KildareEdmonton
In Edmonton, this neighbourhood has 2,833 residents. It is one of 195 neighbourhoods of Edmonton.
Is Kildare a good place to live?
Prices are high against local incomes (D). Kildare ranks #454 of 473 in Alberta, with a D overall. Nationally, it does better than 9% of Canadian towns. Jobs and pay trail most towns (D). On walkability it is strong (A).
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 Kildare grades
Each subject compares Kildare 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 Kildare stand out
The 3 things Kildare does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Kildare.
For hazard risk, Kildare gets an A+
Measured across the city of Edmonton: earthquake risk
Radon is lower than usual: 1.4% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.013 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). The national flood inventory has no study for Kildare.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Kildare | 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 · Radon tests: the Capital Health
Working-age people in Kildare are less likely to have a job than in 90% of Canadian towns
Workers spend 28 min getting to work, on average. 84% of commuters drove, below both Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Kildare | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Car or van | 84% | 88% | 89% |
| Average trip | 28 min | 26 min | 26 min |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · These are May 2021 figures, gathered while COVID-19 kept many people home or out of work.
Rent takes more of local pay in Kildare than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 27% of household income
66% of households own their home. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 29% of households, above both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Kildare | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 29% | 21% | 18% |
| Rent as a share of income | 27% | 20% | 20% |
| Households owning their home | 66% | 74% | 74% |
| Median home value, 2021 | $332,000 | $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. · Not measured by town: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom (the Edmonton metro area)
Violent crime weighs more where Kildare is policed than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 128
Shared with the rest of the Edmonton service area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000
The index for the force that serves it came to 110, near Alberta’s towns (110) and higher than Canadian towns (67). For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 45 property crimes are reported each year.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Kildare | 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
Results around Kildare lean low: 31 of 43 schools in the lower two fifths in Alberta
One of the 53 teaches in French, against 2% of schools in Alberta. The largest is M. E. LaZerte School, with 2,499 students. 5 boards run its schools.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glengarry School Middle fifth in AlbertaLargest elementary schoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Elementary · Grades K–6 | 678 | English public |
| M. E. LaZerte SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Secondary · Grades 9–12 | 2,499 | English public |
| École Père-Lacombe FrenchTeaches in FrenchElementary · Grades K–6 | Elementary · Grades K–6 | 367 | French public |
| St. Anne School CatholicResults in the top fifth in AlbertaElementary · Grades K–6 | Elementary · Grades K–6 | 351 | English Catholic |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Kildare | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 5 | 3 | 3 |
Provincial school lists and results, 2025/26
Around Kildare, 51% of adults call their health very good or excellent
The health survey and life expectancy numbers here cover the Edmonton Zone
Measured from where Kildare’s residents live, a hospital is 2.7 km away, near the 3.7 km most towns see. People in the region live to 81.2 on average: 83.6 for women and 78.8 for men in 2022/2024. Pharmacies are closer at hand, 0.8 km away on average and 10 of them within 3 km of a typical home.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Kildare | 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
Precipitation in Kildare trails that of 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm a year
Midsummer afternoons in Kildare peak at about 23.5°C. Frost comes on 179 days a year, below Alberta’s towns (193) but above Canadian towns (159). July is the wettest month, with 83 mm of rain and snow on average. A normal January brings 26 cm of snow, the most of any month.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Kildare | 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 Kildare’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 9.9%
29% of residents belong to a visible minority, close to Alberta’s towns (29%) and above Canadian towns (15%).
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 54.1% of Kildare
Of the 2021 count, 1,535 were women and 1,300 men (women across Canada: 50.9%).
| Kildare | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 54% | 67% | 64% |
| 65+ | 29% | 15% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 23% | 15% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 42% | 54% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Alberta and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
In Kildare, November normally means 1°C afternoons and −8°C nights
November usually brings some 20 cm of snow. Expect about 18 mm of rain and snow over November. Next comes December, with normal highs of −5°C and lows of −13°C. The year peaks in July (24°C) and bottoms out in January (−15°C).
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
Kildare sends Kerry Diotte (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Edmonton Griesbach
Kildare is part of Edmonton, whose council is led by Andrew Knack, the mayor.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
No public library stands in Kildare: the closest, Clareview Library, is 3.7 km away
The library figures on this page are Edmonton’s: Edmonton Library serves all 972,223 people of the city, Kildare among them.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Elk Island National Park is 32 km from Kildare
For a provincial park, Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park lies 12 km off.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Kildare | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 0% | 0.4% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Everything we know about Kildare
Alberta Aviation Museum and 8 more in and around Kildare
From museums to parks and historic sites: Kildare’s places to visit and those just beyond its edge, most famous first.
MuseumAlberta Aviation Museum5 km outside town, to the southwest
MuseumUkrainian Canadian Archive and Museum of Alberta4.8 km outside town, to the southwestTheme parkTheme parkK-Days Midway3.6 km outside town, to the southWater parkWater parkBrintnell Splash Pad2.7 km outside town, to the eastHistoric shipHistoric shipCanadair CF-100 Mk.5 Canuck4.9 km outside town, to the southwestHistoric shipHistoric shipHawker Siddley HS.125-600A4.9 km outside town, to the southwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (2)
- Alberta Aviation Museum: CambridgeBayWeather, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ukrainian Canadian Archive and Museum of Alberta: 117Avenue, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
About Kildare
Neighbourhood in Edmonton
Where Kildare begins and ends inside Edmonton is TownRatings’s line, traced along census dissemination areas and named after the city’s map or OpenStreetMap.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 2,833 (people, 2021 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Alberta
- City
- Edmonton
- Census subdivision
- 4811061
Kildare’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
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).