St. Albert Condos for Sale

A city with its own history and council

St. Albert dates from 1861, when Father Albert Lacombe established a mission on what is now Mission Hill, above the Sturgeon River valley. It became a city in 1977. It is not part of Edmonton: St. Albert City Council sets its own bylaws and its own property tax rate, and the City runs its own transit system.

The civic heart of the city is St. Albert Place, the curving building by architect Douglas Cardinal that opened on June 2, 1984, beside the Sturgeon River. It holds City Hall, the public library, the Arden Theatre and the Musée Héritage Museum, and it anchors a downtown that is also home to the Outdoor Farmers' Market.

Condos in a city of detached houses

In the 2021 census, about seven in ten of St. Albert's occupied homes were single-detached houses. Row houses made up about 7 per cent, and apartments in buildings of five or more storeys only about 1 per cent; low-rise apartment buildings were the most common multi-unit type. Those counts include rented homes, but they explain why condo listings here lean toward low-rise apartments and townhouses rather than towers.

With a smaller pool of condo buildings, each listing is worth studying on its own terms. Look at the building's age, what has already been replaced, what is coming due, and how the corporation plans to pay for it.

Getting to Edmonton

St. Albert Transit (StAT) runs commuter buses into Edmonton, with routes to downtown, MacEwan University, NAIT, the University of Alberta and West Edmonton Mall. There is no LRT station in St. Albert; route 202 connects with the Metro Line at Kingsway/Royal Alex station.

By car, St. Albert Trail is the main arterial between the two cities. Ray Gibbon Drive, a north-south arterial on St. Albert's west side, is being twinned in stages and serves as an alternative to St. Albert Trail for through traffic.

Everyday life and what to check

The Red Willow trail system connects parks and neighbourhoods across St. Albert, and many day-to-day services, from the library to City Hall, are gathered under one roof at St. Albert Place.

Property tax on a St. Albert condo is set by St. Albert City Council, not Edmonton's, so compare the two cities' rates if you are weighing listings on both sides of the boundary. Alberta has no land transfer tax; buyers pay provincial land titles fees on the transfer and the mortgage instead. Ask the condo corporation for its bylaws, budget, financial statements and meeting minutes, which it must provide within 10 days of a written request, and review its latest reserve fund study, which Alberta requires at least every five years.