Northwest Edmonton Communities

Big Lake | Castle Downs | Grovenor | Griesbach | Kensington | Palisades | Westmount

Northwest Edmonton Homes for Sale

Northwest Edmonton homes are spread out through a large part of our municipality and consist of pre-world-war semi bungalows, and basement-less bungalows a few minutes to CFB Garrison to beautiful country residential homes hidden in pockets of our city.

There are two residential real estate districts which consist of new builds in northwest Edmonton. These homes are located in the New Castle Area and the Palisades near all major amenities in the communities of Albany, Carlton, Cumberland, Goodridge Corners, Hudson, Oxford, Pembina, Rapperswil and high sought after Griesbach which was once the original military base.

The other area of northwest Edmonton where you will find new builds with reputable builders is in Big Lake which is nestled south of St. Albert, west of the Henday. Big Lake communities include Hawks Ridge, Kinglet Gardens, Starling, Trumpeter, and country residential Rural West Big Lake where homeowners have the luxury of living in more rural settings.

Castle Downs is well known for it's active Castle Downs Family YMCA recreation centre and encompasses the majority of northwest Edmonton. The majority of houses in Castle Downs are a mix of homes with attached and detached garages constructed in the seventies and eighties located in the communities of Baranow, Baturyn, Beaumaris, Caernarvon, Canossa, Carlisle, Chambery, Dunluce, Elsinore and Lorelei. This is a great place to purchase a property if you are considering adding a basement rental or garden suite to increase your house value.

The Grovenor area is currently undergoing revitalization with newer duplexes and infills anticipating the future LRT which is starting to increase house values in this part of northwest Edmonton. Today, it still consists of mostly bungalow-style houses with quick commutes to West Edmonton Mall and the city centre.

Located in central northwest Edmonton is the popular Westmount district where builders have recently bought several of the older houses and started construction on new builds and infill properties. This part of northwest Edmonton has also seen an increase in house values over the last few years. These communities include Dovercourt, Inglewood, North Glenora, Prince Charles, Sherbrooke, Westmount and Woodcroft.

The most popular place to live for our DND members who are just beginning their military careers is in the Kensington area. Homes in this part of northwest Edmonton are affordable with larger yards and range from pre-war bungalows to larger two-storey houses with a fifteen-minute commute to CFB Garrison. These communities include Athlone, Calder, Kensington, Lauderdale, Rosslyn and Wellington.