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Aldergrove, Edmonton
Aldergrove is a residential neighbourhood in west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The neighbourhood is bounded on the north by 87 Avenue, on the east by 178 Street, on the south by Whitemud Drive and on the west by Anthony Henday Drive. The Anthony Henday provides access to destinations to the south of the city including the Edmonton International Airport. Whitemud Drive provides access to destinations on the south side, including: the University of Alberta. Old Strathcona, Southgate Centre and South Edmonton Common. According to the 2001 federal census, over half (55.3%) of the residences in the neighbourhood were built during the 1970s. Most of the remainder (38.3%) were built during the 1980s. By 1990, residential development of the neighbourhood was substantially complete. The most common type of residence in Aldergrove, according to the 2005 municipal census, is the single-family dwelling. These account for almost six out of every ten (57%) of all the residences in the neig ...
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Edmonton
Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city anchors the north end of what Statistics Canada defines as the " Calgary–Edmonton Corridor". As of 2021, Edmonton had a city population of 1,010,899 and a metropolitan population of 1,418,118, making it the fifth-largest city and sixth-largest metropolitan area (CMA) in Canada. Edmonton is North America's northernmost large city and metropolitan area comprising over one million people each. A resident of Edmonton is known as an ''Edmontonian''. Edmonton's historic growth has been facilitated through the absorption of five adjacent urban municipalities ( Strathcona, North Edmonton, West Edmonton, Beverly and Jasper Place) hus Edmonton is said to be a combination of two cities, two towns and two villages./ref> in addition to a series ...
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Single-family Detached Home
A stand-alone house (also called a single-detached dwelling, detached residence or detached house) is a free-standing residential building. It is sometimes referred to as a single-family home, as opposed to a multi-family residential dwelling. Definitions The definition of this type of house may vary between legal jurisdictions or statistical agencies. The definition, however, generally includes two elements: * Single-family (home, house, or dwelling) means that the building is usually occupied by just one household or family, and consists of just one dwelling unit or suite. In some jurisdictions allowances are made for basement suites or mother-in-law suites without changing the description from "single family". It does exclude, however, any short-term accommodation (hotel, motels, inns), large-scale rental accommodation ( rooming or boarding houses, apartments), or condominia. * Detached (house, home, or dwelling) means that the building does not share wall with oth ...
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Lymburn, Edmonton
Lymburn is a residential neighbourhood located in west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is named for attorney general John F. Lymburn. According to the 2001 federal census, residential development in the neighbourhood began during the 1970s when one in three (33.6%) of the residences in the neighbourhood were constructed. Just under half (43.7%) of the residences were constructed during the following decade. One in five (18.4%) of residences were constructed during the 1990s. The neighbourhood description in the City of Edmonton map utility indicated that, by 2007, residential development of the neighbourhood was not yet complete. The most common type of residence in Lymburn, according to the 2005 municipal census, was the single-family dwelling. These accounted for seven out of every ten (70%) of all residences in the neighbourhood. Duplexes were the next most common type of residence, accounting for 16% of all residences. Row houses accounted for 8% of all residences, w ...
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Glastonbury, Edmonton
Glastonbury is a newer residential neighbourhood in west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. According to the 2001 federal census, all residences in Glastonbury were constructed after 1995. The most common type of residence, according to the 2005 municipal census, is the single-family dwelling. These account for approximately seven out of every ten (72%) of all residences. Another two in ten (18%) are duplexes. The remaining 9% of residences are split almost equally between row houses and apartment style condominiums in high-rise buildings with more than five stories. Almost all (98%) of residences are owner-occupied, with only two percent being rented. The neighbourhood is bounded on the north by Whitemud Drive, on the east by Anthony Henday Drive, and on the south by 62 Avenue. Whitemud Drive provides access to destinations on the south side, including: Whyte Avenue, the University of Alberta. and Southgate Centre. The Anthony Henday provides access to destinations to the south of ...
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Thorncliff, Edmonton
Thorncliff is a neighbourhood in west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada located immediately to the south of West Edmonton Mall. According to the neighbourhood description in the City of EdmontoMap Utility the neighbourhood was designed to control urban sprawl and improve the delivery of services. Whitemud Drive, located just to the south of the neighbourhood, provides good access to destinations on the south side, including the University of Alberta, Fort Edmonton Park, and the Southgate Centre shopping mall. According to the 2001 federal census, development of the neighbourhood began in the 1960s when nearly one in five (17.2%) of residences were constructed. However, the bulk of residential construction didn't occur until the 1970s when roughly six out of ten (59.8%) of residences were built. Most of the remaining residences (17.3%) were built during the 1980s. The most common type of residence in the neighbourhood, according to the 2005 municipal census, are apartments and apartmen ...
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Potter Greens, Edmonton
Potter Greens is a post 1990 residential neighbourhood in west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Demographics In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Potter Greens had a population of living in dwellings, a -0.2% change from its 2009 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of people/km2 in 2012. Residential development According to the 2001 federal census, substantially all (95.8%) of the residences in the neighbourhood were built during the 1990s. The most common type of residence, according to the 2005 municipal census, is the single-family dwelling. These account for just over eight out of every ten (84%) of all the residences in the neighbourhood. The remaining residences are all duplexes. substantially all (99%) of the residences are owner-occupied.http://censusdocs.edmonton.ca/C05002/MUNICIPAL%202005/Neighbourhood/POTTER%20GREENS.pdf The neighbourhood is bounded on the east by Anthony Henday Drive, on the west by Lewis Estates Boulev ...
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Belmead, Edmonton
Belmead is a residential neighbourhood in west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Residents in Belmead live just to the west of West Edmonton Mall, the largest shopping centre in Canada. A portion of the neighbourhood, from 188 Street to 190 Street, is called Park West. While residential development of the neighbourhood began in the 1960s, when 6.3% of all residences were constructed, according to the 2001 federal census, most residential development took place during the 1970s. It was during the 1970s that six out of ten (59.6%) residences were constructed. Another one in five (19.2%) were built during the 1980s and one in eight (12.6%) were built during the 1990s. The most common type of residence in the neighbourhood, according to the 2005 municipal census, is the single-family dwelling. These account for half (50%) of all the residences in the neighbourhood. Row houses account for another one in three (36%) of all residences. One in ten (9%) of all residences are rented apart ...
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Suder Greens, Edmonton
Suder Greens is a newer residential neighbourhood in west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Development of the neighbourhood is comparatively recent. According to the 2005 municipal census, there were 269 occupied residences in the neighbourhood. Three out of four (75%) of these were single-family dwellings. The remaining one in four (25%) residences were apartment style condominiums in low-rise buildings with fewer than five stories. Substantially all (97%) were owner occupied, with only 3% being rented.http://censusdocs.edmonton.ca/C05002/MUNICIPAL%202005/Neighbourhood/SUDER%20GREENS.pdf The neighbourhood is bounded on the west by Winterburn Road and on the east by Anthony Henday Drive. It shares an irregular southern boundary with the neighbourhoods of Breckenridge Greens and Potter Greens. The Anthony Henday provides access to destinations to the south of the city including the Edmonton International Airport. West Edmonton Mall West Edmonton Mall (WEM) is a shopping mal ...
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Neighborhood Council
A neighborhood council (also known as a community league) is a governmental or non-governmental body, whose purpose is to promote citizen participation in local government.Martin Minogue, ''Documents on Contemporary British Government: Volume 2, Local Government in Britain''. Cambridge University Press, 1977. . The organization serves as a point of contact between the main city government and the city's residents, through functions such as publishing community newsletters to communicate civic and political issues to the community, making advisory recommendations to the citywide government on the community's needs and its views on governmental policies and issues, and direct participation in the management of neighborhood projects and facilities. Neighborhood councils do not have direct legislative power of their own. Neighborhood councils often act in concert with local schools, churches, political organizations, and recreational organizations in keeping all members of the communi ...
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Summerlea, Edmonton
Summerlea is a neighbourhood located in west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is bounded by 170 Street to the east, 178 Street to the west, 95 Avenue to the north and 87 Avenue to the south. Summerlea is home to West Edmonton Mall, one of Edmonton's best-known tourist destinations. The mall occupies almost the entire southern half of the neighbourhood. The community is represented by the Summerlea Community League, established in 1984. Demographics In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Summerlea had a population of living in dwellings, a -0.7% change from its 2009 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of people/km2 in 2012. Summerlea is an ethnically diverse neighbourhood with no identifiable ethnic group accounting for more than 10% of the population. Almost two out of three respondents in the 2001 federal census indicated affiliation with multiple ethnic groups. Crime With the largest mall in North America in the neighbourhood and a ...
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West Edmonton Mall
West Edmonton Mall (WEM) is a shopping mall in Edmonton, Alberta, that is owned, managed, and operated by Triple Five Group. It is the second most visited mall in Canada, after the Toronto Eaton Centre in Toronto, followed by Metrotown Mall in Burnaby, and the 14th largest in the world (along with The Dubai Mall) by gross leasable area. It is currently the 2nd largest shopping mall, by square footage, in North America behind the Mall of America. Mall of America encompasses 5.6 million square feet and West Edmonton Mall encompasses 5.3 million square feet. By store count, West Edmonton Mall is the highest in the Western Hemisphere as it currently counts over 800 occupants, in comparison to Mall of America's 520 occupants. The mall was founded by the Ghermezian brothers, who emigrated from Iran in 1959. The mall's major anchor stores are Hudson's Bay, London Drugs, Marshalls, Simons, The Brick, and Winners/HomeSense. West Edmonton Mall covers a gross area of about . It holds ove ...
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Edmonton Public Schools
Edmonton Public Schools (legally Edmonton School Division) is the largest public school division in Edmonton, the second largest in Alberta, and the sixth largest in Canada. The division offers a variety of alternative and special needs programs, and many are offered in multiple locations to improve accessibility for students. As a public school division, Edmonton Public Schools accepts all students who meet age and residency requirements set out in provincial legislation. Size Edmonton Public Schools operates 212 schools. There are a total of 124 elementary schools, 38 elementary/junior high schools, 5 elementary/junior/senior high schools, 26 junior high schools, 4 junior/senior highs, 15 senior high schools, and 7 other educational services offered. Approximately 105,000 students attend Edmonton Public Schools and there are over 9,700 full-time staff equivalencies. The proposed operating budget is $1.21 billion for the 2021–2022 fiscal year. Governance A group of nine elect ...
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