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Crystallina Nera WestEdmonton

TownGrade
C−
#2,114 of 2,556

3,150 people call this neighbourhood in Edmonton home. Edmonton is split into 195 neighbourhoods, and this is one.

Population
3,150
people, Census 2021
Median age
31.7
years · Alberta’s towns: 40.8
Postsecondary
58%
of residents 15 and over hold a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree · Canadian towns: 56%
Walk, cycle, transit
6%
walk, cycle or take transit to work · Canadian towns: 8%

Is Crystallina Nera West a good place to live?

A town of contrasts. Crime is the sore point (C−). Crystallina Nera West grades C− overall, better than 21% of Canadian towns. It ranks #396 of 473 in Alberta. Cost of living is weaker too (C−). Natural hazards are few (A+). Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for health, B− for jobs & income and B− for walkability.

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 Crystallina Nera West grades

Each subject compares Crystallina Nera West 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 grading works

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

What makes Crystallina Nera West stand out

The 3 things Crystallina Nera West does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Crystallina Nera West.

Natural hazardsHazard risk A+

Crystallina Nera West is graded an A+ for hazard risk

Lowwildfire bandA+Hazard risk Grade

Earthquake risk for the city of Edmonton

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. The national flood inventory has no study for Crystallina Nera West. Figures for radon tests are published for the Capital Health as a whole, not for Crystallina Nera West alone.

Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³

Crystallina Nera West1.4%
Alberta’s towns7.5%
Canadian towns6.6%
HazardsCrystallina Nera WestAlbertaCanada
Radon tests above the guideline1.4%7.5%6.6%
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year$0.013$0.013$0.030
Low
wildfire band

NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory

SafetySafety C−

The force covering Crystallina Nera West records more serious violence than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns, at 128

110Crime Severity Index

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). The force’s area logs 45 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year. Behind Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 sits data gathered across the Edmonton service area, with Crystallina Nera West one part of it.

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

2023115
2024111
2025104
2023–2025Crystallina Nera WestAlbertaCanada
Violent Crime Severity Index12810986
Crime Severity Index11011067
Property crime per 1,000454531.2
104
non-violent Crime Severity Index
34%
of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average

HousingCost of living C−

In Crystallina Nera West, 34% of households give 30% or more of their income to shelter; the typical Canadian town has 18%

$384,000median home value, 2021C−Cost of living Grade

Source area for rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom: the Edmonton metro area

A year’s rent came to 21% of the median household income, about level with both Alberta’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%). Owners put the median home at $384,000, about level with Alberta’s towns ($400,000) and below Canadian towns ($406,000).

What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census

Crystallina Nera West$384,000
Alberta$400,000
Canadian towns$406,000
Census 2021Crystallina Nera WestAlbertaCanada
Households spending 30%+ on shelter34%21%18%
Rent as a share of income21%20%20%
$1,598
monthly rent for a two-bedroom

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.

HealthHealth B

51% of adults around Crystallina Nera West rate their health very good or excellent

51%very good or excellent healthBHealth Grade

Shared with the rest of the Edmonton Zone: health survey and life expectancy

What sets Crystallina Nera West apart within its region is distance, and at 4.8 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical). Women in the region live to 83.6 and men to 78.8, 81.2 years taken together (2022/2024). A pharmacy is nearer: 1.2 km on average, with 6.0 within 3 km of the typical home.

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Crystallina Nera West51%
Alberta’s towns51%
Canadian towns52%
HealthCrystallina Nera WestAlbertaCanada
Chronic conditions (average share)18%18%17%
Very good or excellent health51%51%52%
4.8 km
from homes to a hospital, on average
1.2 km
from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities

SchoolsSchools C+

Crystallina Nera West leans Catholic: 8 of its 23 schools, where in Alberta it is 18%

23schools within 3 kmC+Schools Grade

The schools around it answer to 2 boards, lower than both Alberta’s towns (3) and Canadian towns (3). The largest is Christ the King Catholic Elementary/Junior High School, with 1,214 students. The 22 with results split, 5 in the upper two fifths in Alberta and 11 in the lower. Its elementary schools are big ones, 421 students on average, against 274 in Alberta.

SchoolLevelStudentsSystem
St. John Bosco CatholicLargest elementary schoolElementary · Grades K–6Elementary · Grades K–6654English Catholic
Christ the King Catholic Elementary/Junior High School CatholicLargest secondary schoolAll grades · Grades 1–9All grades · Grades 1–91,214English Catholic
Bishop Greschuk Catholic Elementary School CatholicResults in the top fifth in AlbertaElementary · Grades K–6Elementary · Grades K–6511English Catholic

See all 23 schools →

Schools by system · Schools within 3 km

English public14
English Catholic8
Independent1
Schools within 3 kmCrystallina Nera WestAlbertaCanada
School boards233
11,700
students at the schools within 3 km, 2025/26
0.9 km
to the nearest secondary school

Provincial school lists and results, 2025/26

Climate

Precipitation in Crystallina Nera West trails that of 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm a year

23.5°CJuly afternoons

Frosty days number 179 in a normal year, between Alberta’s towns (193) and Canadian towns (159). A normal July brings 83 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. Between the last spring frost, 7 May, and the first in autumn, 25 September, lie 141 days. July afternoons in Crystallina Nera West average 23.5°C.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−4.5°C
Spring9.9°C
Summer22.4°C
Autumn9.4°C
Normals, 1991–2020Crystallina Nera WestAlbertaCanada
Precipitation a year423 mm431 mm883 mm
July afternoon high23.5°C23.5°C25.5°C
Days with frost a year179193159
Snowfall a year124 cm127 cm141 cm
124 cm
of snow a year
179
days with frost a year
141
frost-free days, 7 May to 25 Sep
72
days with precipitation a year

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Edmonton (City))

Who lives here

More of Crystallina Nera West belongs to a visible minority than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 50%

31.7median age

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 5.8% of residents, above both Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

Crystallina Nera WestAlbertaCanada

Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree15%
Postsecondary qualification58%

Women and men · all residents

Women make up 53.1% of Crystallina Nera West

Census 2021 put women at 1,670 and men at 1,475; women are 50.9% of Canada.

Who lives in Crystallina Nera West
Crystallina Nera WestAlbertaCanada
Under 1522%18%16%
15 to 6467%67%64%
65+11%15%19%
No certificate, diploma or degree15%15%16%
Postsecondary qualification58%54%56%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Alberta and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+

Weather

What November brings in Crystallina Nera West: −8°C at night, 1°C by day

1°Ca normal November afternoon

A typical November adds 20 cm of snow. Expect about 18 mm of rain and snow over November. By December, a normal day reaches −5°C and a night falls to −13°C. 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

November1°C
December−5°C
January−6°C
February−3°C
SeasonHighLowRain and snow
Winter−5°C−14°C43 mm
Spring10°C−1°C90 mm
Summer22°C11°C213 mm
Autumn9°C0°C77 mm
−8°C
a normal November night
18 mm
of rain and snow in a normal November

ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Edmonton (City)); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

Only 55% of electors voted in Edmonton Manning in 2021, fewer than in 87% of Canada’s ridings

Andrew Knack, the mayor, heads the council of Edmonton, which governs Crystallina Nera West as one of its neighbourhoods.

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade B

No public library stands in Crystallina Nera West: the closest, Edmonton Public Library - McConachie, is 3.6 km away

Crystallina Nera West is served by Edmonton Library, the library of all of Edmonton, so the figures here are the city’s, for 972,223 people.

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Work & commuteJobs & income B−

Household incomes in Crystallina Nera West are higher than in 77% of Canadian towns

6%walk, cycle or take transit

On average, the journey to work lasts 27 min. 91% of commuters drove to work at the census.

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van91%
Public transit5%
Walk2%
Census 2021Crystallina Nera WestAlbertaCanada
Average trip27 min26 min26 min
Car or van91%88%89%
$91,200
median household income, 2020
16%
worked from home, May 2021
74%
of commuters work inside the municipality

Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · These are May 2021 figures, gathered while COVID-19 kept many people home or out of work.

Outdoors

Elk Island National Park is 33 km from Crystallina Nera West

0%of the land within 10 km protected

The closest provincial park is Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, 12 km from the edge of town.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Crystallina Nera West0%
Alberta’s towns0.4%
Canadian towns2.3%
OutdoorsCrystallina Nera WestAlbertaCanada
Protected land within 10 km0%0.4%2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km024
33 km
to Elk Island National Park
12 km
to Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park

Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Crystallina Nera West

15pages on Crystallina Nera West
Nearby attractions

Brintnell Splash Pad and 12 more within 40 km

One place to visit is mapped within 5 km of Crystallina Nera West; with it, the best known within 40 km.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata · ODCAF · federal and Québec heritage registers · CPCAD

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

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About Crystallina Nera West

Neighbourhood in Edmonton

Crystallina Nera West is one of Edmonton’s neighbourhoods, which TownRatings draws from census dissemination areas and names from the city’s own map or OpenStreetMap.

Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.

Population
3,150 (people, 2021 estimate)
Province or territory
Alberta
City
Edmonton
Census subdivision
4811061

Crystallina Nera West’s neighbours

The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada

Crystallina Nera EastKlarvattenLago LindoMayliewanBelle RiveOzernaCrystallina Nera EastKlarvattenLago LindoMayliewanBelle RiveOzernaCrystallina Nera West
How the neighbours grade
TownPeoplekmOverallCostSafetyHealth
Crystallina Nera West3,150—C−C−C−B
Crystallina Nera East5,5660.7C+B−C−B
Klarvatten6,7731B−B+C−B
Lago Lindo2,9631.7B−B+C−B
Mayliewan4,2591.7C+B−C−B
Belle Rive3,9462C+B−C−B
Ozerna4,2162C+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).