Official Name: | Lago Lindo |
Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Edmonton |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Lago Lindo 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: | Lake District |
Government Footnotes: | [5] |
Leader Title: | Administrative body |
Leader Name: | Edmonton City Council |
Leader Title1: | Councillor |
Area Total Km2: | 1.3 |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Total: | 3994 |
Population Density Km2: | 3072.3 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Change (2009–12) |
Population Blank1: | -3.4% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 1396 |
Coordinates: | 53.635°N -113.486°W |
Elevation M: | 682 |
Lago Lindo is a residential neighbourhood located in north Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The name is Spanish for "pretty lake", and contains two lakes named for communities in Spain.
The neighbourhood is bounded on the west by 97 Street, on the east by 91 Street, and on the south by 167 Avenue. The area to the north of the neighbourhood is still undeveloped. Access to CFB Edmonton, located just to the north of the city, is along 97 Street. 97 Street also gives neighbourhood residents good access to the downtown core.
Surrounding neighbourhoods are Klarvatten to the east and north east, Belle Rive to the south east, Eaux Claires to the south, Lorelei to the south west, and Baturyn and Elsinore to the west.
Substantially all the housing in the neighbourhood is single-family dwellings, with most of these being owner occupied. Most of the houses were built during the 1980s.
Parents have two elementary schools in the neighbourhood where they can send their school age children. Lago Lindo Elementary School is operated by the Edmonton Public School System, and Bishop Greschuk Catholic Elementary School is operated by the Edmonton Catholic School System.
The community is represented by the Lago Lindo Community League, established in 1983, which maintains a community hall and outdoor rink located at 95 Street and 171 Avenue.[6] [7]
In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Lago Lindo had a population of living in dwellings,[8] a -3.4% change from its 2009 population of .[9] With a land area of 1.3km2,[10] it had a population density of people/km2 in 2012.[10] [8]