Homes Near Kingsway

Kingsway is the north side's great working corridor — Kingsway Mall, the Royal Alexandra and Glenrose hospitals, NAIT, the Alberta Aviation Museum and the redeveloping Blatchford lands all strung along one avenue — and the home search it names is the practical one. The neighbourhoods behind the corridor — Prince Rupert, Spruce Avenue, Woodcroft and Queen Mary Park — put hospital staff, NAIT students and instructors, and downtown commuters into mature, tree-lined streets at inner-city-value prices, with an LRT station on the corridor itself.

Three searches meet here: staff housing for one of Alberta's biggest hospital campuses, rentals beside a major polytechnic, and family homes for buyers who want character bungalows without west-side prices. Add Blatchford building out on the old airport lands, and Kingsway is quietly one of the most interesting value stories in the inner city.

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The sold figures

Window for every figure: November 9, 2025 – November 8, 2026. Source: Paragon MLS® sold data, counted by neighbourhood — Prince Rupert, Spruce Avenue, Woodcroft and Queen Mary Park. Note: Blatchford's new-build sales are recorded under a separate area label and are not in these figures.

Single-family homes: 66 sold at a median sold price of $401,510 and a median of 24 days on market — mature-neighbourhood housing on generous lots, minutes from two major employers, at a median barely above $400,000. For buyers cross-shopping the south side's newer stock, the value comparison is the whole pitch.

Condos: 81 sold at a median of $158,000 and a median of 41 days on market, concentrated around Queen Mary Park. At that entry price this is investor and first-buyer territory: hospital and NAIT renters are the built-in tenant pool, and the 41-day median gives buyers room to choose carefully rather than chase.

Community highlights

• Kingsway Mall is the north side's everything-under-one-roof stop, sitting directly on the corridor.
• The Royal Alexandra and Glenrose hospitals anchor thousands of jobs a short walk or bike ride from these streets.
• NAIT's main campus borders the corridor — students, instructors and staff are part of the neighbourhood fabric.
• The Alberta Aviation Museum, in a historic hangar on Kingsway, is the corridor's family landmark.
• Blatchford is building out on the old City Centre Airport lands — a new, energy-efficient community rising on the corridor's doorstep (its sales are recorded separately from the figures above).
• The Kingsway/Royal Alex LRT station puts downtown about 10 minutes away by train.

Kingsway real estate

The housing stock is post-war Edmonton at its most honest: Prince Rupert and Woodcroft bungalows on big, treed lots; Spruce Avenue's wartime houses and character infill; Queen Mary Park's older homes, walk-ups and low-rise condos near the mall. Infill builders are active across all four neighbourhoods, so buyers choose between original character, renovated homes and brand-new builds on the same streets.

Who buys? Hospital and NAIT staff buy the houses — the short commute survives every shift schedule. Parents buy for NAIT students, and investors buy houses with suite potential and Queen Mary Park condos, because the corridor's employer base keeps rental demand steady. Resale value rests on the same anchors: a hospital campus and a polytechnic do not move.

About living near Kingsway

Day to day, Kingsway living is built for working households. The mall covers the weekly shop, the Sprucewood library branch and the community leagues cover programs and rinks, and Coronation Park's sports grounds are minutes west. Downtown is a 10-minute LRT ride or drive. These are established, lived-in neighbourhoods — block parties and league hockey, not show-home streets — and prices reflect honest value rather than polish. Buyers who want the inner city without inner-west prices tend to land here and stay.

Schools near Kingsway

Elementary: John A. McDougall School (Edmonton Public Schools, kindergarten to grade 6), the designated elementary for Prince Rupert addresses, and Coronation School (kindergarten to grade 6, an International Baccalaureate Primary Years school) serving the Woodcroft side.

Junior high: Spruce Avenue School (grades 7–9) on 102 Street — the junior high immediately north of the core, and the designated junior high for much of the corridor.

Senior high: Victoria School of the Arts (kindergarten to grade 12 with a senior-high program) for Prince Rupert and Queen Mary Park addresses, and Ross Sheppard High School (grades 10–12) on the Woodcroft side.

Confirm any exact address in Edmonton Public Schools' Find a School tool before you buy — catchments follow the street, not the neighbourhood name.

Parks, recreation & community services

Coronation Park, at the corridor's west end in Woodcroft, stacks the Telus World of Science, Peter Hemingway Pool and sports fields into one green block. Queen Mary Park and Prince Rupert's local parks and playgrounds cover the daily routine, Blatchford's new parks are opening as the district builds out, and the Royal Alexandra's own grounds and the Aviation Museum add open space and programming to the corridor. The Edmonton Public Library's Sprucewood Branch serves the area. For kids nearby:

• Alberta Aviation Museum, on the corridor
• Kingsway Mall
• Edmonton Public Library — Sprucewood Branch
• Blatchford's new parks as the district builds out

Getting around

The Kingsway/Royal Alex LRT station is the corridor's trump card — NAIT is the next stop north, downtown about 10 minutes south. By car, Kingsway runs diagonally into downtown, St. Albert Trail heads northwest, and Yellowhead Trail is minutes north. The airport is about 35 minutes south.

Staying near Kingsway

Chateau Nova Kingsway — mid-range (3-star) on the corridor; pet-friendly, free parking, and kitchenettes in the executive rooms — built for longer working stays.

Best Western Plus City Centre Inn — mid-range; a one-minute walk to Kingsway Mall and about a 15-minute walk to the Royal Alexandra Hospital.

Chateau Louis Hotel & Conference Centre — mid-range, independent hotel on Kingsway Avenue.

Car rental: agencies line Kingsway itself and St. Albert Trail — the north side's rental row, minutes from every neighbourhood on this page.

Find your ideal home near Kingsway

Corridor value is street-by-street — which Prince Rupert lots back onto green space, which Queen Mary Park buildings are the sound condo buys. Register for home search on bridgerealtygroup.ca to get new Kingsway listings the day they list, or call Travis Bannert at 780-720-8240 and build the shortlist around your shift, your campus or your commute.

Travis Bannert, Realtor® | Bridge Realty Group, Maxwell Progressive Realty
780-720-8240 | bridgerealtygroup.ca

Sources for this page

• Sold figures: Paragon MLS® sold data, neighbourhoods listed above, November 9, 2025 – November 8, 2026.
• Schools: Edmonton Public Schools school directory and attendance information — confirm catchments in the EPSB Find a School tool.
• Corridor details: City of Edmonton, NAIT and Royal Alexandra Hospital published information.
• Hotel tiers reflect each property's market positioning as of November 2026; confirm current features with the hotel before you travel.
• Front photo: Alberta Aviation Museum on Kingsway, Edmonton — Photo: CambridgeBayWeather, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Frequently asked questions

What have homes near Kingsway sold for recently?
In the year from November 9, 2025 to November 8, 2026, single-family homes in Prince Rupert, Spruce Avenue, Woodcroft and Queen Mary Park sold 66 times at a median sold price of $401,510 and a median of 24 days on market. Condos sold 81 times at a median of $158,000 and a median of 41 days on market (Paragon MLS® sold data).

Are Blatchford homes included in these figures?
No. Blatchford's new-build sales are recorded under a separate area label and are not in the figures on this page, which count Prince Rupert, Spruce Avenue, Woodcroft and Queen Mary Park only. Ask Travis for the current Blatchford picture if the new community is your target.

Is Kingsway a good area for hospital or NAIT staff?
It is the corridor those workplaces sit on. The Royal Alexandra, the Glenrose and NAIT are all within a short walk, bike ride or one LRT stop of these neighbourhoods — which is exactly why staff housing demand here never really sleeps.

Are there affordable condos near Kingsway?
Yes — 81 condos sold in the last year at a median of $158,000, mostly around Queen Mary Park. That makes this one of the inner city's most accessible condo markets for first-time buyers and investors alike.

How do I get downtown from Kingsway without a car?
The Kingsway/Royal Alex LRT station runs downtown in about 10 minutes on the Metro Line, and NAIT is one stop the other way. Bus routes along Kingsway and 111 Avenue cover the rest.