Nisku is a

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and an industrial/business park in

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, Canada, within

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. It has an elevation of . The hamlet and industrial/business park are located in

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No. 11 and in the federal riding of

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. The word Nisku means "goose" in Cree. The Hamlet of Nisku is located east of the intersection of

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(Highway 2) and Highway 625, between the cities of

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and Leduc. More specifically, the hamlet is located within an industrial/business park on the north side of Highway 625 (20 Avenue) between Sparrow Drive and the

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railway.

Nisku Industrial Park

The Nisku Industrial Park or Nisku Business Park, according to Leduc County and the Nisku Business Association, respectively, surrounds the hamlet. The park stretches from Edmonton's southern city limits to Leduc's northern city limits on the east side of the Queen Elizabeth II Highway. It is bisected by Highway 625 (20 Avenue), which becomes Highway 19 west of the Queen Elizabeth II Highway. The southern half of the park is located opposite the

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. Established in 1972 by the Sparrow family (brothers Bert, Jim, Murrey, and Don Sparrow), the Nisku Industrial Park has emerged as an important service centre for the

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and has become one of the largest industrial/business parks in

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. The park is in size, is home to over 400 businesses, and employs more than 6,000 workers. Leduc County does not levy a

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in the park. It has been described as "as large as all of downtown Toronto from

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to Forest Hill".

Demographics

The population of Nisku, according to the 2005 municipal census conducted by Leduc County, is 30.

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{{Alberta, hamlets=yes Hamlets in Alberta Leduc County

Nisku Industrial Park

Demographics

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