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Commercial financing in Edmonton, AB
Capitalor facts
- Edmonton scores 100 on the Capitalor Lender Density Score — 5 of 134 Canadian markets tracked.
- The cap-rate seed for Edmonton is 6.6%, anchoring value on income.
- The average tracked commercial transaction in Edmonton is $4,300,000.
Tier
1
Lenders
21
Observed
Density score
100
Rank 5 of 134
Avg deal size
$4,300,000
Baseline seed
Benchmark: GoC 5-year at 4.45% — observed from the Bank of Canada Valet API on 2026-08-12. Cap rate 6.6% (baseline seed).
Capitalor Commercial Debt Rate Index · Last updated 2026-08-16 · Maintained by Capitalor Data Desk
Scope: Edmonton, AB · tier 1 · 15 products published
Inputs: 63 lenders · 23,600 buildings · 6.6% cap seed · $4,300,000 avg deal
Next scheduled review: 2026-09-14
How competitive is Edmonton for commercial debt?
63 tracked lenders serve 23,600 commercial buildings — one lender per 375 buildings, a density score of 100 and rank 5 of 134 nationally. On the $4,300,000 average deal, a conventional mortgage at 5.05% sizes to $3,010,000 once both the 70% LTV cap and the 1.25x coverage floor are applied.
Edmonton is a tier 1 market in the Capitalor coverage set: 1,010,899 residents, 23,600 tracked commercial buildings, and 63 lenders and brokers observed writing paper here. That works out to one active lender for roughly every 375 commercial buildings, a Lender Density Score of 100 — 5 of 134 nationally and 2 of 14 within AB.
Pricing starts from value, and value starts from the 6.6% Edmonton cap-rate seed — the 68th tightest of the 134 markets Capitalor tracks. Applied to the $4,300,000 average transaction, that implies about $283,800 of net operating income before financing.
Take the anchor case: a conventional commercial mortgage at 5.05% over 25 years. Seventy percent of the average Edmonton deal is $3,010,000, costing $212,207 a year to service. Coverage at a 1.25x floor caps the same loan at $3,220,388, so on the typical Edmonton file leverage is the binding constraint and the number to solve for first.
Edmonton is a deep lender market. On well-covenanted paper you should collect at least three competing quotes; spread dispersion between the best and worst bid in a market this deep is usually worth more than any rate-timing decision. 15 of the Capitalor product set are published for Edmonton.
Deal flow in Edmonton concentrates in named commercial and employment areas such as the Downtown core, Papaschase Industrial and the 124 Street BIA. Capitalor publishes no separate figure for those areas: cap-rate seeds, lender counts, and deal sizes are collected and reported at the municipal level, so the numbers on this page apply across the city, and a corridor-level view has to come from asset-level comparables rather than from a published district statistic.
How these figures were produced
- Observed — Recorded directly from the cited source series, unadjusted.
- Modelled — Derived arithmetically from observed inputs using the published method; not a market quote.
- Baseline seed — A documented starting estimate awaiting first observation. Treat as an order-of-magnitude figure only.
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Capitalor Lender Density Score — Edmonton
Active commercial lenders and brokers per 10,000 commercial buildings, indexed 0–100.
- Lenders tracked
- 21
- Observed
- Commercial buildings
- 23,600
02Stress the debt
Size a Edmonton deal
Preset to the Edmonton anchor case: $4,300,000 value, $283,800 implied NOI, 5.05% conventional pricing. Change any input to run your own file.
DSCR calculator
Preset to the Edmonton anchor case
Annual debt service
$212,207
DSCR
1.34x
Within Capitalor DSCR Stress Band
Max loan at 1.25x
$3,220,388
LTV calculator
Preset to the Edmonton average transaction
Current LTV
70.0%
Inside lender band
Max loan at cap
$3,010,000
Equity required
$1,290,000
Loan and NOI held constant. Where the curve crosses the floor line is the rate at which this deal stops covering its debt service.
01Size the deal
Products available in Edmonton
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Questions about Edmonton
How competitive is commercial lending in Edmonton?
63 lenders and brokers are observed writing in Edmonton against 23,600 commercial buildings — a Lender Density Score of 100, ranking 5 of 134 Canadian markets Capitalor tracks. That is a deep market.
What is a typical commercial deal size in Edmonton?
$4,300,000 across the Capitalor transaction sample. At 70% leverage that is $3,010,000 of senior debt and $1,290,000 of equity before closing costs.
What cap rate should I use for Edmonton?
The Capitalor Edmonton seed is 6.6%, the 68th tightest of 134 tracked markets. It is a market-wide baseline, not an asset-level appraisal: adjust for asset class, vintage, lease term, and covenant before underwriting.
How much debt will Edmonton NOI support?
On $283,800 of NOI at a 1.25x coverage floor and 5.05% over 25 years, coverage caps the loan at about $3,220,388. The 70% LTV test caps it at $3,010,000, so the binding number is $3,010,000.
Which financing products are available in Edmonton?
15 products are published for Edmonton under the tier 1 coverage rule. Tier 1 markets carry the full product set; tier 2 carries tier 1–2 products; tier 3 carries anchor products only, because Capitalor will not publish a page it cannot support with observations.
Are these Edmonton numbers quotes?
No. They are indicative benchmarks published for comparison. Capitalor does not originate, broker, or place debt, and every figure must be confirmed with a licensed lender before you rely on it.
How often is the Edmonton data refreshed?
Benchmark rate observations refresh each business day from Bank of Canada. The lender census refreshes monthly. Cap-rate and transaction seeds refresh quarterly. Revisions are appended, never overwritten, so prior observations stay auditable.
Sources
- [1] Statistics Canada — census of population — Edmonton population base (1,010,899)
- [2] Capitalor lender census — 63 lenders and brokers observed writing in Edmonton; refreshed monthly
- [3] Capitalor building inventory — 23,600 commercial buildings, the denominator of the Lender Density Score
- [4] Capitalor transaction sampling — Edmonton average deal size $4,300,000 and 6.6% cap-rate seed
- [5] Bank of Canada — GoC 5yr series — Government of Canada 5-year benchmark bond yield used in the anchor pricing case
Not advice — Capitalor is a data publisher. We do not originate, broker, arrange, or place debt, and nothing here is an offer of credit, a quote, or financial advice. Figures are indicative benchmarks for comparison and must be confirmed with a licensed lender or mortgage professional before you rely on them. About Capitalor