Summerwood and Emerald Hills

At a glance

Summerwood and Emerald Hills hold Sherwood Park's biggest shopping area and the community hospital, with a mix of detached houses, townhouses and apartments, and the Emerald Hills Leisure Centre. About 47% of homes are detached and 12% are apartments, 19% of households rent, and owners valued the median home at about $379K in the 2021 census.

Median home value (est.)

$425K^*

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

Residents

12,080

scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 10,257 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 $379K in the 2021 census. Indexed to September 2026 prices with the Edmonton MLS® Home Price Index (+12% since then), that is about $425K, 14% 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.
• 19% of residents are 20 to 29, versus 14% city-wide. It skews young-professional.
• Housing is a mix: 12% apartments, with the rest townhouses, duplexes and houses.

Who lives here

Share of residents by age, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 10,257 at the 2021 census.

Homes

Share of homes by type, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 10,257 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

$480

on $425K

Schools²

• 2 public schools are mapped in Summerwood and Emerald Hills.
• Elementary grades at 1, high school grades at 1.
• 6 public schools lie within 2 km of its edge.

• Davidson Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · The Elk Island School Division
• Archbishop Jordan Catholic High SchoolJunior and senior high · The Elk Island 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 Sherwood Park. 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.