Official Name: | Bulyea Heights |
Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Edmonton |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Bulyea Heights 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: | 1.51 |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Total: | 3591 |
Population Density Km2: | 2378.1 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Change (2009–12) |
Population Blank1: | -2.6% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 1207 |
Coordinates: | 53.475°N -113.567°W |
Elevation M: | 671 |
Bulyea Heights is a residential neighbourhood in the Riverbend area of south west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The neighbourhood overlooks Whitemud Creek Ravine. The neighbourhood is named for George H. V. Bulyea, first Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Alberta.
The neighbourhood is bounded on the west by Terwillegar Drive, on the south by Rabbit Hill Road, on the north by Whitemud Drive, and on the east by the Whitemud Creek Ravine.
In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Bulyea Heights had a population of living in dwellings,[7] a -2.6% change from its 2009 population of .[8] With a land area of 1.51km2, it had a population density of people/km2 in 2012.[6] [7]
Bulyea Heights is a newer neighbourhood with residential development beginning in the late 1980s. According to the 2001 federal census, just under half (45.8%) of all residences were constructed between 1986 and 1990. The other half (53.2%) were constructed during the 1990s.[9]
The most common type of residence, according to the 2005 municipal census, is the single-family dwelling. These account for nine out of every ten (89%) residences in the neighbourhood. The other one residence in ten (11%) are duplexes.[10] Substantially all (98%) of all residences are owner-occupied.[11]
There is a single school in the neighbourhood, George H. Luck School, operated by the Edmonton Public School System.
On the other side of the Whitemud Creek Ravine, to the east, are the neighbourhoods of Aspen Gardens, Lansdowne, and Westbrook Estates.