Evergreen, or Evergreen Community,
is a neighbourhood in the rural northeast portion of the City of
Edmonton
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,
Alberta
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, Canada. A
manufactured home
Manufactured housing (commonly known as mobile homes in the United States) is a type of prefabricated housing that is largely assembled in factories and then transported to sites of use. The definition of the term in the United States is regu ...
community, it is located at the northwest corner of 167 Avenue NW and Meridian Street.
Evergreen had a population of 1,450 according to Edmonton's 2012 municipal census.
The community is represented by the Edmonton Evergreen
Community Association A community association is a nongovernmental association of participating members of a community, such as a neighborhood, village, condominium, cooperative, or group of homeowners or property owners in a delineated geographic area. Participation m ...
, established in 1982, which runs a
community hall
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located at Evergreen Drive and Cedar Avenue.
Demographics
In the City of Edmonton's 2016 municipal census, Evergreen had a population of living in dwellings,
a -2.4% change from its 2014 population of .
With a land area of ,
it had a population density of people/km
2 in 2016.
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Black Friday
On July 31, 1987, fifteen people in Evergreen were killed and almost 200 homes were destroyed or damaged beyond repair when the Edmonton Tornado
The Edmonton tornado of 1987, an event also known as Black Friday to Edmontonians, was a powerful and devastating tornado that ripped through the eastern parts of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and parts of neighbouring Strathcona County on the afte ...
swept through the community at the north end of its path of death and destruction.
Surrounding neighbourhoods
See also
* 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 ...
* Westview Village, Edmonton
* 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
City of Edmonton neighbourhood profileCalgary Sun article on the 1987 tornadoEvergreen Community Website
Neighbourhoods in Edmonton
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