Newer suburb · St. Albert, Edmonton

Deer Ridge and Jensen Lakes

Newer northwest homes around Jensen Lakes

Families with kids
Buyers wanting new builds
Commuters

Deer Ridge and Jensen Lakes in context. Neighbouring areas link to their guides. Boundaries: City of Edmonton and Statistics Canada.

At a glance

Deer Ridge and Jensen Lakes are newer northwest communities of almost entirely detached houses, built around lakes with a beach park and big-box shopping close by. About 95% of homes are detached and 2% are apartments, 7% of households rent, and owners valued the median home at about $424K in the 2021 census.

Median home value (est.): $475K^*
Residents: 6,520
Households renting: 7%
Homes that are apartments: 2%

What the numbers mean

Owners valued the median home at $424K in the 2021 census. Indexed to September 2026 prices with the Edmonton MLS® Home Price Index (+12% since then), that is about $475K, close to the Edmonton-area suburbs median of $496K. It is an estimate: the index tracks the whole region, not this neighbourhood.
7% of households rent, well below the 37% city-wide. Most people here own and stay a while.
95% 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 5,537 at the 2021 census.

0-1422%

15-197%

20-246%

25-3412%

35-4415%

45-5414%

55-6414%

65+11%

Homes

Share of homes by type, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 5,537 at the 2021 census.

Single-detached95%

Semi-detached1%

Row house2%

Duplex flat0%

Apartment under 5 storeys2%

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: $530

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.