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Edmonton Neighbourhood Profile

Westwood

Westwood is an Edmonton neighbourhood of about 695 homes — 66% houses and 34% condos, most homes built around 1952. The typical (median) house is assessed at $311,000, 31% below the citywide median (260th of 277 neighbourhoods); condos around $103,250. Across its established houses — largely the same properties over time — the median assessed value changed +18% from 2012 to 2025. 21% of homes are owner-occupied, median household income is $43,200, 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

695

66% houses · 34% condos

Typical house

$311,000

31% below citywide · 260th of 277

Typical condo

$103,250

45% below citywide

House $/sq ft

$288

$3,100/m² · 5% below citywide

Condo $/sq ft

$137

$1,475/m² · 28% below citywide

Typical lot

6,448 ft²

599 m² · 20% above citywide

Typical age

1952

median house build year

Where it is

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

Map of Westwood, 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. 66% houses (freehold) · 34% condos (condominium-titled).

Houses 66% Condos 34%
Building types in detail
Detached19%
Semi-detached6%
Row house (townhouse)0%
Apartment in a duplex7%
Apartment (low-rise)67%

Bedrooms — homes here by bedroom count:

Studio (no bedroom)7%
1 bedroom44%
2 bedrooms22%
3 bedrooms16%
4+ bedrooms10%

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 before 1960. The median build year is 1952.

Full age breakdown
pre-1960273
1960s26
1970s60
1980s18
1990s12
2000s14
2010s40
2020s10

Condos & multi-family

24 condo developments here — about 236 condo dwellings, plus 99 purpose-built rental / multi-family buildings.

How condos & rentals are counted

24 condo developments, the largest around 21 units — about 236 condo dwellings in total. Separately-titled parking and storage stalls aren't counted as homes.

99 rental / multi-family buildings, typically built around 196934 small (under $1M), 64 mid ($1–10M), 1 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 $43,200.

Resident snapshot from the 2021 federal census.

Median household income

$43,200

16% earn $100k+

Homeowners

21%

79% rent

Bachelor's degree or higher

16%

of residents 15+

Commute to work

75%

drive · 19% transit · 3% walk/bike

Median age 36.8; 54% of households are people living alone; 62% lived at a different address five years earlier.

Residents by age

Median age 36.8.

0–1413%
15–2414%
25–4436%
45–6425%
65+12%
Household income spread
Under $50k56%
$50k–$100k29%
$100k–$150k11%
$150k–$200k3%
$200k+1%

1% of households reported $200k or more; 56% under $50k.

Government transfers made up 34.8% of residents' 2020 income (including 13.6% pandemic supports — 2020 was a COVID income year); 26.6% 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 home11%
Couples without kids at home7%
One-parent families12%
Living alone54%
Other shared households16%

Average household size 1.8; families with kids at home average 1.6 children.

What residents do for work

Occupation groups (share of the labour force):

Sales & service33%
Trades, transport & equipment operators23%
Business, finance & administration12%
Education, law, social & government9%
Natural & applied sciences6%
Health6%
Manufacturing & utilities6%
Art, culture, recreation & sport3%
Natural resources & agriculture3%

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

Retail trade15%
Construction12%
Health care & social assistance11%
Accommodation & food services10%
Administrative & support services8%
Transportation & warehousing6%
Educational services6%
Other services6%
Manufacturing5%
Professional, scientific & technical5%
All other sectors combined17%

Unemployment rate in the census reference week (May 2021): 19.1% — a pandemic-period snapshot.

How long people stay

23% of residents had moved within the previous year; 62% lived at a different address five years earlier.

Counts every change of address — moves within Westwood, 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 26% toward the typical rent.

Typical owner shelter cost

$940/mo

58.6% of owners hold a mortgage

Typical rent

$920/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: 18.6% of owner households · 43.9% 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% of owners · 34.4% of renters.

Owners' own estimate of their home's value (2021): $300,000 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 Westwood: Delton, Victoria and Spruce Avenue.

All schools, levels & catchment notes

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

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 122 businesses in Westwood, employing roughly 854 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 & dining8
Shops & retail16
Personal & health services7
Professional & office8
Trades, auto & industrial16
Other3
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 31% of licences here). Landlord rental licences are excluded, and a listing isn't an endorsement.

Parks & green space

4 parks (19 hectares) and 2 playgrounds in Westwood.

Parks

4

19 hectares total

Playgrounds

2

Green-space types & notes

Types of green space:

  • Urban village park2
  • Other green space1
  • 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 Westwood today. The nearest station is Kingsway RAH (Metro Line), about 2.0 km away (straight-line). The neighbourhood is served by 8 bus routes (1 frequent).

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

2.0 km

to Kingsway RAH

Bus routes

8

1 frequent

Future LRT

3.5 km

MacEwan Arts / 112 Street · under construction

Bus routes & notes

8 bus routes serve Westwood: 8, 9, 102, 103, 110X, 120X, 130X and 150X. They run from 14 boardable stops inside the neighbourhood.

Frequent (≈ a bus every 15 min or better on a weekday): 9.

Bus routes and frequency come from the City's ETS GTFS schedule — the routes whose trips call at stops inside Westwood, 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 +18% from 2012 to 2025.

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

$264,500 $312,000 2012201620212025

Building activity

Since 2015: 339 building permits, about 219 net new homes, and 71 secondary-suite permits.

Of those new units, roughly 41% are individually-owned (houses + condos), 59% purpose-built rental, and 0% in mixed-use buildings.

Owned 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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