Official Name: | MacEwan |
Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Edmonton |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of MacEwan in Edmonton |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | City |
Subdivision Name2: | Edmonton |
Subdivision Type3: | Quadrant[1] |
Subdivision Name3: | SW |
Subdivision Type4: | Ward |
Subdivision Name4: | Ipiihkoohkanipiaohtsi |
Subdivision Type5: | Sector[2] |
Subdivision Name5: | Southwest |
Subdivision Type6: | Area[3] [4] |
Subdivision Name6: | Heritage Valley |
Government Footnotes: | [5] |
Leader Title: | Administrative body |
Leader Name: | Edmonton City Council |
Leader Title1: | Councillor |
Area Footnotes: | [6] |
Area Total Km2: | 1.16 |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Total: | 5629 |
Population Density Km2: | 4852.6 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Change (2009–12) |
Population Blank1: | 8.6% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 2433 |
Coordinates: | 53.428°N -113.529°W |
Elevation M: | 688 |
MacEwan is a residential neighbourhood in south Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Approximately half of the residences (52%) are single-family dwellings according to the 2005 municipal census. Another three in ten (29%) are rented apartments and apartment style condominiums. The remaining one in five (19%) are duplexes.[7] Four out of five residences (83%) are owner-occupied with only one in five (17%) being rented.[8]
On July 21, 2007, a $20 million fire destroyed a 149 unit condominium complex, which was under construction, along with 18 duplexes. The fire, which was attributed to arson, was the largest residential fire in Edmonton history.[9]
The neighbourhood is bounded on the north by the Anthony Henday Drive, on the west by 127 Street, on the east by 111 Street, and on the south by Ellerslie Road.
In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, MacEwan had a population of living in dwellings,[10] an 8.6% change from its 2009 population of .[11] With a land area of 1.16km2, it had a population density of people/km2 in 2012.[6] [10]