Official Name: | Brintnell |
Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Edmonton |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Brintnell in Edmonton |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type2: | City |
Subdivision Name2: | Edmonton |
Subdivision Type3: | Quadrant[1] |
Subdivision Name3: | NW |
Subdivision Type4: | Ward |
Subdivision Name4: | Dene |
Subdivision Type5: | Sector[2] |
Subdivision Name5: | Northeast |
Subdivision Type6: | Area[3] [4] |
Subdivision Name6: | Pilot Sound |
Government Footnotes: | [5] |
Leader Title: | Administrative body |
Leader Name: | Edmonton City Council |
Leader Title1: | Councillor |
Area Footnotes: | [6] |
Area Total Km2: | 1.51 |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Total: | 5177 |
Population Density Km2: | 3428.5 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Change (2009–12) |
Population Blank1: | 14.5% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 1635 |
Coordinates: | 53.622°N -113.408°W |
Elevation M: | 674 |
Brintnell is a residential neighbourhood in northeast Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is bounded by 167 Avenue to the north, 153 Avenue to the south, Manning Drive to the east and 50 Street to the west.
The community is represented by the Horse Hill Community League, established in 1972.[7] [8]
The neighbourhood is named after Wilfred Leigh Brintnell (1895-1971), WWI air force veteran and airline pilot with Western Canada Airways. In WWII his company, Aircraft Repair Ltd., was responsible for repairing aircraft used in the Northwest Staging Route, by which airplanes were sent to strengthen the USSR forces engaged in fighting with German invaders.[9]
In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Brintnell had a population of living in dwellings,[10] a 14.5% change from its 2009 population of .[11] With a land area of 1.51km2,[6] it had a population density of people/km2 in 2012.[10] [6]
According to the 2005 Municipal Census, there were 154 residences in the neighbourhood. Approximately nine out of ten (91%) of the residences were single-family dwellings, with all but one of the remaining fourteen residences being duplexes, triplexes or quadruplexes.[12] [13]