Blackburne is a neighbourhood in southwest

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, Canada. It is an irregularly shaped neighbourhood whose southwest boundary overlooks the Blackmud Creek Ravine. It is bounded by

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to the north and by

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to the east. A small portion of the neighbourhood extends across Blackmud Creek to 111 Street in the west. According to the 2001 federal census, all residential construction in Blackburne occurred after

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. The most common type of residence in the neighbourhood, according to the 2005 municipal census, is the single-family dwelling. These account for seven out of every ten (70%) of all the residences in the neighbourhood. Duplexes are the next most common, accounting for another one out every seven (14%) of all the residences in the neighbourhood. The remaining residences are divided almost equally between

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s (8%) and

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style

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s in low-rise buildings with fewer than five stories (8%). Substantially all (96%) residences in the neighbourhood are owner-occupied.

Demographics

In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Blackburne had a population of living in dwellings, a 0.7% change from its 2009 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of people/km² in 2012.

References

External links

Blackburne Neighbourhood Profile
{{Edmonton neighbourhoods Neighbourhoods in Edmonton