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Tower district · West End, Edmonton

Callingwood South

Apartment-heavy west-end neighbourhood with the lowest prices here

  • Renters
  • Budget-conscious renters
  • Families with kids

At a glance

A west-end neighbourhood of mostly apartments, with two-thirds of households renting. The median assessed home is among the lowest on this list, and about one in five residents is a child. No new homes are being built.

Median assessed home
$172K
2026 assessment · city $422K
Residents
5,850
estimate for mid-2025, up from 5,405 at the 2021 census
Households renting
67%
city 37%
Permits per year
0
2021–2025 average

What the numbers mean

  • The median assessed home is $172K, 59% below the Edmonton median of $422K.
  • 67% of households rent, well above the 37% city-wide, so expect a younger, more mobile mix of neighbours.
  • 81% of homes are apartments (31% city-wide), so a condo is the usual way in.
  • Building activity is lighter than the city as a whole, at about 0 permits a year.

Who lives here

Share of residents by age, 2019 city census, residents who gave an age.

0-1420%
15-6467%
65+13%

Homes

Share of homes by type, 2016 census.

Single-detached0%
Row house and duplex19%
Apartment80%
Other0%

Daily errands on foot1

Places within the neighbourhood or a 5-minute walk of its edge, compared with the typical neighbourhood in Edmonton.

Supermarkets
3
city median 2
Cafés and bakeries
5
city median 3
Pharmacies and clinics
2
city median 3
Playgrounds and dog parks
6
city median 6

Estimated property tax2

What owning here costs each year in property tax at the median assessed value. Renters don’t pay it directly, but landlords pass it on.

Median home
$1,780 a year
about $150 a month on a $172K assessment

Upfront closing costs3

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:

Land title transfer fee
$220
on $172K

Typical apartment rent nearby4

Callingwood South sits in CMHC's West Jasper Place survey zone. October 2025 average rent of purpose-built rental apartments in that zone:

Studio
$1,135
+$27 vs metro average
1 bedroom
$1,359
+$58 vs metro average
2 bedroom
$1,621
+$23 vs metro average
3 bedroom or more
$1,836
+$34 vs metro average

How it's changing

Building permits issued each year, a leading signal of new homes and renovations.

*2026 is year to date.

Safety5

Reported incidents in the 12 months to September 2026, per 1,000 residents, compared with the median of 102 Edmonton neighbourhoods.

Reported crime
8.7
per 1,000 · close to the 8.4 median
Violent crime
4.3
per 1,000 · median 3.2
Property crime
4.4
per 1,000 · median 5.2
  • Reported crime runs close to the median Edmonton neighbourhood: 8.7 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, versus 8.4.
  • The most common reported crime is assault, 47% of the total. 51% of incidents are property crime.
  • Crime has fallen since 2023: 50 reported incidents in 2025 versus 77 in 2023.

What gets reported

Top crime types in the rate, same period.

Assault47%
Vehicle theft37%
Break and enter14%
Robbery of a person2%

Other reported incidents

Counted by police but left out of the rate, same period.

Theft under $5,000 (incl. shoplifting)
326
Mischief and vandalism
30
Theft over $5,000
8

Reported crime by year

Sources and notes

  1. Source: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), counted October 19, 2026. Counts places inside the neighbourhood or within 400 m (about a 5-minute walk) of its edge, in a straight line. Volunteers map OpenStreetMap, so some places may be missing and counts are a guide, not a census. Supermarkets are tagged shop=supermarket; cafés amenity=cafe and shop=bakery; pharmacies and clinics amenity=pharmacy and amenity=clinic; playgrounds and dog parks leisure=playground and leisure=dog_park. Medians are across the neighbourhoods in this guide. ↩
  2. Source: City of Edmonton historical tax rates (Bylaw 21442). 2026 residential rate 1.0364% of assessed value (City 0.77419% + provincial education 0.25409%), applied to this community's median assessment. Homeowners pay tax on the assessed value, not the sale price. Excludes utility bills, local improvement charges, grants and credits, and anything above or below the median. ↩
  3. Source: Government of Alberta, Land Titles and Surveys fee schedule. 2026 rules, applied to this community's median assessment. A mortgage adds its own registration fee on the loan amount on the same $50 + $5 per $5,000 scale. Legal fees, title insurance, inspection and adjustments are extra. ↩
  4. Source: CMHC Rental Market Survey, Housing Market Information Portal. These are zone averages across all units in apartment buildings of three or more units, not a figure for Callingwood South alone, and they are not asking rents. Houses, basement suites and condos rented out by owners are not included. Zones are large, so neighbouring communities can share one figure. ↩
  5. Source: Edmonton Police Service, Historic Occurrences (open data). Rates use estimated mid-2025 population. Incidents are counted where they occur. Police services count crime differently, so compare with the local median rather than across cities. How we calculate this. ↩