How walkable is Alberta Avenue?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Alberta Avenue has a walkability score of 88 out of 100 across the 750 m around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Edmonton, which scores 67 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
662 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Alberta Avenue. The nearest grocery is Paraiso Tropical, about 5 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, parks, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Arden's Variety Food Mart8 min
- Winagami Lake Trading Post9 min
- Africano cafe3 min
- Banaadiri Xamereey Somali Restaurant3 min
- NUMO Cannabis - Alberta Ave3 min
- Mama Afro Beauty Supply3 min
- Coffee Stat6 min
- Jasmine Belle Cafe12 min
- RBC Royal Bank ATM8 min
- Money Mart9 min
- Alberta Avenue Park4 min
- Norwood Square7 min
- St. Basil Elementary/Junior High School13 min
- Aurora Academic Charter Secondary Schoool13 min
- Al-Hikmah Bookstore & Clothing8 min
- John Paul II Library - Edmonton19 min
- Theatre Prospero Assn4 min
- Edmonton Carnaval4 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Alberta Avenue at 53.5685, -113.4852. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 76 street intersections per km², and blocks average 114 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 1%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Alberta Avenue
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 750 m around the centre of Alberta Avenue. Rings mark 350 m and 750 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Edmonton
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Bonnie Doon | 5.1 km | 76 |
| Abbottsfield | 6.3 km | 63 |
| Crestwood | 6.7 km | 63 |
| Allendale | 7.5 km | 71 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Edmonton page.
Questions about walking in Alberta Avenue
Is Alberta Avenue walkable?
Yes. Alberta Avenue in Edmonton has a walkability score of 88 out of 100 across the 750 m around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Alberta Avenue more walkable than the rest of Edmonton?
Alberta Avenue is more walkable than Edmonton as a whole: it scores 88, against 67 for the 5 km around Edmonton's centre. It ranks 1st of the 5 Edmonton neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Edmonton?
Of the 5 Edmonton neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Alberta Avenue (88), Bonnie Doon (76) and Allendale (71).
How is the walkability score of Alberta Avenue calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Alberta Avenue it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 750 m around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.