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, a priest from

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bounded on the south east by Argyll Road, on the south west by

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, on the north by 76 Avenue and on the east by 75 Street. It is surrounded by a mixture of residential neighbourhoods and industrial subdivisions. To the north is the residential subdivision of King Edward Park. To the east and south east are the industrial subdivisions of Girard Industrial and Coronet Addition Industrial. Separated from Avonmore by the Mill Creek Ravine are the residential neighbourhoods of

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, Hazeldean and

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. Avonmore is an ethnically mixed neighbourhood with the most commonly identified ethnic groups for persons identifying themselves with a single ethnic group in the 2001 Federal Census being German (5.9%), Canadian (5.2%), Ukrainian (3.3%), Scottish (2.6%) and English (2.0%). Three out of four census respondents identified themselves with multiple ethnic groups. Avonmore School is an elementary and junior high school in the neighbourhood. It is home to the Nellie McClung Program for Junior High Girls. The community is represented by the Avonmore

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, established in 1957, which maintains a community hall and outdoor rink located at 79 Street and 73 Avenue.

Demographics

In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Avonmore had a population of living in dwellings, a -2.5% change from its 2009 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of people/km² in 2012.

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