Neighbourhood Guide
What to know about Cumberland.
Cumberland is located within the Palisades Plan Area in the northwest sector of the city. The neighbourhood is bound by 153rd Avenue to the north, 142nd Street to the west, Cumberland Road to the south and 127th Street to the east.
Development began in the neighbourhood in the 1990s, but most of the construction of residential units took place in the early 2000s. Prior to urban development the neighbourhood was in agricultural use. The neighbourhood is a predominantly low density residential community, and almost all residential units are single-detached homes. A park is located in the northeast portion of the neighbourhood and pedestrian connections are provided through a series of pathways located along linear parks that run through Cumberland. A stormwater management facility, which functions as a small lake, is located in the centre of the neighbourhood. There is also a natural tree stand preserved within the neighbourhood south of 150th Avenue. These features provide residents with access to open space and recreational opportunities.
Cumberland's name is based on the theme within the Palisades area of adopting names that refer to early forts and posts. Cumberland House was the first Hudson's Bay Company inland trading post. The trading post was built by Samuel Hearne in 1774, on the Saskatchewan River, near the present-day Saskatchewan-Manitoba border. The post was named to honour the first governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, Prince Rupert, Duke of Cumberland.
The City of Edmonton open-data release of the 2021 federal census records 6,495 residents in Cumberland. The count is filed under neighbourhood number 3150, in the Northwest district and the Anirniq ward. The census figure is the 2021 count, not a current population.
School designation for an address in Cumberland comes from Edmonton Public Schools or Edmonton Catholic Schools, not from this page. Each division publishes an address lookup because attendance areas change. The City neighbourhood profile describes parks, housing and streets. It is not a school-boundary map.
John Carle works with buyers and sellers in Cumberland through Homes & Gardens Real Estate Limited. Active asking prices on this page come from the MLS® feed. Sold-market statistics for Edmonton are published by the Realtors Association of Edmonton.
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