Confederation Suburban Centre, Saskatoon

City of Saskatoon Neighbourhoods
Confederation Suburban Centre
Confederation Suburban Development Area
Population: 580
Average Family Income: $22,873
Average Household Size: 2.1
Homeownership: 18.5%
Average Home Selling Price: $67,838
Municipal Ward: 3
Statistics c2005 [1]

Confederation Suburban Centre is a community in the city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, which consists primarily of commercial development.

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Demographics

Confederation Suburban Centre contains Confederation Park Mall, Cosmo Civic Centre, Plaza 22, Carlyle King Library, Fairhaven Bowl and The Real Canadian Superstore. Confederation Suburban Centre has a straight northern boundary that does not follow any roadway, but follows along the edge of the Massey Place Neighborhood around and about Milton Street and a southernmost tip at 11th Street East. It has an eastern boundary along Circle Drive. The western boundary is Diefenbaker Drive between 22nd Street and extends north from here to about Milton Street. The western boundary on the southern portion of 22nd Street encompasses Confederation Inn, and all retail sectors which are east of Fairmount Drive, and north of Fairlight Drive. The western boundary continues along the course of Circle Drive until 11th Street taking in the SGI complex, the Jehovah Witness Hall and the Baseball Diamonds and some of W.A. Reid Park.

History

Most of the amenities were constructed between 1970 and 1990. The area was designated a Suburban Centre in the 1980s; prior to this the portion north of 22nd Street was considered part of the Confederation Park community and the area to the south part of Fairhaven.

Layout

This area comprises mainly non residential development between the neighboring communities. It makes use of land area on the west side of the major interchange between 22nd Street and Circle Drive.

Shopping Malls

The Confederation Suburban Center contains 400 operating businesses which is 8% of Saskatoon's retail sector[2]

Confederation Mall

See Confederation Mall

Plaza 22

Plaza 22 Mall is a strip mall consisting of a Blockbuster video store, Dollar Store, Fabricland, and a hair salon.

22nd Street Arterial Commercial District

This is a neighborhood of shopping amenities. Several strip malls complement the area and nestle around Canadian Tire, and The Real Canadian Superstore offering a wide variety of goods and services.

See also

List of shopping malls in Saskatoon

Recreation

Cosmo Civic Centre

Area Parks

Recycling

Transportation

22nd Street (Highway 14) is a major thoroughfare through Saskatoon Highway 14 connects with Asquith, Biggar Wilkie, Unity, and Macklin en route to Alberta.

City Transit

Saskatoon Transit Bus Terminal Mall located on the north side of the Confederation Park Parking Lot along Laurier Drive.

North: Massey Place
West: Pacific Heights
Parkridge
Fairhaven
Confederation Suburban Centre East: Mount Royal
Meadowgreen
South: Montgomery Place

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References

  1. ^ Neighborhood Profiles
  2. ^ Business Profile URL accessed February 3, 2007
  3. ^ Selling an Idea or a Product URL accessed January 27, 2007

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