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FROM - Living in Canada 
Best Places to Live in Edmonton

A few years back, 
Money Sense magazine ranked Edmonton as the 31st most liveable location in Canada 
in terms of its economy, amenities, real estate market, weather, and attractions. 
By 2013, Edmonton had jumped to 11th best location in Canada, 
and was rated in 3rd place among the big cities, behind only Calgary and Ottawa.

A high end house in Edmonton
 

The city of Edmonton has experienced a decline in real estate prices 
since they peaked in May 2007. Home prices in late 2012 averaged $329,000, 
up 4.4 percent from $316,000 a year earlier.

Edmonton is relatively stable in economic downturns, 
but the global economy’s recent plunge has been a driving force 
in the reduction in real estate valuations.

 Regarding the best places to live in Edmonton, 
we’ll consider family-friendly neighbourhoods offering a good quality of life 
with low crime rates. (These might not necessarily be your choice if you’re a young single
person looking for inner city night life and entertainment.)

Edmonton’s residents often identify the city’s south western neighbourhoods 
as some of the most desirable and affluent.

NEIGHBOURHOODS SUCH AS 
Haddow , Henderson Estates and Ogilvie Ridge have very low crime rates 
and their residents are very affluent compared with most others.

NEIGHBOURHOODS SUCH AS
Blackburne and Falconer Heights
are affluent areas with similarly low crime rates.

NEIGHBOURHOODS SUCH AS
Lendrum Place and Steinhauer 
are more middling for affluence levels and, 
although they suffer a little more crime than the neighbourhoods mentioned previously,
still have low crime rates.

IN SOUTH EDMONTON
Windsor Place and Bearspaw
are good neighbourhoods, 
while in the South East Wild Rose, Cloverdale
and Larkspur are great places to live

IN THE SOUTH EAST
parts of Mill Woods have a reputation for higher levels of crime; 
some residents of Edmonton warn people not to live in Mill Woods.

This is rather unfair, given the size of the area – over 100,000 people live there. 
A minority of Mill Woods areas do have problems, 
while other neighbourhoods offer a high quality of life with low crime.
Jackson Heights, Greenvies and  Menisa, .

WEST EDMONTON
There are plenty of excellent, family friendly areas in West Edmonton.
(Some of these have only been built in recent years as the city expands.

Some of the best you could consider are 
Dechene, Gariepy, Glastonbury. Jamieson Place, Laurier Heights, Potter Greens,
Quesnell Heights, Rio Terrace, Wedgewood Heights, Westridge,  

SEE MORE HERE ABOUT WHAT MAKES EDMONTON GREAT 

 
AND CHECK OUT THE NEIGHBOURHOODS
WHICH MAKE EDMONTON SO GREAT 

Haddow, The Neighbourhood
 

Haddow  The Map

Henderson Estates The Neighbourhood, 
 

Henderson Estates  The Map

Ogilvie Ridge The Neighbourhood

Oglivie Ridge The Map

Blackburne  The Neighbourhood

Blackburne the Map

Falconer Heights The Neighbourhood

Falconer Heights The Map  

Lendrum the Neighbourhood

Lendrum The Map 

Steinhauer the neighbourhood

Steinhauer the Map 

SOUTH EDMONTON

Windsor Place the Neighbourhood

Windsor Place the Map
 
Bearspaw the Neighbourhood

Bearspaw the Map

Wild Rose, the Neighbourhood

Wild Rose the Map

Cloverdale the Neighbourhood

Cloverdale the Map

Larkspur the Neighbourhood

Larkspur the Map

IN THE SOUTH EAST
Jackson Heights the Neighbourhood 

Jackson Heights the Map

Greenview the Neighbourhood 

Greenview the Map

Menisa the Neighbourhood

Menisa the Map

WEST EDMONTON
Dechene the Neighbourhood

Dechene the Map

Gariepy the Neighbourhood 

Gariepy the Map

Glastonbury, The Neighbourhood 

Glastonbury the Map

Jamieson Place the Neighbourhood
 
Jamieson Place the Map

Laurier Heights, the Neighbourhood

Laurier Heights the Map

Potter Greens the Neighbourhood

Potter Greens the Map

Quesnell Heights the Neighbourhood

Quesnell Heights the Map

Rio Terrace the Neighbourhood

Rio Terrace the Map 

Wedgewood Heights the Neighbourhood

Wedgewood Heights the Map 

Westridge the Neighbourhood

Westridge the Map

IN NORTH WEST EDMONTON

Two great choices are

Cumberland and Oxford

Cumberland the Neighbourhood

Cumberland the Map

Oxford the Neighbourhood

Oxford the Map

WHILE IN NORTH EDMONTON CONSIDER

Canossa, and Klarvatten

Canossa the Neighbourhood

Canossa the Map

Klarvatten the Neighbourhood

Klarvatten the Map

Crimes in Edmonton tend to be concentrated in some north eastern neighbourhoods 

and these are overwhelmingly drug related.

Some areas with a reputation for higher crime levels in the north east are
Abbotsfield,
Beverly,
Hermitage and
Norwood.
(The downtown area also has problems after dark – particularly in the east – Chinatown
and McCauley.)

GOOD CHOICES IN THE NORTH EAST INCLUDE
Matt Berry and Hollick-Kenyon

Matt Berry the Neighbourhood

Matt Berry the Map

Hollick-Kenyon the Neighbourhood

Hollick-Kenyon the Map

Crime rates in Edmonton are above average for Canadian cities 

– although slightly lower than Vancouver, it is approximately 50% higher than Calgary
and Montreal and has over double the crime rate of Toronto.
The neighbourhoods we’ve identified all have much lower than average crime rates
and should offer an excellent starting point for families relocating to Edmonton.

NOTE: Crime rates are collected differently from different cities.
Edmonton includes all forms of assault
while some places only count assault resulting in bodily harm.

TO ALL WISDOM’S

TODAY’S WISDOM
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. 
If he did he would cease to be an artist.
— Oscar Wilde

Until next time
Nef
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