University Station, Edmonton. Photo: TagaSanPedroAko, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons).

Homes Near University LRT Station

University Station sits beneath the University of Alberta's North Campus — the busiest educational address in the province — and the neighbourhood that wraps its south edge is Garneau: Edmonton's original university district, a grid of 1910s character homes, student rentals, walk-up apartments and cafés on 109 Street and Whyte Avenue's west end. To buy near University Station is to buy into the one Edmonton market where demand renews itself every single September.

The full campus story — programs, the hospital district and the wider area — lives in the Homes Near the University of Alberta guide, which counts a wider four-neighbourhood district. This page counts Garneau alone: the strict walk-shed of the station itself.

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The sold figures

Window for every figure: November 9, 2025 – November 8, 2026. Source: Paragon MLS® sold data. Area counted: Garneau.

Single-family Garneau is a land market wearing a housing costume: 28 sales at a median of $605,000, gone in a median of just 15.5 days — the fastest detached pace in this station series. Prices ran from $420,000 to $1,299,000, and the low end is not a bargain hunt; it is the price of a Garneau lot with a tired house on it, bought for the dirt, the student-rental income or the rebuild. Original character homes that survive here are genuinely loved and priced like it.

Condos: 80 sales at a median of $265,000, from $112,500 to $920,000, taking a median of 50 days. Garneau's condo stock mixes older walk-ups near the campus edge with Whyte-adjacent low-rises and a few premium buildings — the 50-day median reflects choice, not weakness, in a market where the buyer pool (students, staff, hospital professionals, parents) never empties.

How these numbers were worked out: this page counts Garneau alone — the homes for which University Station is the walk-to platform. Windsor Park, the small premium neighbourhood between the campus and the river, is counted on the Health Sciences/Jubilee page, one stop south, where its homes cluster at least as closely; McKernan and Belgravia belong to the McKernan/Belgravia station's walk-shed (that station is outside this series), so they are named and excluded here.

Community highlights

• University Station on the Capital and Metro lines — below North Campus, direct to downtown and NAIT.
• Garneau's character grid — 1910s–1920s homes, mature elms and some of the city's most storied streets.
• The High Level Bridge and streetcar at the neighbourhood's north edge.
• Whyte Avenue's west end and 109 Street's cafés and shops.
• The Garneau Theatre — Edmonton's beloved repertory cinema on 109 Street.
• Campus life at the door: libraries, the Butterdome, and the river valley trails below.

Garneau real estate

Garneau real estate runs on three buyers. Parents purchase condos and houses for university years, knowing the exit buyer is next year's parent. Investors hold houses as student rentals — legal suites and rooming configurations near campus are a market unto themselves. And end-users pay the premium for the surviving character homes because there is no other Garneau: the neighbourhood is finite, heritage-heavy and fully built.

The 15.5-day detached median is the number to respect. Garneau houses priced to their lot and condition do not sit; buyers here track the street, not just the listing, and Travis's sold-history pull on any Garneau address is the fastest way to see what the street actually does.

About living near University Station

Garneau is a village inside a campus inside a city: students on the porches, professors on the paths, the theatre marquee on the corner, and Whyte Avenue's energy two blocks south balanced by elm-canopied quiet on the residential streets. The train makes downtown a formality. It is the most "university town" living Edmonton offers, and residents guard its character fiercely.

Schools near University Station

Confirm any exact address in Edmonton Public Schools' Find a School tool — catchments shift, and designation follows the street, not the neighbourhood name.

Elementary: Garneau School and Windsor Park School (Edmonton Public Schools); Belgravia School and Queen Alexandra School serve the adjoining neighbourhoods. Read the Windsor Park School catchment guide.

Junior high: McKernan School (Edmonton Public Schools) — read the McKernan School catchment guide.

Senior high: Strathcona High School and Old Scona Academic (Edmonton Public Schools) — read the Strathcona School catchment guide.

Parks, recreation & community services

The river valley is Garneau's back yard — trails from the campus edge and the High Level Bridge into the full valley system. Campus facilities (the Butterdome, pools and rinks) run community programs, Garneau's community league anchors the local calendar, and Whyte Avenue supplies the rest of life.

For kids nearby:

• Garneau School park and playground, and the community league grounds
• River valley trails and the High Level streetcar in season
• University of Alberta recreation facilities and summer camps
• Garneau Theatre family programming
• Whyte Avenue shops and markets

Getting around

University Station carries both the Capital and Metro lines: downtown in about seven minutes, NAIT direct on the Metro, and south through Health Sciences to Century Park. The campus transit centre beside it feeds buses across the south side. For residents, though, the honest summary is that campus, Whyte Avenue and the valley are walks — the LRT is for everywhere else.

Find your ideal home near University Station

Ready for Garneau? Register for home search on bridgerealtygroup.ca to get new listings near University Station the day they hit the market — in this neighbourhood, the day matters — and call Travis Bannert at 780-720-8240 for a shortlist built around the station, the schools and your budget.

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Sources for this page

• Sold data: Paragon MLS® sold data for Garneau, November 9, 2025 – November 8, 2026.
• School names and grade levels: Edmonton Public Schools listings (Garneau, Windsor Park, McKernan, Strathcona, Old Scona Academic), verified November 2026.
• Station and district details: City of Edmonton and University of Alberta published information.

Frequently asked questions

What have homes near University Station actually sold for?
In the year to November 8, 2026, Garneau recorded 28 single-family sales at a median of $605,000 in a median of 15.5 days, and 80 condo sales at a median of $265,000 (Paragon MLS®).

How is this page different from the University of Alberta guide?
The U of A guide counts a four-neighbourhood district around the campus. This page counts Garneau alone — the station's strict walk-shed — so its figures are tighter and its detached pace (15.5 days) is the walk-shed's own. Windsor Park is counted on the Health Sciences page, one stop south.

Why do Garneau houses sell so fast?
Scarcity plus three stacked buyer pools — parents, investors and character-home buyers — chasing a finite, fully built neighbourhood. At 28 sales a year, every listing is an event.

Is a Garneau condo a good buy for a student?
At a $265,000 median it is a common alternative to four years of rent, with the campus as a walk and the train below it. Building fees and rental rules for after graduation vary — have Travis review both before you offer.