Best Edmonton neighbourhoods for an Established Family

Where does a settled household with older children get space, stability and a long hold worth keeping? 283 of 284 Edmonton neighbourhoods qualify, top 25 shown. Updated 2026.

How this ranking is built
No hard filter

This page applies no hard filter. The real must-haves for an established household (a specific school, a specific commute, house size) are personal and cannot be answered from neighbourhood-level data, so everything is ranked and nothing is excluded.

283 of 284 neighbourhoods qualify, 1 excluded.

Then ranked on
safety25%value growth20%recreation access15%school access10%trail access10%quiet10%climate10%

These weights are our judgment about what this situation usually calls for, not a fact about the city. They are published here so you can disagree with them.

1
Hillview
68 safety81 value growth66 recreation access
73
2
Meyonohk
75 safety84 value growth86 climate
73
3
Kameyosek
65 safety68 value growth81 recreation access
72
4
Holyrood
74 value growth58 safety91 recreation access

Trade-off: quiet at 40 out of 100.

70
5
Lendrum Place
70 value growth92 recreation access48 safety

Trade-off: quiet at 39 out of 100.

70
6
Parkallen
93 recreation access51 safety59 value growth

Trade-off: quiet at 42 out of 100.

70
7
Sweet Grass
69 safety81 recreation access54 value growth
70
8
Tipaskan
67 safety78 value growth58 recreation access
70
9
Weinlos
77 safety70 value growth85 climate
70
10
Sherwood
93 value growth64 safety63 recreation access

Trade-off: trail access at 18 out of 100.

69
11
Bisset
76 safety79 value growth85 climate

Trade-off: recreation access at 44 out of 100.

68
12
Minchau
76 safety64 value growth85 climate

Trade-off: recreation access at 48 out of 100.

68
13
Ekota
71 safety57 value growth86 climate
67
14
McKernan
62 safety91 recreation access98 trail access

Trade-off: quiet at 27 out of 100.

67
15
McLeod
72 safety79 value growth86 climate

Trade-off: trail access at 29 out of 100.

67
16
Beacon Heights
67 safety72 value growth68 recreation access

Trade-off: school access at 33 out of 100.

66
17
Cloverdale
70 safety91 recreation access95 trail access

Trade-off: value growth at 18 out of 100.

66
18
Daly Grove
76 safety75 value growth87 climate

Trade-off: school access at 42 out of 100.

66
19
Lee Ridge
70 safety70 recreation access45 value growth

Trade-off: value growth at 45 out of 100.

66
20
Strathearn
53 safety83 recreation access55 value growth
66
21
Tawa
71 value growth56 safety68 recreation access

Trade-off: quiet at 31 out of 100.

66
22
Terrace Heights
58 safety94 recreation access70 value growth

Trade-off: quiet at 10 out of 100.

66
23
Windsor Park
57 safety52 value growth100 trail access
66
24
Aspen Gardens
66 safety63 value growth65 recreation access
65
25
Greenfield
69 safety82 recreation access85 climate

Trade-off: value growth at 33 out of 100.

65

Frequently asked

What is the best Edmonton neighbourhood for an Established Family?
On this ranking, Hillview leads at 73 out of 100, driven by safety, value growth, recreation access. Meyonohk and Kameyosek follow. There is no single best neighbourhood: this is the ranking that falls out of the priorities published above, and different priorities give a different order.
How is the Established Family ranking calculated?
All 284 recommendable Edmonton neighbourhoods are scored on a weighted blend of safety 25%, value growth 20%, recreation access 15%, school access 10%, trail access 10%, quiet 10%, climate 10%, using population-weighted dissemination-area data. The weighting is our editorial judgment about what this situation usually calls for, published here so you can disagree with it and re-rank on your own priorities.
What data is missing from this ranking?
Scores are computed only where the underlying data exists. A factor with no data for a neighbourhood is dropped from that neighbourhood's average rather than scored as zero, and each row states which factors were unavailable. Neighbourhoods with data for less than half their weighted factors are not ranked at all.
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