Edmonton, mapped.

Houses, semi-detached homes, duplexes, row housing and small multi-unit buildings up to 3 storeys (a 9.5 m height limit since August 1, 2026), plus secondary suites and backyard homes; a site that is not on a corner can hold up to 8 homes, suites and backyard homes included. Shops, cafés, clinics and offices are allowed only on a lot next to a zone that allows businesses, and child care and community uses only on limited sites, such as corner lots on busier roads.

The same homes and uses as RS, also up to 3 storeys, with more flexible site and building rules: a 12.0 m height limit, 55% site coverage instead of 45%, and no 8-home limit. The bylaw says this flexibility suits contexts such as new neighbourhoods and large undeveloped areas.

Row housing and multi-unit buildings of 3 or 4 storeys, with a 12.0 m or 14.0 m height limit set by the h number on the zoning map; a new house, semi-detached home or duplex is allowed only on the same lot as row housing or multi-unit housing. Outside the City’s nodes and corridors, the zone is meant as a transition to smaller or larger buildings nearby.

Apartment buildings of approximately 4 to 8 storeys, with the height limit set on the zoning map: h16.0 (16 m), h23.0 (23 m) or h28.0 (28 m). Small shops, cafés and offices may go on the ground floor, and a new house, semi-detached home or duplex is allowed only on the same site as multi-unit housing.

High-rise residential buildings of approximately 9 to 20 storeys, with a 50.0 m (h50.0) or 65.0 m (h65.0) height limit, the tallest of the standard residential zones. New row housing goes only with a multi-unit building on the same site, and limited shops and services sit on the first two storeys.

Rural acreages of at least 1.0 ha where further subdivision is prohibited, with at most one house, one backyard home and one secondary suite (12.0 m height limit). Agriculture, including keeping animals, is a permitted use as long as it creates no nuisance.

Zoning Bylaw 20001 has no mobile home zone. The City’s zone-equivalency table for the new bylaw moved the old RMH Mobile Home Zone to RS in redeveloping areas and to RSF in developing areas.

A zone written for one site or area where a standard zone would be inappropriate or inadequate, such as a unique development, a site with special characteristics or a designated historic resource. Its own text sets the uses and rules, and Direct Control zones from before 2024 were carried into the new bylaw, so read that site’s zone before you plan anything.

Homes mixed with shops, services and offices. MUN, the Neighbourhood Mixed Use Zone, is for local nodes (16.0 m height limit, businesses along the street, homes only on a site that also has a business or service); MU, the Mixed Use Zone, serves the nodes and corridors set out in statutory plans, with the height (h), floor area ratio (f) and any required street-level business frontage (cf) set on the zoning map.

CN, the Neighbourhood Commercial Zone, is for small neighbourhood activity centres (12.0 m height limit); CG, the General Commercial Zone, covers everything from offices to larger shopping centres and malls (16.0 m, hotels 30.0 m); CB, the Business Commercial Zone, is for businesses and limited light industry that need large sites or visibility along major roads. CN and CG allow homes above ground-floor businesses, so check what a nearby empty parcel could become.

Farmland the bylaw sets out to conserve: farming is the main use, with at most one house, one backyard home and one secondary suite. The minimum site is 32.0 ha, and land is subdivided only as statutory plans and the zone’s own rules allow.

Land held for future urban growth: farming and rural uses continue until a statutory plan calls for the land to be developed (minimum site 8.0 ha). A field zoned FD is held for future development, so do not count on it as a permanent view.

PSN, the Neighbourhood Parks and Services Zone, is for neighbourhood parks, playgrounds, greenways and community league buildings; PS, the Parks and Services Zone, serves wider educational, recreational and community needs and permits schools. A site zoned for a school is not a promise of one: ask before you count on it.

A, the River Valley Zone, preserves natural areas and parkland along the river, creeks and ravines while allowing park uses in designated areas; NA, the Natural Areas Zone, conserves, preserves and restores identified natural areas. In both, a protected natural area is the only permitted use.

PU, the Public Utility Zone, is for utilities, transit and other public infrastructure; UF, the Urban Facilities Zone, for larger institutional, community and recreational facilities; UI, the Urban Institution Zone, for site-specific rules on large educational, cultural and institutional facilities.

A neighbour on each side and the street in front: the standard lot and usually the least expensive. The most private backyard of the lot types.

Street on two sides: more light, more windows, often room for a side door or a second entrance. More sidewalk to shovel, a front setback on one street and a flanking-side setback on the other, and usually a lot premium.

Narrow at the street, wide at the back, found on bends and cul-de-sacs. A big backyard behind a normal-looking frontage. A reverse pie is the opposite: wide at the street, narrow behind.

On a dead-end circle: no through traffic, a quiet street for children, and often a pie shape. Parking for guests can be tight.

The backyard sits a full level below the street, so the basement has full windows and a door straight out to the yard. Common along ravines, ponds and slopes; the most sought-after grade, with a premium to match.

Halfway to a walkout: the ground drops part of a level, so the basement gets tall windows but no door out. Brighter lower level for less than a walkout.

A back lane serves the garage, so the whole front is house, porch and windows. Lots are narrower and usually cost less; the garage may come later or be optional.

The garage faces the street and is part of the house, with a driveway in front. It needs a wider lot than a laned home and gives a bigger, more private backyard with no lane behind.

The house sits right on one side property line, with a maintenance easement onto the neighbour’s side, so a wider home fits a narrower lot. Common in newer Edmonton communities; check the easement wording.

No rear neighbour, a view, and resale appeal, with a premium. Check what the open land actually is: a park, a stormwater pond, a utility corridor or a future phase.

A new-build lot is described by its width at the street, its depth and its building pocket — the part a house may cover once the setbacks are taken off. The pocket decides which models fit; the depth decides the yard. For example, the Vita Homes lots on Sorel Avenue in Beaumont are 10.4 m (34 ft) wide and 36 m (118 ft) deep with 26-foot pockets (the surveyor’s pocket plans, November 2025) — see them lot by lot.

A south- or west-facing backyard gets the afternoon and evening sun; a north-facing yard puts the sun on the front of the house. In Edmonton’s long winters the orientation changes how a home feels, and sometimes its price.