Sherwood Park

History

In 1881, settlers arrived and started setting up homesteads in the area just north of where Sherwood Park is today. Sherwood Park was founded as Campbelltown by John Hook Campbell and John Mitchell in 1953 when the Municipal District of Strathcona No. 83 approved their proposed development of a bedroom community east of Edmonton. The first homes within the community were marketed to the public in 1955. Canada Post intervened on the name of Campbelltown due to the existence of several other communities in Canada with the same name, so the community's name was changed to Sherwood Park in 1956.

Geography

The Sherwood Park Urban Service Area is in the Edmonton metropolitan region along the western edge of central Strathcona County adjacent to the City of Edmonton. The majority of the community is bound by Highway 16 (Yellowhead Highway) to the north, Highway 21 to the east, Highway 630 (Wye Road) to the south, and Anthony Henday Drive (Highway 216) to the west. The Refinery Row portion of Sherwood Park is located across Anthony Henday Drive to the west, between Sherwood Park Freeway and Highway 16. Numerous developments fronting the south side of Wye Road, including Wye Gardens, Wye Crossing, Salisbury Village and the Estates of Sherwood Park, are also within the community. Lands north of Highway 16 and south of Township Road 534/Oldman Creek between Range Road 232 (Sherwood Drive) to the west and Highway 21 to the east are also within the Sherwood Park urban service area. The industrial area known as Refinery Row is west of Anthony Henday Drive. At least 49 neighbourhoods are located within the portion of the Sherwood Park Urban Service Area east of Anthony Henday Drive.

Most-observed species

• Black-billed Magpie

  Pica hudsonia (Sabine, 1823) · Aves
  33,130
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  29,882
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  20,681
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  19,831
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  18,152
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  17,699
• Downy Woodpecker

  Dryobates pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  17,083
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  16,747

Most recent

• M 3.9 — 2026-05-09
  15 km SSW of Smoky Lake, Canada
• M 4.3 — 2026-04-01
  10 km N of Bon Accord, Canada