Official Name: | Elsinore |
Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Edmonton |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Elsinore 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: | tastawiyiniwak |
Subdivision Type5: | Sector[2] |
Subdivision Name5: | North |
Subdivision Type6: | Area[3] [4] |
Subdivision Name6: | Castle Downs |
Government Footnotes: | [5] |
Leader Title: | Administrative body |
Leader Name: | Edmonton City Council |
Leader Title1: | Councillor |
Area Total Km2: | 0.84 |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Total: | 2149 |
Population Density Km2: | 2558.3 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Change (2009–12) |
Population Blank1: | -0.9% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 763 |
Coordinates: | 53.641°N -113.5°W |
Elevation M: | 684 |
Elsinore is a neighbourhood near the north end of the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is one of the neighbourhoods within the Edmonton district of Castledowns. To the north lies largely rural, undeveloped land within the Edmonton city limits. Also located a short distance north of the neighbourhood is Canadian Forces Base Edmonton.
The eastern boundary of the neighbourhood runs along 97 Street. This main artery extends all the way to downtown Edmonton to the south, and passes within a few city blocks of the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) about halfway between Elsinore and downtown. Canadian Forces Base Edmonton is located a short distance to the north of the city, with easy access along 97 Street.
Substantially all residences in the neighbourhood were built after 1985.[6]
According to the 2005 municipal census, 82% of the residences are single-family dwellings. The remaining 18% are duplexes.[7] Substantially all residences in the neighbourhood are owner-occupied.
Roughly 40% of the residents have lived in the neighbourhood for five years or less.[8]
In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Elsinore had a population of living in dwellings,[9] a -0.9% change from its 2009 population of .[10] With a land area of 0.84km2,[11] it had a population density of people/km2 in 2012.[11] [9]