The Leger neighbourhood is located within north-central portion of the Terwillegar Heights Servicing Concept Design Brief plan area. Leger is bounded on the east by Rabbit Hill Road, on the north by a Private Utilities Corporation right-of-way, to the south by 23 Avenue, and to the west by Terwillegar Drive. Prior to urban development the eastern half of the neighbourhood was used for agricultural purposes and the western half of the neighbourhood was used as a gravel quarry. Residential development began in earnest in the late 1990s and continued through to the 2000s.
Commercial development occurred in the mid-2000s and institutional and facilities development began in the later 2000s. The dominant housing form in Leger is the single-detached house, with moderate amounts of medium density residential. Generally, the eastern side of the neighbourhood has more residential uses, while the western portion had institutional facilities, including a district park with a recreation centre and playing fields, and a major transit centre.
All homes are oriented along curvilinear streets, with higher density residential developments located along arterial and collector roads in close proximity to transit routes, commercial amenities, and recreational facilities. A pedestrian and bicycle pathway system connects the residential areas with a commercial site in the southeast and the institutional and recreational amenities in the west. The Leger neighbourhood was named after a long serving Edmonton politician, Edmund Hugh Leger, who was first elected to City Council in 1959 and went on to serve as an alderman for 25
years.