If you’ve ever wondered “Which St. Albert neighbourhood actually grew the most?”, this is the cleanest way to answer it without cherry-picking: compare median sale prices across every community over the last 15 years (2011–2025).
Why median? Because average gets bullied by outliers. One massive Oakmont sale shouldn’t make the whole neighbourhood look like it started renting yachts.
Big-picture: St. Albert as a whole
Across all St. Albert communities, the median sale price rose from $360,000 (2011) to $499,900 (2025) — a +38.9% increase.
That’s not a straight line. St. Albert saw:
- steady gains early on,
- some flattening/softening mid-cycle,
- then a strong push in the early 2020s and a notable lift into 2024–2025.
The point: the city moved upward overall, but not every neighbourhood moved the same.
The real question: which neighbourhoods grew the most?
To identify the “biggest growers,” we compared each community’s 2011 median to its 2025 median and calculated the percentage increase.
Here are the Top 10 neighbourhoods by median price growth (2011 → 2025):
- Forest Lawn: $276,250 → $450,000 (+62.9%)
- Sturgeon Heights: $295,750 → $465,000 (+57.2%)
- Inglewood: $261,500 → $372,450 (+42.4%)
- Woodlands: $339,000 → $478,500 (+41.2%)
- Braeside: $327,500 → $460,000 (+40.5%)
- Pineview: $394,000 → $547,000 (+38.8%)
- Lacombe Park: $364,500 → $499,950 (+37.2%)
- Heritage Lakes: $383,000 → $525,000 (+37.1%)
- Oakmont: $458,500 → $625,000 (+36.3%)
- Deer Ridge: $370,000 → $500,000 (+35.1%)
What do these top-growth neighbourhoods have in common?
A few patterns show up (without pretending we can “prove” causation from price data alone):
1) Established neighbourhoods can quietly outperform.
Forest Lawn, Sturgeon Heights, Braeside, and Woodlands aren’t “brand new” — but that’s the point. Mature areas often benefit from:
- predictable streetscapes,
- lot sizes people can’t replicate today,
- proximity to core amenities,
- and buyers who want “settled” rather than “still under construction.”
2) Lifestyle and location premiums compound.
Neighbourhoods that are convenient, have strong access, parks, schools, trail systems, and a consistent “feel” tend to keep winning.
3) Price growth isn’t the same thing as being the most expensive.
A neighbourhood can grow fast because it started lower in 2011. That’s not a knock — it’s just math. Growth rate measures momentum, not absolute price.
The “progression” view: how the story unfolds over time
Looking at the full 2011–2025 timeline (not just endpoints), you’ll notice two useful insights:
- Most communities move together (the whole market tide matters).
- Some communities amplify the market moves — they rise more during strong years and hold better when things cool.
That’s why charts matter here: they show whether a neighbourhood’s growth came from one sudden jump or a steady climb.
How to use this if you’re a homeowner or buyer
If you own in one of the top-growth areas:
- You’ve likely seen stronger long-term equity growth than the city average.
- If you’re planning a move, the “timing” question becomes less about the market headlines and more about your specific neighbourhood’s trend + current supply/demand.
If you’re buying:
- “Fast growth” can signal long-term desirability, but don’t pay 2025 prices for 2019 conditions.
- The smarter play is to compare: today’s median vs that neighbourhood’s own history, not just vs other areas.
A quick note about data quality (aka: the boring but important part)
Some neighbourhoods have lower sales volume in certain years. That can make medians wobble. For the growth rankings above, we only included communities with at least 10 sales in both 2011 and 2025.
Bottom line
From 2011 to 2025, St. Albert’s median sale price rose about 39% overall, but several communities beat that by a wide margin. The biggest standouts were Forest Lawn (+62.9%) and Sturgeon Heights (+57.2%), followed by a strong pack including Inglewood, Woodlands, Braeside, Pineview, Lacombe Park, Heritage Lakes, Oakmont, and Deer Ridge.
