Westview Village, or Westview Village Manufactured Home Community, is a neighbourhood located in west
Edmonton
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. A
manufactured home
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community, it is located on the west side of Winterburn Road (215 Street) at 107 Avenue NW. The area was part of
Parkland County
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History
;20 ...
until the
1982 Edmonton general annexation.
The community is represented by the Westview Village
Community League
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, established in 1985, which maintains a
community hall
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and outdoor rink located at West View Boulevard and West View Crescent.
Demographics
In the City of Edmonton's 2019 municipal census, Westview Village had a population of living in dwellings,
a -5.6% change from its 2012 population of .
With a land area of ,
it had a population density of people/km
2 in 2019.
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Residential development
Over half the homes in Westview Village (54.2%) were moved into the park during the 1970s, with a small percentage (4.2%) predating 1970. After 1980, the number of new homes being moved into the neighbourhood dropped off, with roughly 150 homes being moved into the neighbourhood in each of the following decades.[City of Edmonton. Census]
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The majority of the homes in the neighbourhood are manufactured homes, though there are a few duplexes
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. Owner-occupancy
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is high, with roughly 97% of homes being owner occupied.[
]
Surrounding neighbourhoods
Westview Village is surrounded by Winterburn Industrial
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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 ...
* Evergreen, Edmonton
* Maple Ridge, Edmonton
Maple Ridge, or Maple Ridge/Oak Ridge, is a neighbourhood in southeast Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. A manufactured home community, it is located on the east side of 17 Street NW at 66 Avenue NW. It is surrounded by industrial lands.
Maple Ridge had ...
References
External links
Westview Village Neighborhood Profile (2005)
Neighbourhoods in Edmonton
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