MapleEdmonton
It is one of 195 neighbourhoods of Edmonton. The neighbourhood has 3,920 residents and lies in Edmonton.
Is Maple a good place to live?
Pupils here do better than most (A). It also does well on jobs & income (B+). Police record more crime here than in most towns (C−). The typical owner put their home at $388,000 in 2021: 3.4 years of the median household’s income. Put together, the subjects come to a B+ overall, ranking #147 of 473 in Alberta. Set against the rest, it does better than 71% of Canadian towns.
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 Maple grades
Each subject compares Maple 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 Maple stand out
The 3 things Maple does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Maple.
Maple earns an A+ for hazard risk
Seismic risk runs low: $0.013 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Radon is lower than usual: 1.4% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. No one has filed a flood map for Maple on the national inventory. For radon tests, the only official count covers all of the Capital Health, Maple included.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Maple | 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 · Earthquake risk: the city of Edmonton
Most of the schools around Maple score above the middle in Alberta: 5 of 7
The largest is Elder Dr. Francis Whiskeyjack School, with 1,394 students. Schooling here is split between 2 boards, below Alberta’s towns (3) and Canadian towns (3) alike. Taken together, Maple and its 3 km edge hold 4 elementary schools, 4 secondary schools and 2 schools for every grade for 6,264 students.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| Velma E. Baker School Second fifth in AlbertaLargest elementary schoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Elementary · Grades K–6 | 564 | English public |
| Elder Dr. Francis Whiskeyjack SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | Secondary · Grades 10–12 | 1,394 | English public |
| Father Michael Troy Catholic Junior High School CatholicResults in the top fifth in AlbertaSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Secondary · Grades 7–9 | 351 | English Catholic |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Maple | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Provincial school lists and results, 2025/26
Violent crime weighs more where Maple is policed than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 128
The index for the force that serves it came to 110, close to Alberta’s towns (110) and above Canadian towns (67). Its police area records 45 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Maple shares its Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 numbers with the rest of the Edmonton service area.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Maple | 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
Household incomes in Maple top those of 94% of Canadian towns
93% of commuters drove to work at the census. A trip to work takes 27 min on average.
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Maple | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Car or van | 93% | 88% | 89% |
| Average trip | 27 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.
Around Maple, 51% of adults call their health very good or excellent
Lives in the region last 81.2 years on average (2022/2024): 83.6 for women, 78.8 for men. For Maple itself the measure is access, and it lags: 5.3 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Pharmacies are closer at hand, 0.8 km away on average and 4.0 of them within 3 km of a typical home. Figures for health survey and life expectancy are published for the Edmonton Zone as a whole, not for Maple alone.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Maple | 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
Maple is drier than nine in ten Canadian towns: 423 mm of rain and snow a year
Frosty days number 179 in a normal year, between Alberta’s towns (193) and 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. Midsummer afternoons in Maple peak at about 23.5°C.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Maple | 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 Maple belongs to a visible minority than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 70%
First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 3.2% 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
49.1% of Maple’s residents are women
By the 2021 count the town had 1,930 women and 2,000 men, while Canada has 50.9% women.
| Maple | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 24% | 18% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 72% | 67% | 64% |
| 65+ | 3.8% | 15% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 10% | 15% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 64% | 54% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Alberta and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
Expect November days around 1°C in Maple, nights around −8°C
Across the year, normals run from −15°C nights in January to 24°C afternoons in July. Into December, the normals move to −5°C and −13°C. In November, the normal is 18 mm of rain and snow. Snow is normal by November, about 20 cm over the month.
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
Edmonton Southeast, which takes in Maple, is held by Jagsharan Singh Mahal (Conservative Party of Canada)
Maple is part of Edmonton, whose council is led by Andrew Knack, the mayor.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
The nearest public library to Maple is Meadows Library, 2.6 km away
Maple 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
Shelter costs push 29% of Maple’s households past 30% of income, more than the 18% of the typical Canadian town
Shared with the rest of the Edmonton metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom
Rent took 17% of household income, lower than both Alberta’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%). The owner-occupied share of households is 82%.
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Maple | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 29% | 21% | 18% |
| Rent as a share of income | 17% | 20% | 20% |
| Households owning their home | 82% | 74% | 74% |
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.
Elk Island National Park is 26 km from Maple
Biggest among them: Sherwood Park Natural Area, 69 ha, 3.9 km off. Protected areas cover 0.2% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%. Close by: one protected area. 18 km from town is Big Island Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Maple | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 0.2% | 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 Maple
Picture This! framing & gallery and 2 more in and around Maple
Sights in Maple and close by, ordered by how widely each is known.
About Maple
Neighbourhood in Edmonton
No official boundary marks Maple 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
- 3,920 (people, 2021 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Alberta
- City
- Edmonton
- Census subdivision
- 4811061
Maple’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple | 3,920 | — | B+ | B− | C− | B |
| Tamarack | 6,860 | 1.1 | B+ | B− | C− | B |
| Wild Rose | 8,534 | 1.8 | B+ | B | C− | B |
| Larkspur | 5,472 | 2.1 | B+ | B− | C− | B |
| Silver Berry | 9,439 | 2.7 | B | C+ | C− | B |
| Kiniski Gardens | 6,864 | 3.3 | B+ | B | C− | B+ |
| Jackson Heights | 4,195 | 3.8 | B+ | B− | C− | B |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Maple
How old are the people of Maple?
Half its people are older than 30.9 (the middle of Canadian towns: 45.2); children under 15 make up 24%, people 65 and over 4%.
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).