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Hays Ridge, Edmonton
Hays Ridge is a neighbourhood that is under development in southwest Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Subdivision and development of the neighbourhood is being guided by the Hays Ridge Neighbourhood Area Structure Plan (NASP), which was adopted by Edmonton City Council on April 16, 2012. The neighbourhood is named after Helen Hays. Hays Ridge is located within the Heritage Valley area and was the original Heritage Valley Neighbourhood 11 within Heritage Valley Servicing Concept Design Brief (SCDB). It is bounded by the Glenridding Ravine neighbourhood to the west and northwest across Whitemud Creek, Anthony Henday Drive to the northeast, the Paisley and Graydon Hill neighbourhoods to the east, and the Chappelle Chappelle is a surname of French origin, a variant of the word ''chapelle'' meaning "chapel". Notable people with the name include: * Bill Chappelle, American baseball player * Charles W. Chappelle (1872–1941), African-American aviation pioneer ... neighbourhood to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces And Territories Of Canada
Within the geographical areas of Canada, the ten provinces and three territories are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North America—New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada (which upon Confederation was divided into Ontario and Quebec)—united to form a federation, becoming a fully independent country over the next century. Over its history, Canada's international borders have changed several times as it has added territories and provinces, making it the world's second-largest country by area. The major difference between a Canadian province and a territory is that provinces receive their power and authority from the ''Constitution Act, 1867'' (formerly called the ''British North America Act, 1867''), whereas territorial governments are creatures of statute with powers delegated to them by the Parliament of Canada. The powers flowing from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities In Alberta
A city is the highest form of all incorporated List of communities in Alberta#Urban municipalities, urban municipality statuses used in the Canadian Province of Alberta. Alberta cities are created when communities with populations of at least 10,000 people, where a majority of their buildings are on parcels of land smaller than 1,850 m², apply to Alberta Municipal Affairs for city status under the authority of the ''Municipal Government Act''. Applications for city status are approved via orders in council made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council under recommendation from the Minister of Municipal Affairs. Alberta has 19 cities that had a cumulative population of 3,023,641 (not including the population in the Saskatchewan portion of Lloydminster) and an average population of in the 2021 Canadian Census, 2021 Census of Population. Alberta's largest and smallest cities are Calgary and Wetaskiwin, with populations of 1,306,784 and 12,594, respectively. Beaumont, Alber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Neighbourhoods In Edmonton
The City of Edmonton, the provincial capital of Alberta, Canada is divided into 7 geographic sectors and 375 neighbourhoods, not including those proposed and planned neighbourhoods that have yet to be developed. This article generally describes each sector, their neighbourhoods, and the applicable intermediary areas between the sector and neighbourhood geographic levels. __TOC__ Mature area sector Edmonton's mature area sector, or inner city, corresponds with those neighbourhoods deemed mature neighbourhoods in the city's municipal development plan. The sector's neighbourhoods, primarily residential in nature, were essentially built out prior to 1970. It includes the city's central core, which includes its downtown. It also includes neighbourhoods within the five former municipalities that Edmonton absorbed between 1912 and 1964, as well as mature neighbourhoods beyond the central core and these municipalities. Central core Edmonton's central core comprises Downtown Edmonton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heritage Valley, Edmonton
Heritage Valley is a residential area in the southwest portion of the City of Edmonton in Alberta, Canada. It was established in 2001 through Edmonton City Council's adoption of the Heritage Valley Servicing Concept Design Brief, which guides the overall development of the area. The theme of neighbourhood names within Heritage Valley is "Edmontonians of the Century". Neighbourhoods The Heritage Valley Servicing Concept Design Brief originally planned for 15 separate neighbourhoods. Today, the Heritage Valley area includes the following: * Allard; *Blackmud Creek; * Callaghan; * Cashman; * Cavanagh; *Chappelle; * Desrochers; * Graydon Hill; * Hays Ridge; *Heritage Valley Neighbourhood 14; * Heritage Valley Town Centre; * MacEwan; * Paisley; * Richford; and * Rutherford. Land use plans In addition to the Heritage Valley Servicing Concept Design Brief, the following plans were adopted to further guide development of certain portions of the Heritage Valley area: *the Allard Neig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmonton City Council
The Edmonton City Council is the governing body of the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Edmonton currently has one mayor and twelve city councillors. Elections are held every four years. The most recent was held in 2021, and the next is in 2025. The mayor is elected across the whole city, through the First Past the Post plurality voting system. Councillors are elected one per ward, a division of the city, through the First Past the Post plurality voting system. On July 22, 2009, City Council voted to change the electoral system of six wards to a system of 12 wards; each represented by a single councillor. The changes took effect in the 2010 election. In the 2010 election, Edmonton was divided into 12 wards each electing one councillor. Before that system was adopted in 1980, the city at different times used a variety of different electoral systems for the election of its councillors: two different systems of wards, one using FPTP, the other Block Voting systems; at-large elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legislative Assembly Of Alberta
The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is the deliberative assembly of the province of Alberta, Canada. It sits in the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton. The Legislative Assembly currently has 87 members, elected first past the post from single-member electoral districts. Bills passed by the Legislative Assembly are given royal assent by the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, as the viceregal representative of the King of Canada. The Legislative Assembly and the Lieutenant Governor together make up the unicameral Alberta Legislature. The maximum period between general elections of the assembly, as set by Section 4 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is five years, which is further reinforced in Alberta's ''Legislative Assembly Act''. Convention dictates the premier controls the date of election and usually selects a date in the fourth or fifth year after the preceding election. Amendments to Alberta's ''Elections Act'' introduced in 2011 fixed the date of election to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Canadian House Of Commons
Lists of members of the Canadian House of Commons cover the members elected to the House of Commons of Canada, the lower chamber of the bicameral Parliament of Canada. Seats in the House of Commons are distributed roughly in proportion to the population of each province and territory. The lists of members are organized alphabetically, by age and by parliament. Alphabetical By Parliament * 1st (1867–1872) * 2nd (1873–1874) * 3rd (1874–1878) * 4th (1879–1882) * 5th (1883–1887) * 6th (1887–1891) * 7th (1891–1896) * 8th (1896–1900) * 9th (1901–1904) * 10th (1905–1908) * 11th (1908–1911) * 12th (1911–1917) * 13th (1918–1921) * 14th (1922–1925) * 15th (1926) * 16th (1926–1930) * 17th (1930–1935) * 18th (1936–1940) * 19th (1940–1945) * 20th (1945–1949) * 21st (1949–1953) * 22nd (1953–1957) * 23rd (1957–1958) * 24th (1958–1962) * 25th (1962–1963) * 26th (1963–1965) * 27th (1966–1968) * 28th (1968–1972) * 29th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenridding Ravine, Edmonton
Glenridding Ravine is a future neighbourhood in southwest Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Glenridding Ravine is located within the Windermere area and, along with Glenridding Heights, comprised the original Neighbourhood 4 within Windermere Area Structure Plan (ASP). It is bounded by the future Windermere Neighbourhood 5 to the west, Glenridding Heights neighbourhood to the northwest, the Hays Ridge (Heritage Valley Neighbourhood 11) and Chappelle neighbourhoods to the east and southeast across Whitemud Creek, and Leduc County to the south. The community is represented by the Greater Windermere Community League. Surrounding neighbourhoods See also * Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues The Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues (EFCL) is a non-profit organization that acts as an administrative body to support community leagues throughout Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and is officially recognized by city council as the coordinatin ... References Neighbourhoods i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitemud Creek
Whitemud Creek is a tributary of the North Saskatchewan River in central Alberta, Canada. For part of its length, the creek flows through the City of Edmonton, separating neighbourhoods in the Riverbend and Terwillegar Heights areas from other neighbourhoods on the south side of the North Saskatchewan River. Blackmud Creek flows into Whitemud Creek near the northwest corner of the neighborhood of Twin Brooks. For the majority of the creek's area in the city is considered to be a protected area. This also includes other protected areas such as Larch Sanctuary, which is a reserve south of 23rd avenue which officially opened in the spring of 2017 Whitemud Creek acts as an important wildlife corridor to allow for free movement of species around Edmonton. The water level varies from .https://rivers.alberta.ca/ Upstream of the river there are various wildlife underpasses as various roads dissect this landscape, this keeps the creek contiguous, the most notable of which is that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Henday Drive
Anthony Henday Drive (Highway 216) is a freeway that encircles Edmonton, Alberta. It is a heavily travelled commuter and truck bypass route with the southwest quadrant serving as a portion of the CANAMEX Corridor that links Canada to the United States and Mexico. Henday is one of the busiest highways in Western Canada, carrying over 108,000 vehicles per day in 2019 at its busiest point near West Edmonton Mall. Rush hour congestion is common on the four-lane section in southwest Edmonton, where traffic levels have risen due to rapid suburban development. Work began in fall 2019 to widen this section to six lanes by the end of 2022. Calgary Trail in south Edmonton is designated as the starting point of the ring, with exit numbers increasing clockwise as the freeway proceeds across the North Saskatchewan River to the Cameron Heights neighbourhood, then north past Whitemud Drive, Stony Plain Road and Yellowhead Trail to St. Albert. It continues east past ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paisley, Edmonton
Paisley is a future neighbourhood in southwest Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Subdivision and development of the neighbourhood will be guided by the Heritage Valley Neighbourhood 12 Neighbourhood Area Structure Plan (NASP) adopted by Edmonton City Council on August 29, 2011. The neighbourhood was officially named in 2012 after Brian Paisley, founder of the Edmonton International Fringe Festival. Paisely is located within the Heritage Valley area and was the original Heritage Valley Neighbourhood 12 within Heritage Valley Servicing Concept Design Brief (SCDB). It is bounded by the future Hays Ridge neighbourhood to the west and northwest across 141 Street SW, the Chappelle neighbourhood to the south across future 28 Avenue SW, the future Heritage Valley Neighbourhood 14 to the east across future Heritage Valley Trail and the future Graydon Hill neighbourhood to the north between Paisley and Ellerslie Road The following is a list of the east–west arterial thoroughfares in the cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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