Spruce Avenue is an irregular shaped residential neighbourhood in
Edmonton
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,
Alberta
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,
Canada
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. The neighbourhood is home to
Kingsway Mall
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, the
Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital
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, the
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
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, the Norwood Extended Care Hospital, Spruce Avenue Community Center, Spruce Avenue Junior High School, and St. Basil Catholic Junior High School. The neighbourhood takes its name from the former designation of 114 Avenue.
It is bounded on the south by 111 Avenue, on the east by 97 Street and on the south west by
Kingsway Avenue. The northeast boundary runs along Princess Elizabeth Avenue to 107 Street before turning north along 107 Street. The north boundary then follows
118 Avenue (Alberta Avenue) until it reaches 97 Street.
Surrounding neighbourhoods are
Westwood to the north,
Alberta Avenue to the east and north east,
McCauley to the south east,
Central McDougall to the south,
Queen Mary Park
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to the southwest, and
Prince Rupert
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to the west. To the north west is the
Edmonton City Centre Airport
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It was bordered by Yellowhead Trail to the north, Kingsway to the south, ...
.
The community is represented by the Spruce Avenue
Community League
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, established in 1918, which maintains a
community hall
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located at 102 Street and 115 Avenue.
Demographics
In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Spruce Avenue had a population of living in dwellings,
a -1.6% 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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Residential development
Spruce Avenue is an older neighbourhood with just under one residence in three constructed by the end of World War II
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. Substantially all construction was completed by 1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – ...
. While the most common type of residence is the single-family dwelling (63%), there are a significant number of apartment
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s (24%) and row house
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s (11%). Approximately six out of every ten residences are rented
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, with the remainder being owner occupied.
Surrounding neighborhoods
See also
* Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues
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References
External links
Spruce Avenue Neighbourhood Profile
{{Edmonton neighbourhoods
Neighbourhoods in Edmonton
Official website