Grandview Heights is a residential neighbourhood in south west
Edmonton
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. It is built on land that had been owned in the 1880s by a family named McCauley.
The neighbourhood is bounded on the north by the
North Saskatchewan River
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valley, on the west by the
Whitemud Creek Ravine and on the south and east by the
University of Alberta
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farm. Road access to the neighbourhood is by 122 Street from the south and by Belgravia Road (after it turns into 122 Street) from the north. Despite a comparatively central location, Grandview Heights has no adjacent neighbourhoods, though it is geographically close to
Lansdowne Lansdowne or Lansdown may refer to:
People
* Lansdown Guilding (1797–1831), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines naturalist and engraver
*Fenwick Lansdowne (1937–2008), Canadian wildlife artist
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Belgravia
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and
Brookside Brookside may refer to:
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* Brookside, Edmonton
* Brookside, Newfoundland and Labrador
* Brookside, Nova Scotia
United Kingdom
* Brookside, Berkshire, England
* Brookside, Telford, an area of Telford, England
United States
* Br ...
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According to the 2001 federal census, approximately 17 out of 20 residences in the neighbourhood were built during the 1960s. Substantially all of the residences (95%) are
single family residences with almost all the remainder being
rented
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apartment
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s in a low rise building with fewer than five stories. Substantially all residences in the neighbourhood are owner occupied.
The community is represented by the Grandview Heights
Community League
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, established in 1961, which maintains a
community hall
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and tennis courts located at 126 Street and 63 Avenue.
Demographics
In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Grandview Heights had a population of living in dwellings,
a -4.1% 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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Average household income in Grandview Heights is significantly higher than the average household income in the City of Edmonton at large.
There is a single school in the neighbourhood, operated by the Edmonton Public School System, Grandview Heights Elementary Junior High School.
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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
External links
Grandview Heights Community League Website
Grandview Heights Neighbourhood Profile
{{Edmonton neighbourhoods
Neighbourhoods in Edmonton