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===Neighbourhoods=== {{See also|List of neighbourhoods in Edmonton}} [[File:Victoria Promenade.jpg|thumb|Victoria Promenade in the residential neighbourhood of [[Oliver, Edmonton|Oliver]]. The neighbourhood borders downtown Edmonton.]] Edmonton is divided into 375 neighbourhoods<ref name=nbhds>{{cite web|url=https://data.edmonton.ca/City-Administration/Neighbourhoods-data-plus-kml-file-/65fr-66s6 |title=Neighbourhoods (data plus kml file) |publisher=City of Edmonton |access-date=September 10, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512114415/https://data.edmonton.ca/City-Administration/Neighbourhoods-data-plus-kml-file-/65fr-66s6 |archive-date=May 12, 2012 }}</ref> within seven geographic sectors β a mature area sector, which includes neighbourhoods that were essentially built out before 1970,<ref name=MDP>{{cite web|url=http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/PDF/MDP_Bylaw_15100.pdf |title=The Way We Grow: Municipal Development Plan Bylaw 15100 |publisher=City of Edmonton |date=June 23, 2010 |access-date=July 19, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313233109/http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/PDF/MDP_Bylaw_15100.pdf |archive-date=March 13, 2016 }}</ref> and six surrounding suburban sectors.<ref name=sectors>{{cite web | url=http://www.edmonton.ca/business_economy/documents/PDF/Developing_and_Planned_Neighbourhoods_2011_-_Final_Report.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130904040707/http://www.edmonton.ca/business_economy/documents/PDF/Developing_and_Planned_Neighbourhoods_2011_-_Final_Report.pdf | archive-date=September 4, 2013 | title=Edmonton Developing and Planned Neighbourhoods, 2011 | publisher=City of Edmonton | access-date=September 10, 2012}}</ref> Edmonton's [[Downtown, Edmonton|Downtown]] is within the city's mature area or inner city.<ref name=sectors/> It and the surrounding [[Boyle Street, Edmonton|Boyle Street]], [[Central McDougall, Edmonton|Central McDougall]], [[Cloverdale, Edmonton|Cloverdale]], [[Garneau, Edmonton|Garneau]], [[McCauley, Edmonton|McCauley]], [[Oliver, Edmonton|Oliver]], [[Queen Mary Park, Edmonton|Queen Mary Park]], [[Riverdale, Edmonton|Riverdale]], Rossdale, [[Strathcona, Edmonton|Strathcona]] and University of Alberta form Edmonton's Central Core.<ref name=MDP/> Oliver and Garneau are the city's [[List of neighbourhoods in Edmonton#List|most populated and most densely populated]] neighbourhoods respectively. The mature area sector also contains the five former [[List of communities in Alberta#Urban municipalities|urban municipalities]] annexed by the city over its history: Beverly, Jasper Place, North Edmonton, Strathcona and West Edmonton (Calder).<ref name=AnnexationMap/><ref name=sectors/> Larger residential areas within Edmonton's six suburban sectors,<ref name=sectors/> each comprising multiple neighbourhoods,<ref name=wardsnbhds>{{cite web | url=http://www.edmonton.ca/business_economy/documents/EdmontonWardNeighbourhoods.pdf |title=City of Edmonton Wards & Standard Neighbourhoods |publisher=City of Edmonton |access-date=September 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503100206/http://www.edmonton.ca/business_economy/documents/EdmontonWardNeighbourhoods.pdf |archive-date=May 3, 2014}}</ref> include [[Heritage Valley, Edmonton|Heritage Valley]], [[Kaskitayo, Edmonton|Kaskitayo]], [[Riverbend, Edmonton|Riverbend]], [[Terwillegar Heights, Edmonton|Terwillegar Heights]] and [[Windermere (area), Edmonton|Windermere]] (southwest sector); [[The Grange, Edmonton|The Grange]], [[Lewis Farms, Edmonton|Lewis Farms]] and [[West Jasper Place (area), Edmonton|West Jasper Place]] (west sector); [[Big Lake, Edmonton|Big Lake]] (northwest sector); [[Castle Downs, Edmonton|Castle Downs]], [[Lake District, Edmonton|Lake District]] and [[The Palisades, Edmonton|The Palisades]] (north sector); [[Casselman-Steele Heights, Edmonton|Casselman-Steele Heights]], [[Clareview, Edmonton|Clareview]], [[Hermitage, Edmonton|Hermitage]], [[Londonderry, Edmonton|Londonderry]] and [[Pilot Sound, Edmonton|Pilot Sound]] (northeast sector); and [[Ellerslie (area), Edmonton|Ellerslie]], [[The Meadows, Edmonton|The Meadows]], Mill Woods and [[Southeast Edmonton]] (southeast sector).<ref name=plans>{{cite web |url=http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/PDF/Plans_in_Effect.pdf |title=City of Edmonton Plans in Effect Map |publisher=City of Edmonton |date=October 2013 |access-date=May 3, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326082142/http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/PDF/Plans_in_Effect.pdf |archive-date=March 26, 2014 }}</ref> Mill Woods is divided into a town centre community ([[Mill Woods Town Centre (community), Edmonton|Mill Woods Town Centre]])<ref name=MWTCNASP>{{cite web | url=http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/Mill_Woods_Town_Centre_ASP_Consolidation.pdf | publisher=City of Edmonton | title=Mill Woods Town Centre Neighbourhood Area Structure Plan (Office Consolidation) | date=December 2006 | access-date=November 28, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503100454/http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/Mill_Woods_Town_Centre_ASP_Consolidation.pdf |archive-date=May 3, 2014}}</ref> and eight surrounding communities:<ref name=MWDC>{{cite web | url=http://www.edmonton.ca/for_residents/Mill_Woods_Development_Concept_Consolidation.pdf | title=Mill Woods Development Concept | publisher=City of Edmonton | access-date=February 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503101127/http://www.edmonton.ca/for_residents/Mill_Woods_Development_Concept_Consolidation.pdf |archive-date=May 3, 2014}}</ref> [[Burnewood, Edmonton|Burnewood]], [[Knottwood, Edmonton|Knottwood]], [[Lakewood, Edmonton|Lakewood]], [[Millbourne, Edmonton|Millbourne]], [[Millhurst, Edmonton|Millhurst]], [[Ridgewood, Edmonton|Ridgewood]], [[Southwood, Edmonton|Southwood]], and [[Woodvale, Edmonton|Woodvale]].<ref name=MWCL>{{cite web|title=Community Leagues |url=http://www.seedmonton.ca/community_leagues/ |publisher=Mill Woods Presidents' Council |access-date=November 28, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627014026/http://seedmonton.ca/community_leagues |archive-date=June 27, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.edmonton.ca/for_residents/2006_DEMOGRAPHIC_Lee_Ridge.pdf#xml=http://search1.edmonton.ca/texis/ThunderstoneSearchService/pdfhi.txt?query=millbourne&pr=www.edmonton.ca&prox=page&rorder=750&rprox=250&rdfreq=0&rwfreq=0&rlead=750&rdepth=0&sufs=0&order=r&cq=&id=50925eb240 |title=Lee Ridge Neighbourhood Profile |publisher=City of Edmonton |access-date=November 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326032721/http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/Lee_Ridge.pdf |archive-date=March 26, 2014}}</ref> Each has between two and four neighbourhoods.<ref name=wardsnbhds/> [[File:2008-12-27 Candy Cane Lane 013.jpg|thumb|left|Houses in [[Crestwood, Edmonton|Crestwood]], a residential neighbourhood typical of most suburban areas of Edmonton]] Several [[transit-oriented development]]s (TOD) have begun to appear along the LRT line at Clareview, with future developments planned at [[Belvedere, Edmonton|Belvedere]] (part of the Old Town Fort Road Redevelopment Project).<ref>{{cite web |author=City of Edmonton, Planning |title=Fort Road Old Town Master Plan |publisher=City of Edmonton |url=http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/projects_redevelopment/old-town-fort-road-redevelopment.aspx |access-date=May 10, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501114302/http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/projects_redevelopment/old-town-fort-road-redevelopment.aspx |archive-date=May 1, 2012 }}</ref> Another TOD, Century Park,<ref>{{cite web |author=Century Park Club and Residences |title=centuryCentral |publisher=ProCura |url=http://www.centurypark.ca/ |access-date=October 27, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012073230/http://centurypark.ca/ |archive-date=October 12, 2007}}</ref> is being constructed at the site of what was once Heritage Mall, at the southern end of the LRT line. Century Park will eventually house up to 5,000 residents.<ref name="edmontonslrt2005">{{cite web |url=http://www.edmonton.ca/transportation/SLRT-SIPBrochure.pdf |title=Century Park to Ellerslie Road Preliminary Engineering |author=City of Edmonton |publisher=City of Edmonton |access-date=February 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326100253/http://www.edmonton.ca/transportation/SLRT-SIPBrochure.pdf |archive-date=March 26, 2014}}</ref> [[File:Row Housing Blatchford Edmonton.jpg|thumb|Row housing in Blatchford]] The Edmonton City Centre Airport is being redeveloped into a sustainable community of 30,000 people called [[Blatchford, Edmonton|Blatchford]], comprising a transit-oriented mixed use town centre, townhouses, low, medium and high rise apartments, neighbourhood retail and service uses, renewable energy, district heating and cooling, and a major park.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/City_Centre_ARP_Consolidation.pdf |title=City Centre Redevelopment Area Redevelopment Plan |publisher=City of Edmonton | date=May 2012 |access-date=November 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326082754/http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/City_Centre_ARP_Consolidation.pdf |archive-date=March 26, 2014}}</ref> The first residents moved into Blatchford in November 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=First show home opens in Edmonton's Blatchford neighbourhood|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7500845/blatchford-edmonton-show-home-open/|access-date=December 4, 2020|website=Global News|language=en-US}}</ref> Edmonton has four major industrial districts: the Northwest Industrial District, the Northeast Industrial District, the Southeast Industrial District, and the emerging Edmonton Energy and Technology Park,<ref name=EIN>{{cite web |title=Edmonton's Industrial Neighbourhoods |url=http://www.edmonton.ca/business_economy/edmontons-industrial-neighbourhoods.aspx |publisher=City of Edmonton |access-date=November 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130125002106/http://edmonton.ca/business_economy/edmontons-industrial-neighbourhoods.aspx |archive-date=January 25, 2013 }}</ref> which is part of Alberta's Industrial Heartland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edmonton.ca/business_economy/industrial_development/edmonton-energy-technology-park.aspx |title=Edmonton Energy and Technology Park |publisher=City of Edmonton |access-date=May 3, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326042212/http://www.edmonton.ca/business_economy/industrial_development/edmonton-energy-technology-park.aspx |archive-date=March 26, 2015 }}</ref> The northwest, northeast and southeast districts each have smaller industrial areas and neighbourhoods within them.<ref name=wardsnbhds/><ref name=EIN/> The city has established 12 [[business revitalization zone]]s: [[124 Street, Edmonton|124 Street and Area]], [[Alberta Avenue, Edmonton|Alberta Avenue]], Beverly, Downtown, [[Chinatown and Little Italy, Edmonton|Chinatown and Little Italy]], Fort Road and Area, Inglewood, Kingsway, North Edge, Northwest Industrial, [[Old Strathcona]] and Stony Plain Road.<ref name="BRZ">{{cite web |url=http://www.edmonton.ca/business_economy/business_resources/business-revitalization-zones.aspx |author=The City of Edmonton |title=Business Revitalization Zones |access-date=May 3, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503115318/http://www.edmonton.ca/business_economy/business_resources/business-revitalization-zones.aspx |archive-date=May 3, 2014 }}</ref>
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