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
66 safety81 value growth66 recreation access
72
2
Westbrook Estates
69 safety72 recreation access53 value growth
71
3
Holyrood
74 value growth58 safety86 recreation access

Trade-off: quiet at 40 out of 100.

70
4
Lendrum Place
94 recreation access70 value growth48 safety

Trade-off: quiet at 39 out of 100.

70
5
Parkallen
95 recreation access51 safety59 value growth

Trade-off: quiet at 42 out of 100.

70
6
Windsor Park
55 safety85 recreation access52 value growth
70
7
Cloverdale
63 safety100 recreation access100 school access

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

69
8
Aspen Gardens
69 safety63 value growth70 recreation access
68
9
Blatchford Area
99 value growth99 recreation access49 safety

Trade-off: quiet at 0 out of 100.

68
10
Kameyosek
65 safety68 value growth67 recreation access
68
11
Meyonohk
72 safety84 value growth87 climate

Trade-off: trail access at 41 out of 100.

68
12
Sherwood
93 value growth64 safety86 climate

Trade-off: trail access at 19 out of 100.

68
13
Sweet Grass
68 safety75 recreation access54 value growth
68
14
Bisset
74 safety79 value growth86 climate

Trade-off: recreation access at 43 out of 100.

67
15
McKernan
62 safety91 recreation access97 school access

Trade-off: quiet at 27 out of 100.

67
16
Ekota
69 safety57 value growth87 climate
66
17
Greenfield
69 safety81 recreation access86 climate

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

66
18
McLeod
74 safety79 value growth87 climate

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

66
19
Weinlos
75 safety70 value growth86 climate

Trade-off: recreation access at 46 out of 100.

66
20
Alberta Avenue
59 safety70 value growth72 recreation access

Trade-off: quiet at 39 out of 100.

65
21
Daly Grove
74 safety75 value growth88 climate

Trade-off: school access at 39 out of 100.

65
22
Grandview Heights
61 safety97 trail access63 recreation access

Trade-off: value growth at 21 out of 100.

65
23
Minchau
77 safety64 value growth86 climate

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

65
24
Parkdale
79 value growth56 safety75 recreation access

Trade-off: quiet at 35 out of 100.

65
25
Strathearn
50 safety77 recreation access55 value growth
65

Frequently asked

What is the best Edmonton neighbourhood for an Established Family?
On this ranking, Hillview leads at 72 out of 100, driven by safety, value growth, recreation access. Westbrook Estates and Holyrood 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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