Blatchford, Edmonton

Blatchford is a community being developed on the site of the decommissioned City Centre Airport in Edmonton, Alberta. With an area of 2.17 km² (0.84 sq mi), Blatchford is approximately the size of Edmonton's downtown core. Edmonton City Council established the community in 2009, with a plan to make it a medium-high density neighbourhood which will rely on renewable energy and a district energy sharing system, contain two Light Rail Transit (LRT) stations, and be carbon neutral.

Blatchford was expected to take 20 years to fully develop, and ultimately accommodate 30,000 people who live, work, or study within its boundaries. The first residents did not move into Blatchford until late 2020, approximately five years after ground was broken and four years after the first homes were originally expected to be occupied. By April 2024, only 84 residences were occupied, and the city had revised its outlook – with full occupancy of the area expected no sooner than 2042.As of January 2025, the city was encouraged by the fact that 42% of the community was in play, but only if including items that were still in the prospective "planning-development stage", 15 years after the original planning had commenced. Having already spent $167 million preparing the land, roads, utilities and transit access ($232 million, according to one city councillor), the city was continuing to spend money constructing roads and utilities within the unbuilt portions, working on the section labeled Stage 6, which is intended to encompass 195 townhouse units. When Blatchford is completed, it is intended to be three to four times denser than Edmonton's suburban communities.