10735 81 Avenue NW
Queen Alexandra · Edmonton
2 bd1 ba960 sq ft (RMS)Condo
Courtesy of Mina D Gayed, Real Broker
Neighbourhood guide · Central Edmonton (Old Strathcona)
The neighbourhood where Whyte Avenue, the university and old Strathcona’s streets converge.
Homes for sale on · Established · Walkable main street · French immersion
33 homes from $115,000 on · newest first
Queen Alexandra · Edmonton
2 bd1 ba960 sq ft (RMS)Condo
Courtesy of Mina D Gayed, Real Broker
Queen Alexandra · Edmonton
2 bd1 ba999 sq ft (RMS)Condo
Courtesy of Hassan Haymour, Sable Realty
Queen Alexandra · Edmonton
1 bd1 ba596 sq ft (RMS)Condo
Courtesy of Hassan Haymour, Sable Realty
Queen Alexandra · Edmonton
3 bd2 ba877 sq ft (RMS)Single Family
Courtesy of Amber Love, RE/MAX Elite
Queen Alexandra · Edmonton
1 bd1 ba700 sq ft (RMS)Condo
Courtesy of Gabriella Maddalena-Makar, RE/MAX Elite
Queen Alexandra · Edmonton
4 bd3 ba1,563 sq ft (RMS)Single Family
Courtesy of Brett Carey, RE/MAX Vision Realty
Queen Alexandra · Edmonton
1 bd1 ba753 sq ft (RMS)Condo
Courtesy of Selena Cheung, RE/MAX Excellence
Queen Alexandra · Edmonton
1 bd1 ba971 sq ft (RMS)Condo
Courtesy of Michelle A Plach, HonestDoor Inc
Queen Alexandra · Edmonton
6 bd5.5 ba2,596 sq ft (RMS)Single Family
Courtesy of Mani Bagga, Royal Lepage Magna
Queen Alexandra · Edmonton
5 bd4 ba2,326 sq ft (RMS)Quadruplex
Courtesy of Calvin R Hexter, Exp Realty
Queen Alexandra · Edmonton
4 bd2 ba1,238 sq ft (RMS)Duplex
Courtesy of Colin A Tessier, RE/MAX Elite
Queen Alexandra · Edmonton
4 bd2 ba742 sq ft (RMS)Single Family
Courtesy of Morgan G Russell, Sable Realty
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For Queen Alexandra · City district: Scona
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.
Researched July 2026 by our team · facts checked October 2026
Queen Alexandra is Old Strathcona’s quietly residential half — the grid of tree-lined streets running south from Whyte Avenue where students, professors, medical staff and long-tenured Edmontonians share a walkable grid of streets. The housing tells a century of history: 1910s character homes near the avenue, wartime bungalows further south, and an accelerating layer of modern infill — skinny homes, duplexes and small multiplexes — driven by land values that reward redevelopment. Two long-established high schools, Strathcona High and Old Scona Academic, sit at the neighbourhood’s doorstep. Queen Alexandra suits buyers who want to walk to Whyte Avenue and cycle to the University of Alberta, and investors who, in our experience, find that the nearby university keeps rental demand steady. The insider angle: the quieter blocks between 106 Street and 109 Street offer the same walkability as the avenue-adjacent streets.
Everything Old Strathcona offers is effectively in-neighbourhood: Whyte Avenue’s restaurants, patios, bookshops and cinemas form the northern boundary, and the Old Strathcona Farmers’ Market is open Saturdays and Sundays year-round. The University of Alberta and the University of Alberta Hospital are just to the north-west. The Kinsmen Sports Centre’s pools are down the hill toward the river (its field house is closed for rehabilitation until summer/fall 2027). August brings the Fringe Festival to the neighbourhood’s doorstep. It is dense and occasionally noisy near the avenue, and much of daily life can be done on foot.
Queen Alexandra’s infill-versus-character decision carries an investment layer most mature neighbourhoods lack. New infill — often designed with legal suites — monetizes university-driven rental demand and commands top pricing. Character homes deliver the neighbourhood’s charm at lower entry points but require the standard pre-war diligence: wiring, foundations, sewer lines. Get renovation quotes before you commit to an original home.
As the guide lists them — designations follow your address
Designations follow the address — check a specific home with each board’s locator: Edmonton Public Schools — Find a School · Edmonton Catholic Schools — Locate Your School. Some Edmonton Public schools are full in some grades or use a lottery for new students; each school’s page on epsb.ca says which. School rankings: the Fraser Institute’s report card (on its own site).
We check school details against each board’s own published information and keep them as current as we can, but grades, programs, boundaries and enrolment can change at any time. Please confirm the details for a specific home directly with the school board before relying on them — school information here is a courtesy, not a guarantee.
New construction in and around Queen Alexandra
New construction comes from Edmonton’s infill builders — skinny homes, duplexes and suite-ready multiplexes on redeveloped lots. No production builders operate here; the market is defined by century-old character stock and high-demand redevelopment land.
Ask us for current builder price sheets, and whether a price includes GST.
In our experience, the University of Alberta, its hospital and Whyte Avenue jobs keep rental demand steady. As always, run numbers on realistic rents and factor the age of any existing structure into your maintenance reserve.
Strong and varied: Strathcona High School sits within the neighbourhood and Old Scona Academic — an application-based academic high school offering International Baccalaureate — just beside it. École Queen Alexandra School (K–6) offers French immersion and Logos Christian programs, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Elementary School (K–9) is in the neighbourhood, and J. H. Picard (Edmonton Catholic) offers French immersion nearby. Check designations, program entry and a specific address with each board.
Genuinely walkable — groceries, the farmers’ market, restaurants, cinemas and transit are close by on foot, and the University of Alberta’s campus is just beyond neighbouring Garneau. Blocks nearest Whyte Avenue trade some quiet for that convenience; the southern streets balance both.
On there were 33 homes for sale in Queen Alexandra on the MLS® System, starting at $115,000 (REALTORS® Association of Edmonton data). Character and mid-century homes vary with condition and lot, and new infill sits above them; condos, starting with older walk-ups, widen the entry range considerably. Proximity to Whyte Avenue and lot width drive the premiums. Ask us for recent comparable sales before you set a budget.
On there were 33 homes for sale in Queen Alexandra on the MLS® System, starting at $115,000 (REALTORS® Association of Edmonton data).
From October 2025 to September 2026 the City of Edmonton issued new-building permits for 88 homes (dwelling units) in Queen Alexandra, against 115 the year before.
The closest Edmonton communities we cover, by distance between their centres
| Community | Distance | For sale | From | New homes permitted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Alexandrathis guide | — | 33 | $115,000 | 88 |
| Old Strathcona1.5 km away | 1.5 km | 54 | $99,900 | 30 |
| Ritchie1.6 km away | 1.6 km | 23 | $163,000 | 50 |
| Wîhkwêntôwin3.5 km away | 3.5 km | 164 | $69,900 | 264 |
| Laurier Heights4.0 km away | 4.0 km | 9 | $625,000 | 43 |
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.