A massive piece of Amazon's Canadian delivery network is coming to northwest Edmonton, and the city's own permit records show just how big.
Amazon received a building permit from the City of Edmonton on June 17, 2026, for a new industrial building at 16404 145 Avenue NW. The permit lists an estimated construction value of $97 million. An Amazon spokesperson confirmed the project will operate as a delivery station once complete.
There is no confirmed timeline for when the facility will open, but construction is expected to begin this year.
What a delivery station actually does
A delivery station is the final link in Amazon's logistics chain, the point where packages already sorted at larger fulfillment centres get organized for the last leg of the trip to a customer's door. Delivery stations tend to be smaller and more numerous than fulfillment centres, positioned closer to the population centres they serve to shorten delivery times.
For northwest Edmonton residents, that means a facility built specifically to get packages to doorsteps faster, not a warehouse storing Amazon's full catalogue.
Where this fits in Amazon's bigger Edmonton plans
This project did not appear out of nowhere. News of Amazon's interest in this site first surfaced in February 2026, when Amazon Canada confirmed it had purchased 50 acres in the second phase of Apex Business Park.
Amazon Canada Fulfillment Services ULC acquired the land in the fourth quarter of 2025 for $39.7 million, working out to just over $793,000 per acre. The site sits near the intersection of 170 Street NW and Anthony Henday Drive NW, giving it direct access to Edmonton's ring road and the regional highway network that makes fast distribution possible.
Apex Business Park is being developed by Panattoni Development Co. Inc. and Manulife Investment Management, who began work on the broader park in 2019. The first phase delivered approximately 1 million square feet of industrial space across three buildings before Amazon's land purchase moved the project into its second phase.
What is disappearing to make room for it
The new Amazon site sits just north of Twin Willows Golf Club, which is permanently closing after this season. That land is being transformed into an industrial business park as part of the broader Apex development, with Amazon's delivery station as one piece of a larger shift converting that stretch of northwest Edmonton from recreational green space into logistics infrastructure.
What this means for the broader Apex Business Park
Amazon's arrival is also a significant validation for Apex Business Park itself. When Panattoni and Manulife broke ground on the development in 2019, the first phase of roughly 1 million square feet across three buildings was a bet that this stretch of northwest Edmonton, near the Henday and 170 Street, could become a serious industrial corridor.
Landing a tenant the size of Amazon for the second phase is the kind of anchor commitment that tends to attract further industrial development around it. Large logistics operators rarely build in isolation. Amazon's presence signals to other distribution, warehousing, and light industrial companies that the location works, has the highway access it needs, and has a developer with the track record to deliver on schedule. It would not be unusual to see additional announcements at Apex Business Park in the years following Amazon's build, as smaller operators look to locate near a facility of this scale.
What jobs this could bring
No job numbers have been publicly announced for this specific facility, but Amazon's delivery stations are typically significant local employers once operational. The roles that staff a delivery station fall into a few broad categories: warehouse associates who sort and stage packages, delivery station workers who load vehicles for the final leg of delivery, and operations and safety roles that keep the facility running.
Amazon's current Edmonton-area job postings show warehouse associate pay in the range of roughly $16 to $19 per hour, with the company's broader Edmonton listings going up to $22.60 per hour depending on role and experience. Many delivery driver positions in the region are actually staffed through Amazon's Delivery Service Partner program, where independently owned local companies contract with Amazon to operate delivery routes out of facilities like this one, rather than drivers being directly employed by Amazon itself.
Given the scale of this build, a facility of this size will likely require hundreds of workers across warehouse, loading, and delivery roles once it becomes operational, though Amazon has not confirmed specific hiring numbers or timelines.
Why Edmonton, and why now
Amazon has been steadily expanding its physical footprint across the Edmonton region for years, including an existing distribution centre near Edmonton International Airport built under the project name Horizon, delivering more than a million square feet of warehouse space.
A new delivery station specifically in the city's northwest closes a gap in Amazon's coverage for residents on that side of the city, where faster last-mile delivery has previously depended on routing through facilities farther away. The $97 million construction value signals this is being built as serious long-term infrastructure, not a temporary or scaled-down operation.
What comes next
Construction is expected to begin sometime this year, though Amazon has not released a public timeline for groundbreaking or completion. For updates on hiring and the project's progress, Amazon's Edmonton job listings at hiring.amazon.ca remain the most direct source once recruitment begins. The City of Edmonton's public permit and development application records remain the most reliable source for construction updates until Amazon shares more details.
Sources:
City of Edmonton, General Building Permits open data, permit issued June 17, 2026 for 16404 145 Avenue NW (data.edmonton.ca)
Alberta Major Projects Registry, Amazon North Edmonton Fulfillment Centre (majorprojects.alberta.ca)
Western Investor, Amazon Expands Alberta Footprint With Edmonton Land Purchase, February 2026 (westerninvestor.com)
Connect CRE Canada, Amazon Buys Edmonton Development Land for Fulfillment Centre, February 24, 2026 (connectcre.ca)
Amazon Canada, spokesperson confirmation of delivery station project, June 2026
Amazon Canada, Edmonton job listings (hiring.amazon.ca/locations/edmonton-jobs)
