment (low-rise)48%
Apartment (high-rise)26%

Bedrooms — homes here by bedroom count:

Studio (no bedroom)2%
1 bedroom44%
2 bedrooms36%
3 bedrooms11%
4+ bedrooms8%

6% 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 1980s. The median build year is 1981.

Full age breakdown
pre-196041
1960s334
1970s433
1980s447
1990s162
2000s119
2010s195

Condos & multi-family

59 condo developments here — about 1,731 condo dwellings, plus 154 purpose-built rental / multi-family buildings.

How condos & rentals are counted

59 condo developments, the largest around 210 units — about 1,731 condo dwellings in total. Separately-titled parking and storage stalls aren't counted as homes.

154 rental / multi-family buildings, typically built around 197242 small (under $1M), 106 mid ($1–10M), 6 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 $64,500.

Resident snapshot from the 2021 federal census.

Median household income

$64,500

28% earn $100k+

Homeowners

30%

70% rent

Bachelor's degree or higher

50%

of residents 15+

Commute to work

65%

drive · 12% transit · 20% walk/bike

Median age 34.8; 52% of households are people living alone; 62% lived at a different address five years earlier.

Residents by age

Median age 34.8.

0–148%
15–2413%
25–4445%
45–6421%
65+13%
Household income spread
Under $50k38%
$50k–$100k34%
$100k–$150k13%
$150k–$200k6%
$200k+8%

8% of households reported $200k or more; 38% under $50k.

Government transfers made up 13.1% of residents' 2020 income (including 5.6% pandemic supports — 2020 was a COVID income year); 15.5% 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 home9%
Couples without kids at home23%
One-parent families4%
Living alone52%
Other shared households11%

Average household size 1.7; families with kids at home average 1.5 children.

What residents do for work

Occupation groups (share of the labour force):

Sales & service22%
Education, law, social & government20%
Business, finance & administration16%
Natural & applied sciences10%
Health10%
Trades, transport & equipment operators10%
Art, culture, recreation & sport6%
Senior management2%
Natural resources & agriculture1%
Manufacturing & utilities1%

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

Educational services16%
Health care & social assistance15%
Professional, scientific & technical11%
Retail trade10%
Accommodation & food services7%
Public administration7%
Construction6%
Manufacturing4%
Administrative & support services4%
Arts, entertainment & recreation4%
All other sectors combined18%

Unemployment rate in the census reference week (May 2021): 12.3% — a pandemic-period snapshot.

How long people stay

26% of residents had moved within the previous year; 62% lived at a different address five years earlier.

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

Housing costs & affordability

A household earning the local median income would put about 27% of it toward typical owner shelter costs here — or 21% toward the typical rent.

Typical owner shelter cost

$1,440/mo

58.8% of owners hold a mortgage

Typical rent

$1,140/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: 17.8% of owner households · 39.7% 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): 7.1% of owners · 23.1% of renters.

Owners' own estimate of their home's value (2021): $424,000 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

2 designated public schools. Edmonton Public catchment for Strathcona: King Edward and Strathcona.

All schools, levels & catchment notes

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

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 Strathcona:

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 536 businesses in Strathcona, employing roughly 4,267 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 & dining51
Shops & retail63
Personal & health services51
Recreation & fitness3
Professional & office70
Trades, auto & industrial28
Other43
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 23% of licences here). Landlord rental licences are excluded, and a listing isn't an endorsement.

Parks & green space

15 parks (7.9 hectares) and 8 playgrounds in Strathcona — includes a natural area.

Parks

15

7.9 hectares total

Playgrounds

8

Green-space types & notes

Types of green space:

  • Pocket park10
  • School & community park3
  • Natural area2

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 Strathcona today. The nearest station is Muttart (Valley Line Southeast), about 1.7 km away (straight-line). The neighbourhood is served by 6 bus routes (3 frequent).

Looking ahead, the nearest future stop is MacEwan Arts / 112 Street on the Valley Line West, about 3.0 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

1.7 km

to Muttart

Bus routes

6

3 frequent

Future LRT

3.0 km

MacEwan Arts / 112 Street · under construction

Bus routes & notes

6 bus routes serve Strathcona: 4, 8, 404, 523, 637 and 701. They run from 27 boardable stops inside the neighbourhood.

Frequent (≈ a bus every 15 min or better on a weekday): 4, 8 and 523.

Bus routes and frequency come from the City's ETS GTFS schedule — the routes whose trips call at stops inside Strathcona, 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 -12% from 2012 to 2025.

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

$209,250 $184,000 2012201620212025

Building activity

Since 2015: 1,089 building permits, about 662 net new homes, and 59 secondary-suite permits.

Of those new units, roughly 40% are individually-owned (houses + condos), 59% purpose-built rental, and 1% in mixed-use buildings.

Owned Purpose-built rental Mixed-use

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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