Established suburb · St. Albert, Edmonton

Akinsdale and Forest Lawn

Mid-century homes close to two arenas and Acorn Park

Families with kids
Owners on a budget
Long-term owners

Akinsdale and Forest Lawn in context. Neighbouring areas link to their guides. Boundaries: City of Edmonton and Statistics Canada.

At a glance

Akinsdale and Forest Lawn are mid-century neighbourhoods of mostly detached houses near Acorn Park, the Jarome Iginla Arena and the Kinex Arena. About 77% of homes are detached and 13% are apartments, 17% of households rent, and owners valued the median home at about $359K in the 2021 census.

Median home value (est.): $402K^*
Residents: 6,430
Households renting: 17%
Homes that are apartments: 13%

What the numbers mean

Owners valued the median home at $359K in the 2021 census. Indexed to September 2026 prices with the Edmonton MLS® Home Price Index (+12% since then), that is about $402K, 19% below the Edmonton-area suburbs median of $496K. It is an estimate: the index tracks the whole region, not this neighbourhood.
17% of households rent, well below the 37% city-wide. Most people here own and stay a while.
19% of residents are 20 to 29, versus 14% city-wide. It skews young-professional.
17% are 65 or older, versus 13% city-wide, a sign of long-time residents and a settled pace.
77% of homes are single-detached houses, versus 51% city-wide.

Who lives here

Share of residents by age, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 5,457 at the 2021 census.

0-1418%

15-196%

20-246%

25-3413%

35-4414%

45-5411%

55-6415%

65+17%

Homes

Share of homes by type, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 5,457 at the 2021 census.

Single-detached77%

Semi-detached6%

Row house3%

Duplex flat1%

Apartment under 5 storeys13%

Apartment 5+ storeys0%

Upfront closing costs¹

Alberta has no land transfer tax; the Land Titles transfer fee is about 0.1% of the price. Government fees at the median home price: This uses the census home value indexed to September 2026 prices, so treat it as an estimate.

Land title transfer fee: $450

Schools²

4 public schools are mapped in Akinsdale and Forest Lawn.
Elementary grades at 1, high school grades at 1.
17 public schools lie within 2 km of its edge.

Elmer S Gish SchoolElementary and junior high · The St. Albert School Division
Lorne Akins Junior High SchoolJunior high · The St. Albert School Division
Richard S Fowler Catholic Junior High SchoolJunior high · The Greater St. Albert Roman Catholic Separate School Division
Paul Kane High SchoolHigh school · The St. Albert School Division

The school nearest the house may not be the school your child is assigned to. School boards assign a designated school by street address, and a neighbourhood can be split across several or have none inside its boundary. Use your school board’s school locator with the exact address before you rely on a school.

We don’t rate schools: test results are not comparable across provinces, so a school’s quality is something to ask about on a visit.

How it's changing

These municipalities don't publish building permits by neighbourhood, so we can't chart construction here yet.

Safety

Neighbourhood-level crime figures aren't available for St. Albert. Policing there is by the RCMP or a municipal police department, and neither publishes open crime counts by neighbourhood. Check Statistics Canada's crime tables for municipality-wide trends, and the local police website for crime maps. Why this is missing.