Bonnie Doon is a neighbourhood in south-central

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, Canada. The well-known Mill Creek Ravine Park forms its west boundary. The Bonnie Doon shopping mall is on its east boundary. Bonnie Doon was gradually settled from the 1870s onwards. The western part of Bonnie Doon became a part of the

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in 1907 and became a part of Edmonton when Strathcona and Edmonton merged in

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. The rest of the neighbourhood was annexed by Edmonton the following year. "Bonnie Doon" is a phrase in a

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poem, and refers to the

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in Scotland. In 1910, Ontario-born

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who was of Scottish descent put the name on land he owned east of Mill Creek. Later the name spread to what is now the entire neighbourhood of Bonnie Doon. It is the heart of Edmonton's

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community and hosts the only

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university west of

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, the University of Alberta's Campus Saint-Jean, which is located north of Whyte Avenue on Rue

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(91 Street) and the only Francophone high school west of Winnipeg, École Maurice-Lavallée. The neighbourhood is also home to one of Edmonton's earliest shopping malls,

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. The neighbourhood extends from Connors Road in the north to Whyte (82) Avenue in the south, and from

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in the west to 83 Street in the east. There are two schools in the neighbourhood: Rutherford Elementary School and

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. Surrounding neighbourhoods include:

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to the north, Idylwylde and Holyrood to the east, and King Edward Park to the south. These neighbourhoods are sometimes collectively referred to as the Bonnie Doon area. In the river valley to the north of Bonnie Doon is the neighbourhood of Cloverdale. The community is represented by the Bonnie Doon

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, established in 1918, which maintains a

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and an outdoor rink located at 93 Street and 92 Avenue.

Demographics

In the City of Edmonton's 2019 municipal census, Bonnie Doon had a population of living in dwellings, an 11.17% change from its 2009 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of people/km² in 2012.

Education

Campus Saint-Jean of the

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is in Bonnie Doon. The French-language public school board ''

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'' has its headquarters in the ''La Cité Francophone'' complex.

References

External links

Bonnie Doon Neighbourhood Profile

Bonnie Doon Community League
{{Authority control Neighbourhoods in Edmonton

Demographics

Education

See also

References

External links