La PerleEdmonton
The neighbourhood has 7,889 residents and lies in Edmonton. Of Edmonton’s 195 neighbourhoods, this is one.
Is La Perle a good place to live?
La Perle’s grades pull in different directions. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here (A). The neighbourhood’s overall grade, B−, puts it better than 50% of Canadian towns. In the ranking it comes #259 of 473 in Alberta. It also does well on schools (B+). Safety is its weak spot (C−). Housing is expensive (C).
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 La Perle grades
Each subject compares La Perle 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 La Perle stand out
The 3 things La Perle does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Perle.
La Perle earns an A+ for hazard risk
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. Fewer homes than usual carry radon here, 1.4% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. No one has filed a flood map for La Perle on the national inventory. La Perle doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Capital Health. La Perle shares its earthquake risk numbers with the rest of the city of Edmonton.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | La Perle | 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
The force covering La Perle records more serious violence than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns, at 128
The index for the force that serves it came to 110, near Alberta’s towns (110) and higher than Canadian towns (67). Its police area records 45 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | La Perle | 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: the Edmonton service area
Schools in La Perle: 4 boards, side by side
Jasper Place School is the biggest, at 3,123 students. The 41 with results split, 15 in the upper two fifths in Alberta and 17 in the lower. Schooling in French is on offer at 2 of 51; in Alberta, 2% of schools teach in it. In or within 3 km of La Perle: 29 elementary schools, 10 secondary schools and 12 schools for every grade, with 21,228 students.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winterburn School Fourth fifth in AlbertaLargest elementary schoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Elementary · Grades K–6 | 603 | English public |
| Jasper Place SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | Secondary · Grades 10–12 | 3,123 | English public |
| École Notre-Dame FrenchTeaches in FrenchElementary · Grades K–6 | Elementary · Grades K–6 | 421 | French public |
| Bishop David Motiuk Catholic Elementary/Junior High School CatholicResults in the top fifth in AlbertaAll grades · Grades K–9 | All grades · Grades K–9 | 856 | English Catholic |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | La Perle | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Provincial school lists and results, 2025/26
Rent takes more of local pay in La Perle than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 25% of household income
Owners make up nearly three quarters of households, close to both Alberta’s towns (74%) and Canadian towns (74%).
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | La Perle | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent as a share of income | 25% | 20% | 20% |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 23% | 21% | 18% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Home values are owners’ own estimates at the May 2021 census, and incomes are for 2020. · Area behind the rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom figures: the Edmonton metro area
Very good or excellent health for 51% of adults in La Perle’s health region
Closer to home, a hospital is just 2.0 km from the average resident of La Perle, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. Lives in the region last 81.2 years on average (2022/2024): 83.6 for women, 78.8 for men. A pharmacy is nearer: 0.8 km on average, with 12 within 3 km of the typical home. For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the Edmonton Zone, La Perle included.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | La Perle | 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
Dry weather: only 423 mm of rain and snow a year falls on La Perle, less than on 90% of Canadian towns
Between the last spring frost, 7 May, and the first in autumn, 25 September, lie 141 days. For the wettest month, look to July: 83 mm on average. Frosty days number 179 in a normal year, below Alberta’s towns (193) but above Canadian towns (159). Also worth knowing: july afternoons in La Perle average 23.5°C.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | La Perle | 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))
Trips to work from La Perle are shorter than from Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 23 min on average
The car took 86% of commuters, close to both Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | La Perle | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 23 min | 26 min | 26 min |
| Car or van | 86% | 88% | 89% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so commuting and work figures carry the lockdowns’ mark.
La Perle skews older, with 23% of residents 65 or over, more than in Alberta’s towns and across Canadian towns
15% of residents are children under 15. Visible minorities make up just over a third of the population, higher than both Alberta’s towns (29%) and 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 52.9% of La Perle
Here the census found 3,715 men and 4,175 women; the figure for women across Canada is 50.9%.
| La Perle | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 18% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 62% | 67% | 64% |
| 65+ | 23% | 15% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 17% | 15% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 53% | 54% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Alberta and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
La Perle in November: highs near 1°C, lows near −8°C
A typical November adds 20 cm of snow. Then December: −5°C by day, −13°C at night. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 18 mm. 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
William (Billy) Morin (Conservative Party of Canada) holds Edmonton Northwest, the riding that includes La Perle
City council runs La Perle, and Edmonton’s mayor is Andrew Knack.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
The nearest public library to La Perle is Jasper Place Branch Library, 3 km away
The library figures on this page are Edmonton’s: Edmonton Library serves all 972,223 people of the city, La Perle among them.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Elk Island National Park lies 43 km beyond La Perle’s edge
Of the country within 10 km, 4.4% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%. The nearest provincial park, Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, is 6.0 km away. 9 areas within 10 km are protected for nature.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | La Perle | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 4.4% | 0.4% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 4 | 2 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Everything we know about La Perle
Telus World of Science and 14 more in and around La Perle
What there is to see in La Perle and within a short drive, starting with the places most people have heard of.
Big drawMuseumTelus World of Science4 km outside town, to the east · 530K visitors a year
AttractionMindbender700 m outside town, to the southeast
Theme parkGalaxyland700 m outside town, to the southeast
Theme parkWorld Waterpark800 m outside town, to the south
GardenWilliam Hawrelak Park4.4 km outside town, to the southeast
MuseumFort Edmonton Park4.1 km outside town, to the southeastPhotos: 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
- Mindbender: JZ85, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Galaxyland: JZ85, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- World Waterpark: Vr1, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Hawrelak Park: WinterforceMedia ( WinterE229 19:13, 13 May 2008 (UTC)), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fort Edmonton Park: Dylan Kereluk from White Rock, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
About La Perle
Neighbourhood in Edmonton
Where La Perle 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
- 7,889 (people, 2021 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Alberta
- City
- Edmonton
- Census subdivision
- 4811061
La Perle’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Perle | 7,889 | — | B− | C | C− | B+ |
| Belmead | 3,970 | 0.9 | C+ | D | C− | B+ |
| Aldergrove | 5,311 | 1.6 | B | C− | C− | B+ |
| West Meadowlark Park | 5,386 | 1.7 | B− | D | C− | B+ |
| Thorncliff | 3,564 | 1.9 | B− | C− | C− | B+ |
| Glenwood | 4,842 | 2.2 | C+ | D | C− | B+ |
| Britannia Youngstown | 4,616 | 2.6 | C | D | 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).