Ekota is a neighbourhood in

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. In the

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language, Ekota means 'special place.' The neighbourhood is bordered on the north by 23 Avenue, on the east by 66 Street, and on the south and west by Mill Woods Road South.

Demographics

In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Ekota had a population of living in dwellings, a -3.6% change from its 2009 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of people/km² in 2012. At the 2001 census there were 2,830Population data is available from both the ''Ekota Neighbourhood Profile'' and the ''Community Services Neighbourhood Profile'', with both prepared by the City of Edmonton. The total population in the ethnic origin table in the ''Ekota Neighbourhood Profile'' is significantly higher than the number of people given in other parts of the same document. The population distribution nunmbers (including percentages) used here are taken from the ethnic origin table, while the total population is the lower number from the ''Community Services Neighbourhood Profile'' people residing in the neighbourhood. The population is ethnically diverse with almost three out of every four residents providing multiple ethnic groups in the census. Only one in four identified with a single ethnic group. The number identifying themselves as aboriginals was significantly less than 1%. Where residents indicated a single ethnic group, the following were the most common groups indicated (percentages as proportion of total population).

Schools

There are two schools in the neighbourhood. Pupils in the Edmonton Public School System atten
Ekota Elementary School
while pupils in the Edmonton Catholic School System attend St. Clement Catholic School.

Shopping and services

Residents have good access to shopping with the

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shopping centre located to the north east in the neighbourhood of

. Just to the north of Mill Woods Town Centre, in the neighbourhood of Tawa, is the Grey Nuns Community Hospital and the

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's South Division Headquarters. Together, Mill Woods Town Centre and Tawa form the commercial and service core of the entire Mill Woods area. Immediately to the north of the neighbourhood is

Mill Woods Park Mill Woods Park or Mill Woods Sport Park is a large multi-recreational park located in the centre of Mill Woods, Edmonton, just to the west of Mill Woods Town Centre. It serves as the school fields for both Holy Trinity and J Percy Page High Sch ...

located within is the Mill Woods Recreation Centre.

Surrounding neighbourhoods

References

External links

2001 Community Services Neighbourhood ProfileEkota Neighbourhood Profile
{{Edmonton neighbourhoods Neighbourhoods in Edmonton