Sturgeon Heights and South Riel

At a glance

Sturgeon Heights and South Riel are west and south edge neighbourhoods near Big Lake and the Riel Recreation Park, with detached houses, townhouses and some apartments. About 68% of homes are detached and 12% are apartments, 19% of households rent, and owners valued the median home at about $369K in the 2021 census.

Median home value (est.)

$414K^*

* est.: 2021 census, indexed to September 2026 · city $496K

Residents

5,120

scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 4,344 at the 2021 census

Households renting

19%

city 37%

Homes that are apartments

12%

city 31%

What the numbers mean

• Owners valued the median home at $369K in the 2021 census. Indexed to September 2026 prices with the Edmonton MLS® Home Price Index (+12% since then), that is about $414K, 17% below the Edmonton-area suburbs median of $496K. It is an estimate: the index tracks the whole region, not this neighbourhood.
• 19% of households rent, well below the 37% city-wide. Most people here own and stay a while.
• 23% are 65 or older, versus 13% city-wide, a sign of long-time residents and a settled pace.
• 68% 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 4,344 at the 2021 census.

Homes

Share of homes by type, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 4,344 at the 2021 census.

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

$460

on $414K

Schools²

• 2 public schools are mapped in Sturgeon Heights and South Riel.
• Elementary grades at 2.
• 20 public schools lie within 2 km of its edge.

• Leo Nickerson ElementaryElementary · The St. Albert School Division
• Vital Grandin Catholic SchoolElementary · The Greater St. Albert Roman Catholic Separate 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.