High Park, Edmonton

This article is about a neighbourhood in Edmonton. For the park in Toronto, see High Park. For the Canadian federal and Ontario provincial electoral district, see High Park (electoral district).

High Park is a neighbourhood in west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The neighbourhood became a part of Edmonton when the Town of Jasper Place amalgamated with Edmonton in 1964.

The neighbourhood is bounded on the north by 111 Avenue, on the south by 107 Avenue, on the east by 149 Street, and on the west by 156 Street.

Most of the residential construction in the neighbourhood occurred between the end of World War II and 1970. It was during this period that about 85% of the residneces were built. According to the 2001 Federal Census, appriximately four out of five residences in the neighbourhood are owner occupied with only one out of five being rented. The residences in the neibhborhood are almost exclusively single family dwellings, which make up approximately 96% of the residences.[1]

There is a single school in the neighbourhood, High Park Elementary School.

Surrounding neighbourhoods

The neighbourhood is surrounded by a mixture of residential and industrial neighbourhoods. Residential neighbourhoods includde Britannia Youngstown, Canora, Grovenor, Mayfield, and McQueen. Industrial neighbourhoods include High Park Industrial, Huff Bremner Estate Industrial, and Sheffield Industrial.

Sheffield Industrial High Park Industrial Huff Bremmer Estate Industrial
Mayfield McQueen
   High Park    
Britannia Youngstown Canora Grovenor

References

  1. ^ [1] [2] and [3]

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