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Downtown, Edmonton — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Downtown is Edmonton's central business district, at the geographical centre of the city, with the North Saskatchewan River to the southeast.
About Downtown
Where to stay in Downtown
Each area has its own feel; here's who each one suits.
Downtown puts the Art Gallery of Alberta, the Royal Alberta Museum and the Neon Sign Museum inside one grid of streets, which is why a first visit to Edmonton usually sleeps here rather than out in the neighbourhoods. The Warehouse District adjoins it. Diamond Park and RE/MAX Field fall within the same walk.
If quiet matters more, the answer is one of the areas around Central Edmonton instead of the Downtown Core, where the business district sets the pace.
About Downtown
What are the main landmarks in Downtown?
Museums cluster tightly. The Art Gallery of Alberta and the Royal Alberta Museum anchor the district, the Neon Sign Museum keeps a collection of another kind, and RE/MAX Field and Diamond Park carry the outdoor end of the list. Churches account for much of the rest: McDougall United Church, First Presbyterian Church and the Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples.
Named houses survive between them, among them the Carter Residence and the Foote Residence.
What is the history of Downtown?
Central Edmonton came first. Downtown belongs to the oldest and most densely urbanized part of Edmonton, and the boundary drawn around it, 109 Street, 105 Avenue, 97 Street, 97 Avenue and Rossdale Road, still marks where the business district stops. The William Paskins Residence, the Hunter Residence and the Mountifield Residence are listed by name from that earlier city.
The North Saskatchewan River sets the southeast limit.
Where is Downtown?
Downtown occupies the geographical centre of Edmonton, bounded by 109 Street and 97 Street, with the North Saskatchewan River to the southeast.
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Updated September 2026