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One of the many signs seen at infill protests across Edmonton on Sept. 27, 2026. (CityNews)<\/p>\nInfill was again in the spotlight in Edmonton this weekend, with small rallies in different locations throughout the city Sunday.<\/p>\n
Protesters were taking aim at the city\u2019s rules allowing small eight-unit multiplexes to be built anywhere there\u2019s a house right now.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople are pissed, to be honest with you,\u201d said protest organizer Jill Bladon. \u201cPeople do not like this zoning bylaw. We\u2019re getting a lot of support from people honking around here. They want change.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the Parkview neighbourhood, more than 60 people attended Sunday afternoon\u2019s protest, with many indicating they live near a new infill or one under construction. They say city council isn\u2019t listening to them.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t agree with what\u2019s going on,\u201d one woman said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis bylaw was not necessary,\u201d added another.<\/p>\n
One of the many signs seen at infill protests across Edmonton on Sept. 27, 2026. (CityNews)<\/p>\n
Protesters say they are concerned with the new buildings popping up in their neighbourhoods, arguing they are too big for quiet streets, and there\u2019s not enough room for parking and extra garbage bins.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re coming for us. They\u2019re coming for my neighbourhood,\u201d said protester Jill Didow.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought, \u2018Oh my God, Dovercourt is safe, they haven\u2019t found us yet.\u2019 And then just slowly, we\u2019ve got five or six of them in there now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Among the protesters Sunday were even some who live in infill, like Corisandra Leyton-High. The trees and a mix of homes brought her to the Parkview neighbourhood a year-and-a-half ago, but now she\u2019s concerned with plans for seven small apartments coming up on her street.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not that we don\u2019t want to welcome people into our area,\u201d said Leyton-High, who lives in a new single-family home. \u201cI\u2019m a new neighbour, right? I would\u2019ve been resentful if they didn\u2019t welcome me. But we want to have the right number of people in a small area like this.\u201d<\/p>\n
Residents say they don\u2019t feel heard by city council and are frustrated by the lack of information about what\u2019s happening around them. They feel unable to stop any changes, even after taking legal action in some cases.<\/p>\n
The protesters are hoping to see something like what happened in Calgary, after city council there repealed their blanket rezoning bylaw this spring.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything is in favour of the developers, and the homeowners get nothing,\u201d Didow said. \u201cWe weren\u2019t told. We have to fight. We have to go up against the SDAB (Subdivision and Development Appeal Board). We have to be prepared. This is something we never knew about. Who knows how to do this?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013With files from Lauren Boothby<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\tAn infill housing protest in Edmonton on Sept. 27, 2026. (CityNews) <\/p>\n
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