CalderEdmonton
In Edmonton, this neighbourhood has 4,221 residents. It is one of the 195 neighbourhoods that make up Edmonton.
Is Calder a good place to live?
Prices are high against local incomes (D). Walkability is where it shines (A). All told, that adds up to a D overall and a rank of #440 of 473 in Alberta. It comes out better than 11% of Canadian towns.
Rents here are the metro area's average, shared by every town and neighbourhood in it. Safety less sure: this is the whole city's figure, because the city doesn't publish open neighbourhood crime rates. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.
How Calder grades
Each subject compares Calder with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Calder stand out
The 3 things Calder does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Calder.
Calder is graded an A+ for hazard risk
The earthquake risk numbers here cover the city of Edmonton
1.4% of radon tests in the survey area came in above the guideline, below Alberta’s towns (7.5%) and Canadian towns (6.6%) alike. Seismic risk runs low: $0.013 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. The national flood inventory has no study for Calder. For radon tests, the only official count covers all of the Capital Health, Calder included.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Calder | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 1.4% | 7.5% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.013 | $0.013 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
Renting in Calder eats 26% of household income, more than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns
Shared with the rest of the Edmonton metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom
30% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, higher than both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). The median home value was $300,000, lower than both Alberta’s towns ($400,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000).
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Calder | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 30% | 21% | 18% |
| Rent as a share of income | 26% | 20% | 20% |
| Median home value, 2021 | $300,000 | $400,000 | $406,000 |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · These are 2021 census values, as owners judged them, set against household income in 2020.
The force covering Calder records more serious violence than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns, at 128
The index for the force that serves it came to 110, close to Alberta’s towns (110) and above Canadian towns (67). Across its police area, there are 45 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Calder | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 128 | 109 | 86 |
| Crime Severity Index | 110 | 110 | 67 |
| Property crime per 1,000 | 45 | 45 | 31.2 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average · Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000: one figure for all of the Edmonton service area
The schools around Calder answer to 5 boards
Of the 39 with results, 24 sit in the lower two fifths in Alberta. Ross Sheppard School is the biggest, at 2,364 students. 23,306 students attend the 27 elementary schools, 16 secondary schools and 8 schools for every grade in or within 3 km of Calder. In French: one of the 51 schools, where in Alberta the share is 2%.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glengarry School Middle fifth in AlbertaLargest elementary schoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Elementary · Grades K–6 | 678 | English public |
| Ross Sheppard SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | Secondary · Grades 10–12 | 2,364 | English public |
| École Père-Lacombe FrenchTeaches in FrenchElementary · Grades K–6 | Elementary · Grades K–6 | 367 | French public |
| Edmonton Islamic Academy IndependentResults in the top fifth in AlbertaAll grades · Grades K–12 | All grades · Grades K–12 | 1,921 | Independent |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Calder | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 5 | 3 | 3 |
Provincial school lists and results, 2025/26
The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Calder trails that of 87% of Canadian towns
Commutes averaged 25 min, about level with Alberta’s towns (26 min) and below Canadian towns (26 min). 86% of commuters took the car to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Calder | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 25 min | 26 min | 26 min |
| Car or van | 86% | 88% | 89% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · These are May 2021 figures, gathered while COVID-19 kept many people home or out of work.
Around Calder, 51% of adults call their health very good or excellent
Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the Edmonton Zone
Women in the region live to 83.6 and men to 78.8, 81.2 years taken together (2022/2024). Closer to home, a hospital sits 3.6 km from the average resident of Calder, about the norm of 3.7 km. Pharmacies are closer at hand, 0.9 km away on average and 15 of them within 3 km of a typical home.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Calder | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| Very good or excellent health | 51% | 51% | 52% |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities
Calder is drier than nine in ten Canadian towns: 423 mm of rain and snow a year
A normal July brings 83 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. There are 179 days of frost in a typical year, lower than Alberta’s towns (193) yet higher than Canadian towns (159). Expect July highs of around 23.5°C in Calder. Snow peaks in January: 26 cm in a normal year.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Calder | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Precipitation a year | 423 mm | 431 mm | 883 mm |
| July afternoon high | 23.5°C | 23.5°C | 25.5°C |
| Days with frost a year | 179 | 193 | 159 |
| Snowfall a year | 124 cm | 127 cm | 141 cm |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Edmonton (City))
More of Calder’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 12%
Over-65s are 14% of the population. Visible minorities make up 37% of the population, above both Alberta’s towns (29%) and Canadian towns (15%). Also worth knowing: the share of residents under 15 is 17%.
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
Women make up 48.0% of Calder
By the 2021 count the town had 2,030 women and 2,195 men, while Canada has 50.9% women.
| Calder | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 69% | 67% | 64% |
| 65+ | 14% | 15% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 26% | 15% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 41% | 54% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Alberta and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
What November brings in Calder: −8°C at night, 1°C by day
By December, a normal day reaches −5°C and a night falls to −13°C. About 20 cm of snow falls in a normal November. In November, the normal is 18 mm of rain and snow. Across the year, normals run from −15°C nights in January to 24°C afternoons in July.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −5°C | −14°C | 43 mm |
| Spring | 10°C | −1°C | 90 mm |
| Summer | 22°C | 11°C | 213 mm |
| Autumn | 9°C | 0°C | 77 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Edmonton (City)); the forecast is on the Weather page
Calder’s MP is Eleanor Olszewski (Liberal Party of Canada), for Edmonton Centre
Andrew Knack, the mayor, heads the council of Edmonton, which governs Calder as one of its neighbourhoods.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
Calder has no public library of its own; the nearest is Calder Library, 0.9 km away
Edmonton Library serves the whole of Edmonton, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 972,223 people, Calder among them.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Calder is 37 km from Elk Island National Park
The 10 km around town hold one protected area. For a provincial park, Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park lies 7.3 km off. Of the country within 10 km, 1.4% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%. One mapped walking route passes within 2 km: the NAIT Pwedway System.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Calder | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 1.4% | 0.4% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
In Calder, 45% of homes go back before 1961
| Heritage | Calder | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 45% | 4.5% | 18% |
Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period
Everything we know about Calder
Telus World of Science and 32 more in and around Calder
From museums to parks and historic sites: Calder’s places to visit and those just beyond its edge, most famous first.
Big drawMuseumTelus World of Science2.9 km outside town, to the southwest · 530K visitors a year
MuseumArt Gallery of Alberta4.6 km outside town, to the south
CathedralSt. Josaphat Cathedral3.6 km outside town, to the south
ChurchSt. Joseph's Basilica, Edmonton4.8 km outside town, to the south
MuseumRoyal Alberta Museum4.4 km outside town, to the south
MuseumAlberta Aviation Museum2 km outside town, to the southPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (6)
- Telus World of Science: WinterforceMedia( WinterE229 ), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Art Gallery of Alberta: Stella Blu, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St. Josaphat Cathedral: Odysseus1479, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St. Joseph's Basilica, Edmonton: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johntwrl, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Royal Alberta Museum: Mack Male, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alberta Aviation Museum: CambridgeBayWeather, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
About Calder
Neighbourhood in Edmonton
No official boundary marks Calder off from the rest of Edmonton: TownRatings draws it from the census’s dissemination areas and takes its name from the city’s map or OpenStreetMap.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 4,221 (people, 2021 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Alberta
- City
- Edmonton
- Census subdivision
- 4811061
Calder’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calder | 4,221 | — | D | D | C− | B |
| Kensington | 3,697 | 0.7 | C− | C− | C− | B |
| Carlisle | 4,609 | 1.6 | D | C− | C− | B |
| Sherbrooke | 7,131 | 1.6 | C− | D | C− | B+ |
| Athlone | 3,242 | 1.7 | C− | C− | C− | B |
| Lauderdale | 2,954 | 1.7 | D | C− | C− | B |
| Wellington | 3,314 | 2 | C− | C− | C− | B |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).