The Greater Edmonton area has some wonderful communities, and we wanted to create a list of neighbourhoods that are great for young families. But how do you decide which neighbourhoods are the best for young families?
We came up with our own set of criteria, and then set about determining which neighbourhoods best fit that criteria.
First was price. Most young families in Edmonton look for single family homes between $350,000-$450,000. It would be easy to pick the best neighbourhoods if there was no price limitation, but that’s not practical.
Second was popularity – where are the most single family home sales occuring in the $350,000-$450,000 price range. Which neighbourhoods have households made up mostly of young families?
Last was amenities – which neighbourhoods have good schools or easy access to good schools? Which neighbourhoods have nice parks? Are there recreation and shopping facilities nearby?
Of course, we also included our own experiences helping families find homes in Edmonton and our knowledge of neighbourhoods when we came up with the list.
That gives us our list of the best neighbourhoods for young families in the Greater Edmonton Area:
- West Edmonton: The Hamptons, Jamieson Place, Glastonbury
- North Edmonton: Klarvatten, Brintnell, Cumberland
- South West Edmonton: MacEwan, Rutherford, Terwillegar Towne, Terwillegar South
- South East Edmonton: Wild Rose, Summerside, Silver Berry, Ellerslie
- St. Albert: Deer Ridge, Heritage Lakes, North Ridge
- Sherwood Park: Foxboro, Foxhaven, Clarkdale Meadows
Homes for sale in Edmonton’s family friendly neighbourhoods.
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I wonder if commute times should have been a factor?
Certainly doesn’t have to be the primary factor, but
commute times ultimately affect the amount of time
people have to spend with their families.
All of the neighborhoods listed, while I’m sure they are
very nice, are about a half hour drive
from the city core.
Cheers,
Chris
Would be impossible to factor in commute times as not everybody works in the core. In fact I might go out on a limb and suggest that people that work in the core tend not to live in the far west end in large numbers.
Commute? What commute? This is Edmonton such a thing as a commute does not exist.
One of the unique things about Edmonton is the “daily commute” goes in every direction – the work force is not concentrated in the downtown core.
Given most of the relocation work I’ve done over the years a half hour seems to be a short commute compared to other cities. There are certainly areas closer to the core but then we would have to change the criteria and factor in crime as well.
As far as commuting goes my perspective is the shorter the better.
I have never understood those that choose a long commute for a bigger fancier house. Don’t even get me started on the acreage living but commute two cars in to the city every day scene. That is my definition of crazy, but to each their own.
Commute times in Edmonton are short by world standards though. I have lived in the GTA….now that is long commute hell.
On topic now there are lots of family friendly areas in Edmonton but I also think people worry too much about their location while worrying far too little about true quality of life.
Oh, I have to disagree on the idea that Edmonton does not have a typical in/out traffic pattern.
There are of course exceptions but look at the major arteries at rush hour and try and tell me there is no pattern. The pattern is obvious…toward the city in the morning and away from it in the evening.
Yes there is a major in/out pattern but given the diversity of Edmonton’s major employment it is less certainly less than other similiar cities like Calgary.
Ouch. No Twin Brooks even with GP Nicholson Elementary school in the neighbourhood and 10 minutes away from centuary park LRT??
i found this post as nice as property development high up these days thank you for sharing such a useful information
Isn’t Brintnell Northeast?
Agreed.. The Northwest category should be changed to north as there is nothing west about any of the neighborhoods. Unless you are referring to Edmonton Postal codes in which case you could expand the northwest category quite largely..
I thought I only put north, not north west…. i’ll fix it.
“South West Edmonton: MacEwan, Rutherford, Terwillegar Towne, Terwillegar South”
I cannot comment on other areas, but I have been in SW Edmonton for the last 20 years. I can say these are some of the worst in SW.
Terwillegar Towne is simply the worst. TOOOOOOOO dense.
MacEwan isn’t much better. Being bounded by A.H./powerline on the north side doesn’t help with the location either.
Rutherford: OK
Terwillegar South: so so.
Your 2nd critiria “popularity – where are the most single family home sales occuring” is quite effective in selecting bad locations. As far as I know, bad locations transact more often than good ones.
For roughly $400k, IMO, the single best would be the Ambleside/Langdale area.
Yes, we know you think Ambleside is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Everytime we talk about neighbourhoods you point it out.
Sure, there are nicer neighbourhoods in the SW, but you can’t get much for the price range we are talking about in this article.
1) No point of getting emotional or fabricating things other people never said. I have posted well over 100 posts. If you can find just 2 posts that I have ever praised Ambleside, with links of course. I would gladly appologize to you for posting repeated information.
2) You mentioned a price range up to $450k. You can find decent houses at that price in the areas I have suggested. So, your accusation of meeting the price target is not based on facts either.
Langdale is like Ellerslie… nothing special except its in the SW. Homes and community is average at best. Ambleside is nice.
Ambleside’s architectual control is better than Langdale.
Langdale’s location is better than Ambleside. Only the east side of Langdale is bounded by a major road way (170 ST). The west side is adjoining the super high end Windermere Ridge.
Ambleside, on the other hand, are bounded by major roadways on all four sides (Windermere Blvd, 170 ST, Ellersllie, Rabbit Hill). You can’t possible walk to a ravine area without crossing one of them.
why is Beaumont not listed?
Same reason Devon, Millarville, Sherwood Park, etc. aren’t included.
They’re talking about EDMONTON.
Sherwood Park is included – we have Clarkdale Meadows, Foxboro and Foxhaven.
Beaumont is a town, not a neighbourhood. None of the neighbourhoods in Beaumont made our cut.
Even though Edmonton continues to push out into newer and newer outlying areas, there seems to be a renewal of interest in Edmonton’s mature inner city communities.
A 30 minute drive in the summer for some of these areas is double that in the winter/construction. I have lived “30 minutes” north, south east and south west in Edmonton and the drive was always torture during rush hour.
The oversight on this list not including areas closer to downtown and the river valley, which is one of or if not the best feature Edmonton has to offer.
The reason those neighbourhoods are not included is because of price. Sure, everyone would love to live in a nice new house, on and old lot, with beautiful old trees, next to the river valley, but not everyone has $1 million to spend on a home. We’ll have another list for those types of homes, this list is for good, affordable neighbourhoods.
I was thinking Grovenor/Westmount in the west or Forest Heights/Capilano/Gold Bar in the east are close enough to downtown and the river valley and are still within the price range you have listed. Around 350 for a house not renovated or 450 for a renovated house. You will compromise on the size of some of the rooms but will have a larger lot with space between you and your neighbor.
Can you get a house in Greisbach for 350-400K? Probably not, eh?
I work a ton of a new construction but I like the design of that area more then any other I have seen recently.
If I was to steal someone’s wife and kids — that is the place I would live.
Yes, Griesbach! About as good as it can get in the north side. It makes the Grovenor/Westmount reno houses TJ mentioned pointless.
Northside Edmonton, soon to be the victim of a reality show which I am sure will not do any neighborhoods there any good.
link to cbc.ca
I live in the South. I would not agree with any of SW neighbourhoods. I like Westbrook but priced over 450. Lots of young families moving in there. How about Aspen Gardens: great schools within walking distance, River Valley access, active community association, large yards, great commuting.
Its because wsn is building a house in ambelside and wants to promote the neighborhood so he can sell it.
Like I said before, if you have evidence to back up your accusation, please post the link here and I will appologize for promoting a certain neighborhood.
If you don’t have any evidence, then the accusation is just BS.
TJ, I agree completely with your assessment of affordable mature neighbourhoods. I would add Brookside/Lynnwood/Parkview (I’ve seen some decent move in ready 1200 sq. ft. bungalows well under $450,000 recently) to the list. Not as close to downtown as Forest Heights/Capliano/Gold Bar but certainly not as far as the new neighbourhoods and with excellent access to the River Valley.
We’ll put together a list of affordable, mature neighbourhoods soon! Thanks for your input.
I live in a mature neighbourhood with children 7 & 9
The neighbourhood is regenerating (it was built 1958/9 ish)
If I won a million$ s I can honestly say I wouldn’t live anywhere else in Edmonton. The community is strong, our neighbours are great. here Where I live doesn’t matter – I don’t plan on selling soon.
My kids walk to school, my commuter is 7 to 11 mins
If you have old fashioned values, consider an older neighbourhood.
Calder.