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Meadowlark ParkEdmonton

In Edmonton, this neighbourhood has 2,671 residents. Of Edmonton’s 195 neighbourhoods, this is one.

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Population
2,671
people, Census 2021
Median age
47.1
years · Alberta’s towns: 40.8
Postsecondary
60%
of residents 15 and over hold a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree · Canadian towns: 56%
Walk, cycle, transit
9%
walk, cycle or take transit to work · Canadian towns: 8%
TownGrade
B
#1,045 of 2,556

Is Meadowlark Park a good place to live?

Meadowlark Park’s grades pull in different directions. Schools do well (A). Walking, cycling and public transport work well here (A). The trade-off is safety (C−). It lags on cost of living as well (C−). Put together, the subjects come to a B overall, better than nearly three fifths of Canadian towns. That places it #217 of 473 in Alberta.

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.

What makes Meadowlark Park stand out

The 3 things Meadowlark Park does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

How Meadowlark Park grades

Each subject compares Meadowlark Park 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 →

Nearby attractions

Telus World of Science and 19 more in and around Meadowlark Park

What there is to see in Meadowlark Park and within a short drive, starting with the places most people have heard of.

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).

Photo credits (6)

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Meadowlark Park.

Natural hazardsHazard risk A+

Meadowlark Park is graded an A+ for hazard risk

Source area for earthquake risk: the city of Edmonton

Radon is lower than usual: 1.4% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. Seismic risk runs low: $0.013 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Flood mapping: none on the national inventory for Meadowlark Park.

Lowwildfire bandA+Hazard risk Grade

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

Meadowlark Park1.4%
Alberta’s towns7.5%
Canadian towns6.6%
HazardsMeadowlark ParkAlbertaCanada
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
24 km
to the nearest land burned since 1986

NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory · Radon tests: the Capital Health

SchoolsSchools A

The schools around Meadowlark Park answer to 4 boards

Of the 55, 2 teach in French (2% of schools in Alberta). The largest is Jasper Place School, with 3,123 students. Also worth knowing: the 42 with results split, 19 in the upper two fifths in Alberta and 15 in the lower. In or within 3 km of Meadowlark Park: 30 elementary schools, 13 secondary schools and 12 schools for every grade, with 21,041 students.

55schools within 3 kmASchools Grade
SchoolLevelStudentsSystem
LaPerle School Fourth fifth in AlbertaLargest elementary schoolElementary · Grades K–6Elementary · Grades K–6532English public
Jasper Place SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary · Grades 10–12Secondary · Grades 10–123,123English public
École Notre-Dame FrenchTeaches in FrenchElementary · Grades K–6Elementary · Grades K–6421French public
Crestwood School Top fifth in AlbertaResults in the top fifth in AlbertaAll grades · Grades K–9All grades · Grades K–9454English public

See all 55 schools →

Schools by system · Schools within 3 km

English public32
English Catholic14
Independent7
French public2
Schools within 3 kmMeadowlark ParkAlbertaCanada
School boards433
21,041
students at the schools within 3 km, 2025/26
0.7 km
to the nearest secondary school

Provincial school lists and results, 2025/26

SafetySafety C−

Violent crime weighs more where Meadowlark Park 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). Property crime in the area its police cover: 45 per 1,000 people a year.

110Crime Severity Index

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

2023115
2024111
2025104
2023–2025Meadowlark ParkAlbertaCanada
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 · Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 published for the Edmonton service area, not by town

HousingCost of living C−

Meadowlark Park households put 35% of their income into housing and transport, more than the 29% typical across Canada

84% of households are owner-occupiers. Shelter took 30% or more of income for just over a fifth of households, above both Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). Nobody publishes rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom for Meadowlark Park alone, so this card uses the figure for the Edmonton metro area.

$344,000median home value, 2021C−Cost of living Grade

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

Meadowlark Park$344,000
Alberta$400,000
Canadian towns$406,000
Census 2021Meadowlark ParkAlbertaCanada
Households owning their home84%74%74%
Households spending 30%+ on shelter22%21%18%
Median home value, 2021$344,000$400,000$406,000
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 Meadowlark Park rate their health very good or excellent

Measured from where people live, the nearest hospital is 1.0 km away, below both Alberta’s towns (3.1 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km). Women in the region live to 83.6 and men to 78.8, 81.2 years taken together (2022/2024). A pharmacy is nearer: 0.5 km on average, with 17 within 3 km of the typical home. Figures for health survey and life expectancy are published for the Edmonton Zone as a whole, not for Meadowlark Park alone.

51%very good or excellent healthB+Health Grade

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Meadowlark Park51%
Alberta’s towns51%
Canadian towns52%
HealthMeadowlark ParkAlbertaCanada
Chronic conditions (average share)18%18%17%
Very good or excellent health51%51%52%
1.0 km
from homes to a hospital, on average
0.5 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

Climate

Less rain and snow fall on Meadowlark Park than on 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm a year

There are 179 days of frost in a typical 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. Between the last spring frost, 7 May, and the first in autumn, 25 September, lie 141 days. Expect July highs of around 23.5°C in Meadowlark Park.

23.5°CJuly afternoons

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−4.5°C
Spring9.9°C
Summer22.4°C
Autumn9.4°C
Normals, 1991–2020Meadowlark ParkAlbertaCanada
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 Meadowlark Park’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 6.3%

Visible minorities make up 26% of the population, between Alberta’s towns (29%) and Canadian towns (15%).

47.1median age
Meadowlark ParkAlbertaCanada

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

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree13%
Postsecondary qualification60%

Women and men · all residents

Women make up 53.1% of Meadowlark Park

The 2021 census counted 1,415 women and 1,250 men here, where women make up 50.9% of Canada.

Who lives in Meadowlark Park
Meadowlark ParkAlbertaCanada
Under 1513%18%16%
15 to 6463%67%64%
65+24%15%19%
No certificate, diploma or degree13%15%16%
Postsecondary qualification60%54%56%

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

Weather

Expect November days around 1°C in Meadowlark Park, nights around −8°C

About 20 cm of snow falls in a normal November. By December, a normal day reaches −5°C and a night falls to −13°C. A normal November brings 18 mm of rain and snow. Across the year, normals run from −15°C nights in January to 24°C afternoons in July.

1°Ca normal November afternoon

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

Meadowlark Park sends Kelly McCauley (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Edmonton West

Across Alberta, 33 of the 37 MPs sit with the Conservative Party of Canada.

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade B

Meadowlark Park has one public library, Jasper Place Branch Library

Edmonton Public Library serves the whole of Edmonton, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 972,223 people, Meadowlark Park among them.

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Work & commuteJobs & income B−

Household incomes in Meadowlark Park top those of 78% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work takes 24 min. 85% of commuters drove to work at the census.

9%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van85%
Public transit7%
Walk2%
Census 2021Meadowlark ParkAlbertaCanada
Average trip24 min26 min26 min
Car or van85%88%89%
$91,700
median household income, 2020
19%
worked from home, May 2021
88%
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

Within 42 km of Meadowlark Park: Elk Island National Park

CPCAD lists 3 protected areas within 10 km. The nearest provincial park, Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, is 8.2 km away. Named trails close by number 2, the Amisk Wacîw Mêskanaw and River Loop Trail among them.

1.6%of the land within 10 km protected

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Meadowlark Park1.6%
Alberta’s towns0.4%
Canadian towns2.3%
OutdoorsMeadowlark ParkAlbertaCanada
Protected land within 10 km1.6%0.4%2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km324
42 km
to Elk Island National Park
8.2 km
to Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park

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

History

In Meadowlark Park, 40% of homes go back before 1961

40%built before 1961
40%
of homes built before 1961 · Canadian towns 18%
HeritageMeadowlark ParkAlbertaCanada
Homes built before 196140%4.5%18%

Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Meadowlark Park

15pages on Meadowlark Park

Meadowlark Park’s neighbours

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

LynnwoodJasper ParkElmwoodGlenwoodWest Meadowlark ParkWest Jasper PlaceLynnwoodJasper ParkElmwoodGlenwoodWest Meadowlark ParkWest Jasper PlaceMeadowlark Park
How the neighbours grade
TownPeoplekmOverallCostSafetyHealth
Meadowlark Park2,671—BC−C−B+
Lynnwood3,4520.7BDC−B+
Jasper Park3,2190.9C+DC−B+
Elmwood2,5221.3BC−C−B+
Glenwood4,8421.3C+DC−B+
West Meadowlark Park5,3861.4B−DC−B+
West Jasper Place3,4271.5CD−C−B+

People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.

Questions about Meadowlark Park

Is Meadowlark Park a young town or an old one?

The typical resident is 47.1 (Canadian towns: 45.2), with seniors at 24% of the population and under-15s at 13%.

About Meadowlark Park

Neighbourhood in Edmonton

Meadowlark Park 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
2,671 (people, 2021 estimate)
Province or territory
Alberta
City
Edmonton
Census subdivision
4811061

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).