| Official Name: | Minchau |
| Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Edmonton |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Minchau 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: | Sspomitapi |
| Subdivision Type5: | Sector[2] |
| Subdivision Name5: | Southeast |
| Subdivision Type6: | Area[3] [4] Community |
| Subdivision Name6: | Mill Woods Ridgewood |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Title1: | Administrative body |
| Leader Name1: | Edmonton City Council |
| Leader Title2: | Councillor |
| Area Footnotes: | [5] |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.9 |
| Population As Of: | 2012 |
| Population Total: | 3112 |
| Population Density Km2: | 3457.8 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change (2009–12) |
| Population Blank1: | -6.5% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 1142 |
| Coordinates: | 53.468°N -113.409°W |
| Elevation M: | 706 |
Minchau is a residential neighbourhood in the Mill Woods area of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is named for August Minchau, one of the first settlers on the land. Poland-born, Minchau moved as a young person to Volhynia, Russia where he married. He and his wife Caroline emigrated to Canada in 1894, settling in what is now Millwoods and spawning a network of families of that name resident in Edmonton.[6]
The land was once set aside for a reserve for the Papaschase band, but the reserve was controversially disbanded around 1891. The land's next landowners and farmers included Strathcona businessman H.F. Sandeman, John Donnan and August Schatz.
The community is represented by the Ridgewood Community League, established in 1982, which maintains a community hall and outdoor rink located at Mill Woods Road East and 37 Avenue.[7] [8]
Minchau is bounded on the west by 50 Street, on the south by 34 Avenue, and on the northeast by the Mill Creek Ravine. Surrounding neighbourhoods are Hillview and Greenview to the west, Tawa to the southwest, Weinlos and Bisset to the south, Silver Berry to the southeast, Kiniski Gardens and Wild Rose to the northeast, and Jackson Heights to the north.
In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Minchau had a population of living in dwellings,[9] a -6.5% change from its 2009 population of .[10] With a land area of 0.9km2, it had a population density of people/km2 in 2012.[5] [9]
Approximately four out of five (78%) of residences in the neighbourhood are owner occupied, with the majority of residences (72%) being single-family dwellings.[11] Apartments in buildings with fewer than five stories and row houses each make up approximately 10% of the residences. Substantially all the remainder are duplexes.[12]
There is a single school in the neighbourhood, Minchau School.