| Official Name: | Brander Gardens |
| Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Edmonton |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Brander Gardens 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: | pihêsiwin |
| Subdivision Type5: | Sector[2] |
| Subdivision Name5: | Southwest |
| Subdivision Type6: | Area[3] [4] |
| Subdivision Name6: | Riverbend |
| Government Footnotes: | [5] |
| Leader Title: | Administrative body |
| Leader Name: | Edmonton City Council |
| Leader Title1: | Councillor |
| Area Footnotes: | [6] |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.02 |
| Population As Of: | 2012 |
| Population Total: | 2435 |
| Population Density Km2: | 2387.3 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change (2009–12) |
| Population Blank1: | 0.1% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 1136 |
| Coordinates: | 53.495°N -113.58°W |
| Elevation M: | 665 |
Brander Gardens is a residential neighbourhood located in south west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada overlooking the North Saskatchewan River valley. In the river valley, immediately below the neighbourhood, is Fort Edmonton Park.
The neighbourhood is bounded on the east by Whitemud Drive and to the south by 51 Avenue. To the north and west the neighbourhood overlooks the river valley.
In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Brander Gardens had a population of living in dwellings,[7] a 0.1% change from its 2009 population of .[8] With a land area of 1.02km2, it had a population density of people/km2 in 2012.[6] [7]
According to the 2001 federal census, substantially all residential development in the neighbourhood occurred during the 1970s when three out of every four (74.4%) of all residences were built. Another one in eight (13%) were built during the 1960s while one in twelve (8.4%) were built during the 1980s.[9]
The neighbourhood, according to the 2005 municipal census, contains a wide variety of housing types in large numbers. The most common type of residence, accounting for approximately one in three (36%) of all residences are a mixture of rented apartments and apartment style condominiums in low-rise buildings with fewer than five stories. Almost as numerous, accounting for three out of every ten (30%) af all residences, are single-family dwellings. Row houses account for another one in four (24%) residences while duplexes[10] account for one in ten (10%) of all residences. Three out of every five (60%) residences are owner-occupied while two out of every five (40%) are rented.[11]
The population in Brander Gardens is somewhat mobile. According to the 2005 municipal census, one in seven (14.7%) had moved within the previous twelve months. Another one in five (21.4%) had moved within the previous one to three years. Just under half (49.7%) had lived at the same address for at least five years.[12]
There are four schools in the neighbourhood. Riverbend Junior High School and Brander Gardens Elementary School are both operated by the Edmonton Public School System. St. Monica Catholic Junior High School is operated by the Edmonton Catholic School System. The fourth school is Tempo School.