Bergman, Edmonton Explained

Official Name:	Bergman
Settlement Type:	Neighbourhood
Pushpin Map:	Canada Edmonton
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location of Bergman in Edmonton
Pushpin Mapsize:	250
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Type2:	City
Subdivision Name2:	Edmonton
Subdivision Type3:	Quadrant^[1]
Subdivision Name3:	NW
Subdivision Type4:	Ward
Subdivision Name4:	Métis
Subdivision Type5:	Sector^[2]
Subdivision Name5:	Mature area
Subdivision Type6:	Area^[3] ^[4]
Subdivision Name6:	Beverly
Government Footnotes:	^[5]
Leader Title:	Administrative body
Leader Name:	Edmonton City Council
Leader Title1:	Councillor
Area Footnotes:	^[6]
Area Total Km2:	0.71
Population As Of:	2012
Population Total:	1454
Population Density Km2:	2,047.9
Population Blank1 Title:	Change (2009–12)
Population Blank1:	1.5%
Population Blank2 Title:	Dwellings
Population Blank2:	577
Coordinates:	53.579°N -113.411°W
Elevation M:	657

Bergman is a neighbourhood in east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada located immediately to the north of the Town of Beverly townsite. The neighbourhood is named for Gustav C. Bergman who was elected mayor of Beverly in the first municipal election after Beverly incorporated as a town in 1914.

The neighbourhood is bounded on the south by 122 Avenue, on the north by the Yellowhead Trail, on the west by 50 Street, and on the east by 34 Street.Bergman shares a community league with the neighbourhood of Beacon Heights to the south.

Most of the residential construction, approximately four out of five dwellings, dates from after the amalgamation of the Town of Beverly with Edmonton in 1961. The neighbourhood showed a particularly rapid period of growth in the late 1980s, when one out of three dwellings were built. While most of the homes in the neighbourhood are single-family dwellings, there are some duplexes as well. Just over 95% of the dwelling units in Bergman are owner occupied.^[7]

Demographics

In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Bergman had a population of living in dwellings,^[8] a 1.5% change from its 2009 population of .^[9] With a land area of 0.71km2, it had a population density of people/km² in 2012.^{[6] [8]}

Further reading

• Herzog, Lawrence, "Built on Coal, A History of Beverly, Edmonton's Working Class Town", Beverly Community Development Society, 2000, Edmonton, Alberta

External links

• City of Edmonton neighbourhood profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: City of Edmonton Wards & Standard Neighbourhoods . City of Edmonton . February 13, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140503100206/http://www.edmonton.ca/business_economy/documents/EdmontonWardNeighbourhoods.pdf . May 3, 2014 .
2. Web site: Edmonton Developing and Planned Neighbourhoods, 2011 . City of Edmonton . February 13, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130904040707/http://www.edmonton.ca/business_economy/documents/PDF/Developing_and_Planned_Neighbourhoods_2011_-_Final_Report.pdf . September 4, 2013 .
3. Web site: The Way We Grow: Municipal Development Plan Bylaw 15100 . City of Edmonton . 2010-05-26 . February 13, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150502001321/http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/MDP_Bylaw_15100.pdf . May 2, 2015 .
4. Web site: City of Edmonton Plans in Effect . City of Edmonton . November 2011 . February 13, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131017194152/http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/Plans_in_Effect_Map.pdf . October 17, 2013 .
5. Web site: City Councillors . City of Edmonton . February 13, 2013.
6. Web site: Neighbourhoods (data plus kml file) . City of Edmonton . February 13, 2013.
7. Web site: A Community Profile Bergman . 28 June 2024.
8. Web site: Municipal Census Results – Edmonton 2012 Census . City of Edmonton . February 22, 2013.
9. Web site: 2009 Municipal Census Results . City of Edmonton . February 22, 2013.