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Crystallina Nera.

A quiet Lake District address where wetland trails and a coming Catholic school signal a community still on its way up.

  • 46for sale
  • $158,900from
  • 26new builds

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Homes for sale in Crystallina Nera

46 homes from $158,900 on · newest first

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$574,900

17625 67 St NW

Crystallina Nera East · Edmonton

4 bd3 ba1,985 sq ft (RMS)Duplex

Courtesy of Chris K Karampelas, MaxWell Polaris

$489,500

7423 179 Avenue NW

Crystallina Nera West · Edmonton

4 bd3.5 ba1,461 sq ft (RMS)Single Family

Courtesy of Sara J Kalke, RE/MAX Real Estate

$335,000

17832 78 Street NW

Crystallina Nera West · Edmonton

2 bd2.5 ba1,439 sq ft (RMS)Townhome

Courtesy of Darryl J Van Eerde, Liv Real Estate

$789,900

6941 176a Ave NW

Crystallina Nera East · Edmonton

4 bd4 ba2,576 sq ft (RMS)Single Family

Courtesy of Chris K Karampelas, MaxWell Polaris

$784,900

17419 69 St NW

Crystallina Nera East · Edmonton

5 bd3 ba2,425 sq ft (RMS)Single Family

Courtesy of Chris K Karampelas, MaxWell Polaris

$759,000

17420 69 St NW

Crystallina Nera East · Edmonton

5 bd3 ba2,294 sq ft (RMS)Single Family

Courtesy of Chris K Karampelas, MaxWell Polaris

$556,497

18166 73A Street NW

Crystallina Nera East · Edmonton

3 bd2.5 ba1,753 sq ft (RMS)Single Family

Courtesy of Wally Karout, Royal Lepage Arteam Realty

$515,000

7435 181 Avenue NW

Crystallina Nera West · Edmonton

4 bd3.5 ba1,447 sq ft (RMS)Single Family

Courtesy of Jasmin C Matias, Real Broker

$599,000

5225 Schonsee Drive NW

Crystallina Nera East · Edmonton

3 bd2.5 ba1,943 sq ft (RMS)Single Family

Courtesy of Matthew G Harrison, MaxWell Challenge Realty

$520,000

7627 181 Avenue NW

Crystallina Nera West · Edmonton

3 bd2.5 ba1,612 sq ft (RMS)Single Family

Courtesy of Matteo P Saccomanno, REMAX River City

$340,000

903 Crystallina Nera Way NW

Crystallina Nera West · Edmonton

3 bd2.5 ba1,541 sq ft (RMS)Townhome

Courtesy of Ivan Falcos, Lux Real Estate Inc

$239,900

18126 77 Street NW

Crystallina Nera West · Edmonton

2 bd2 ba1,009 sq ft (RMS)Condo

Courtesy of Kevin J Kinsella, Royal Lepage Arteam Realty

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Crystallina Nera by the numbers

What is for sale on , and what the City records

  • For sale46homes on the MLS® System, Oct 28, 2026
  • From$158,900the least expensive home today — about $844/mo with 10% down*
  • Up to$2,350,000the most expensive home today
  • New builds26 of 46homes marked new construction
  • Newest listingTodayfrom its listing date
Asking prices of the 46 homes, in steps of $100,000 (the last bar: $700,000 and up)

*Estimated monthly payment at the starting price: 10% down (or the legal minimum), 25 years at 4.84% (lowest advertised 5-yr fixed among major Canadian lenders, Ratehub, verified ), CMHC insurance added — principal and interest only; not a rate offer.

From the City of Edmonton

For the 2 City neighbourhoods of Crystallina Nera · City district: Northeast

  • New homes permitted197October 2025–September 2026 · the year before: 358
  • Houses1,597with a building, on their own title
  • Typical house assessment$533,500 – $540,000the range across its neighbourhoods, 2026
  • Half the houses built by2017–2024across its neighbourhoods

Building permits (new buildings, counted in dwelling units — a house with a suite is two) and the 2026 property assessment of houses (no condo units, parking stalls or empty lots), City of Edmonton Open Data, read . Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Edmonton.

Living in Crystallina Nera

Researched July 2026 by our team · facts checked October 2026

Crystallina Nera — split into West and East halves north of 167 Avenue in Edmonton’s Lake District — is the kind of community that rewards buyers who look one step ahead. Its housing stock is new and near-new: duplexes and single-family homes built through the 2010s and 2020s, with well-lit trails through the community (Genstar, the developer). It suits young families who want newer housing in north Edmonton. The forward-looking angle: infrastructure is catching up to the rooftops. A new Catholic K–9 school, Our Lady of Hope, is under construction in Crystallina Nera East with opening anticipated around 2028, and a public elementary is planned.

Crystallina Nera’s trails are lit for evening walks (Genstar, the developer), and playgrounds are distributed through the phases. To the south-west, Beaumaris Lake — the City’s oldest stormwater lake — has about 2.5 km of trail around it (City of Edmonton). Daily retail runs along the 167 Avenue corridor and at Newcastle Centre (167 Avenue and 127 Street, with Sobeys), and Manning Town Centre is about 5 km to the east in a straight line. The Castle Downs Recreation Centre and adjacent YMCA facilities cover pools, ice and fitness, while Anthony Henday Drive at the community’s north edge makes cross-city and St. Albert trips efficient.

Location
North Edmonton (Lake District), north of 167 Avenue between 82 Street and 66 Street, south of Anthony Henday Drive
Home types
Duplexes, laned and front-attached single-family, some townhomes
Distances
About 11 km from downtown Edmonton (City Hall) and 38 km from Edmonton International Airport, in a straight line from the centre of Crystallina Nera. Manning Town Centre: about 5 km.
Anchor amenities
Neighbourhood trails, 167 Avenue retail corridor, Anthony Henday Drive along the north edge, Castle Downs recreation facilities
Homes for sale
On there were 46 homes for sale in Crystallina Nera on the MLS® System, starting at $158,900 (REALTORS® Association of Edmonton data).
  • Building now
  • Lake living
New build or resale here?

Remaining new construction in Crystallina Nera competes directly with its own young resale. New builds offer current code, warranty and specification choice, but resale homes from the late 2010s onward come with completed landscaping, fencing and window coverings — routinely a significant post-possession expense on a new build. Because the community’s first school is not due until fall 2028, some families deliberately buy resale now at today’s pricing to be established when Our Lady of Hope opens, a timing play worth discussing openly.

Schools

As the guide lists them — designations follow your address

  • Our Lady of Hope Catholic Elementary/Junior High School — Edmonton Catholic Schools, K–9, under construction in Crystallina Nera East, anticipated to open fall 2028
  • New K–6 school — Edmonton Public Schools, provincial planning funding in March 2026; no opening date yet
  • Lago Lindo School — Edmonton Public, K–6, in nearby Lago Lindo
  • Florence Hallock School — Edmonton Public, K–9, in nearby Belle Rive
  • Bishop Greschuk Catholic Elementary School — Edmonton Catholic, K–6, in nearby Lago Lindo

Who is building

New construction in and around Crystallina Nera

Genstar develops Crystallina Nera and names Akash Homes, Coventry Homes, Daytona Homes and Impact Homes among its builders, and Pacesetter Homes builds in Vita Crystallina (developer and builder sites, October 2026); a substantial young-resale market comes from the original build-out.

Ask us for current builder price sheets, and whether a price includes GST.

Questions buyers ask about Crystallina Nera

Is Crystallina Nera a good place to buy?

It suits buyers who want new and near-new housing in north Edmonton — duplexes and single-family homes, with a Catholic K–9 school under construction and a public elementary planned. Buyers comfortable with amenities still maturing are effectively buying ahead of the community’s completion curve. Builder pricing on the remaining new lots changes with each release — ask us for current price sheets. On there were 46 homes for sale in Crystallina Nera on the MLS® System, starting at $158,900 (REALTORS® Association of Edmonton data).

When will Crystallina Nera get its own school?

Our Lady of Hope Catholic Elementary/Junior High (Edmonton Catholic Schools), a K–9 with capacity for 950 students, is under construction in Crystallina Nera East and anticipated to open in fall 2028. Edmonton Public Schools received provincial planning funding in March 2026 for a K–6 in Crystallina Nera, with no opening date yet. Until then, open schools nearby include Soraya Hafez School (Edmonton Public Schools, K–6) in neighbouring McConachie, Lago Lindo School and Bishop Greschuk in Lago Lindo, and Florence Hallock in Belle Rive; check a specific address with each board’s school locator.

What home types are available in Crystallina Nera?

The mix is dominated by duplexes and single-family homes — both laned and front-attached-garage formats — with some townhome pockets. Because most of the community was built from the 2010s onward, even resale inventory is modern in layout: open-plan mains, ensuite-and-walk-in primary suites, and unfinished basements ready for future development.

How is the commute from Crystallina Nera?

About 11 km from downtown Edmonton (City Hall) and 38 km from Edmonton International Airport, in a straight line from the centre of Crystallina Nera. Anthony Henday Drive runs along the community’s north edge, toward St. Albert, the west end and the industrial northeast; downtown is south via 97 Street or 82 Street.

How many homes are for sale in Crystallina Nera, and where do prices start?

On there were 46 homes for sale in Crystallina Nera on the MLS® System, starting at $158,900 (REALTORS® Association of Edmonton data).

Are new homes being built in Crystallina Nera?

From October 2025 to September 2026 the City of Edmonton issued new-building permits for 197 homes (dwelling units) in Crystallina Nera, against 358 the year before.

Compare with nearby

The closest Edmonton communities we cover, by distance between their centres

CommunityDistanceFor saleFromNew homes permitted
Crystallina Nerathis guide—46$158,900197
Schonsee0.9 km away0.9 km21$199,90060
Klarvatten1.3 km away1.3 km51$253,950170
McConachie1.7 km away1.7 km60$158,90041
Hollick-Kenyon2.9 km away2.9 km21$150,0000

Distances in a straight line between the centres of their outlines. For sale and From: homes for sale on the MLS® System on . New homes permitted: City of Edmonton (Edmonton communities), October 2025–September 2026.

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About this information. The guide’s text was researched July 2026; its facts were checked against official sources in October 2026. Distances are in a straight line from the centre of the outline on the map — to Edmonton City Hall for downtown, to the passenger terminal for the airport — rounded to the kilometre (those points © OpenStreetMap contributors); they are not driving distances, and the guides give no drive times. Homes for sale and the figures from them: the MLS® System (REALTORS® Association of Edmonton), read at 10:46 p.m. Edmonton time and rebuilt into this page every morning — homes only (houses, townhomes, condos and duplexes; no land, rentals or commercial listings). City figures and the outline: City of Edmonton Open Data, read . Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Edmonton. Tags come from the guide’s own text and those figures. We don’t rank neighbourhoods by safety; the Edmonton Police Service publishes its own data.