CarltonEdmonton
It is one of the 195 neighbourhoods that make up Edmonton. 5,502 people call this neighbourhood in Edmonton home.
Is Carlton a good place to live?
A solid town with one catch. Where it does best is hazard risk (A+). It is strong on schools as well (B+). The drawback is safety (C−). Owners valued their homes at a median $424,000 in 2021, which is 3.5 years of the typical household’s pay. Put together, the subjects come to a B overall, better than 63% of Canadian towns. That places it #199 of 473 in Alberta. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for health and B for walkability.
Figures: home values and income: Statistics Canada, Census 2021.
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 Carlton grades
Each subject compares Carlton 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 Carlton stand out
The 3 things Carlton does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Carlton.
Carlton gets an A+ for hazard risk
Fewer homes than usual carry radon here, 1.4% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Earthquakes matter little: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.013 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. Also worth knowing: the national flood inventory has no study for Carlton. For radon tests, the only official count covers all of the Capital Health, Carlton included. Figures for earthquake risk are published for the city of Edmonton as a whole, not for Carlton alone.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Carlton | 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
Violent crime weighs more where Carlton is policed than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 128
Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 110 over 2023–25, near Alberta’s towns (110) and higher than Canadian towns (67). Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 45 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed. Nobody publishes Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for Carlton alone, so this card uses the figure for the Edmonton service area.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Carlton | 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
Schools in Carlton: 5 boards, side by side
Catholic schools make up 11 of 29, above the 18% in Alberta. The largest is Edmonton Islamic Academy, with 1,921 students. On the tests, 9 of 22 schools land above the middle in Alberta, 8 under it. Taken together, Carlton and its 3 km edge hold 15 elementary schools, 7 secondary schools and 7 schools for every grade for 11,792 students.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Nickerson Elementary Bottom fifth in AlbertaLargest elementary schoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Elementary · Grades K–6 | 518 | English public |
| Edmonton Islamic Academy IndependentLargest secondary schoolAll grades · Grades K–12 | All grades · Grades K–12 | 1,921 | Independent |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Carlton | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 5 | 3 | 3 |
Provincial school lists and results, 2025/26
Carlton has higher household incomes than 96% of Canadian towns
Driving is how 92% of commuters got to work at the census. Commutes averaged 25 min, in line with Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Carlton | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Car or van | 92% | 88% | 89% |
| Average trip | 25 min | 26 min | 26 min |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · The 2021 census was taken in May 2021, during COVID-19 restrictions: more people than usual worked from home or were off work.
Very good or excellent health for 51% of adults in Carlton’s health region
The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Carlton’s is long: 5.8 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Lives in the region last 81.2 years on average (2022/2024): 83.6 for women, 78.8 for men. A pharmacy is nearer: 1.0 km on average, with 7.4 within 3 km of the typical home.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Carlton | 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 · Health survey and life expectancy: one figure for all of the Edmonton Zone
Less rain and snow fall on Carlton than on 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm a year
Frost usually lifts by 7 May and returns around 25 September: 141 days without it. Rain and snow peak in July, at 83 mm. Summer highs average 23.5°C in July, close to Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and below Canadian towns (25.5°C). January is the snowiest month, with 26 cm on average.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Carlton | 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))
Rent takes less of local pay in Carlton than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 16% of household income
Shelter took 30% or more of income for nearly a quarter of households, above both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). Home ownership covers 84% of households. Carlton doesn’t get its own rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom figures; the ones here come from the Edmonton metro area.
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Carlton | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent as a share of income | 16% | 20% | 20% |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 24% | 21% | 18% |
| Households owning their home | 84% | 74% | 74% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · The 2021 census asked owners what their home was worth; those values, and 2020 incomes, are what this compares.
More of Carlton belongs to a visible minority than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 58%
First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 3.7% of residents, lower than Alberta’s towns (4.6%) yet higher than Canadian towns (2.8%).
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
51.7% of Carlton’s residents are women
By the 2021 count the town had 2,845 women and 2,660 men, while Canada has 50.9% women.
| Carlton | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 25% | 18% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 66% | 67% | 64% |
| 65+ | 8.2% | 15% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 16% | 15% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 55% | 54% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Alberta and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
Carlton in November: highs near 1°C, lows near −8°C
Into December, the normals move to −5°C and −13°C. A typical November adds 20 cm of snow. A normal November brings 18 mm of rain and snow. Normal highs peak at 24°C in July; nights bottom out at −15°C in January.
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
William (Billy) Morin (Conservative Party of Canada) holds Edmonton Northwest, the riding that includes Carlton
From Alberta come 37 MPs, 33 of them with the Conservative Party of Canada.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
Carlton has no public library of its own; the nearest is EPL Castle Downs Branch, 2.9 km away
Edmonton Library serves the whole of Edmonton, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 972,223 people, Carlton among them.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
A national park 39 km from Carlton: Elk Island National Park
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 5.6 km. CPCAD lists 2 protected areas within 10 km. 2% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%).
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Carlton | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 2% | 0.4% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Everything we know about Carlton
St. Albert Grain Elevator Park and 4 more in and around Carlton
Sights in Carlton and close by, ordered by how widely each is known.
About Carlton
Neighbourhood in Edmonton
Statistics Canada counts Edmonton as one municipality, so TownRatings builds Carlton and its other neighbourhoods from census dissemination areas, named from the city’s map or OpenStreetMap.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 5,502 (people, 2021 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Alberta
- City
- Edmonton
- Census subdivision
- 4811061
Carlton’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlton | 5,502 | — | B | B | C− | B |
| Oxford | 4,460 | 0.8 | B− | B− | C− | B |
| Cumberland | 6,493 | 1.1 | B− | B+ | C− | B |
| Albany | 3,015 | 1.4 | C | C− | C− | B |
| Hudson | 3,634 | 1.8 | C+ | C | C− | B |
| Dunluce | 6,079 | 2.1 | C− | C− | C− | B |
| Caernarvon | 5,972 | 2.1 | C− | C− | C− | B |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Carlton
Is Carlton a young town or an old one?
Half its people are older than 34 (the middle of Canadian towns: 45.2); children under 15 make up 25%, people 65 and over 8%.
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).