Blackburne is a neighbourhood in southwest
Edmonton
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,
Alberta
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, Canada. It is an irregularly shaped neighbourhood whose southwest boundary overlooks the Blackmud Creek Ravine. It is bounded by
Anthony Henday Drive
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to the north and by
Calgary Trail
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to the east. A small portion of the neighbourhood extends across Blackmud Creek to
111 Street in the west.
According to the 2001 federal census, all residential construction in Blackburne occurred after
1990
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.
The most common type of residence in the neighbourhood, according to the 2005 municipal census, is the
single-family dwelling. These account for seven out of every ten (70%) of all the residences in the neighbourhood.
Duplexes
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are the next most common, accounting for another one out every seven (14%) of all the residences in the neighbourhood. The remaining residences are divided almost equally between
row houses (8%) and
apartment style
condominiums in low-rise buildings with fewer than five stories (8%). Substantially all (96%) residences in the neighbourhood are owner-occupied.
Demographics
In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Blackburne 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/km
2 in 2012.
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References
External links
Blackburne Neighbourhood Profile
{{Edmonton neighbourhoods
Neighbourhoods in Edmonton