Official Name: | Northmount |
Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Edmonton |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Northmount 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: | Mature area |
Subdivision Type6: | Area[3] [4] |
Subdivision Name6: | Dickinsfield |
Government Footnotes: | [5] |
Leader Title: | Administrative body |
Leader Name: | Edmonton City Council |
Leader Title1: | Councillor |
Area Total Km2: | 1.22 |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Total: | 3247 |
Population Density Km2: | 2661.5 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Change (2009–12) |
Population Blank1: | -3% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 1191 |
Coordinates: | 53.602°N -113.479°W |
Elevation M: | 678 |
Northmount is a neighbourhood in northwest Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It and the Evansdale neighbourhood to the north comprise Edmonton's Dickinsfield community.
Northmount is bounded by the Griesbach neighbourhood across 97 Street to the west, the Evansdale neighbourhood across 144 Avenue to the north, the Kildare neighbourhood across 82 Street to the east, and the Glengarry neighbourhood across 137 Avenue to the south.[6]
The community is represented by the Northmount Community League, established in 1971, which maintains a community hall and outdoor rink located at 92 Street and 140 Avenue.[7] [8]
In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Northmount had a population of living in dwellings,[9] a -3% change from its 2009 population of .[10] With a land area of 1.22km2,[11] it had a population density of people/km2 in 2012.[11] [9]
In 2005, Northmount's housing breakdown consisted of 69% single-family dwellings, 21% row houses, 7% rooming houses, and 2% low-rise apartments (fewer than five storeys).[12]
There are three schools in Northmount including Dickinsfield Junior High School and Northmount Elementary School operated by Edmonton Public Schools and St. Anne Catholic Elementary School operated by Edmonton Catholic Schools.
North Town Centre is located at the southwest corner of Northmount. Northgate Centre is located across 137 Avenue from North Town Centre to the south in Glengarry.
The Dickinsfield Extended Care Hospital is located in the Northmount.
Northgate Transit Centre | |
Style: | Edmonton LRT |
Platform: | 10 bus bays[13] |
Parking: | No |
Opened: | January 16, 1987[14] |
Accessible: | Yes |
Web: | Northgate Transit Centre |
The Northgate Transit Centre, opened on January 16, 1987, is located on the north side of 137 Avenue on 97 Street in front of North Town Centre across from Northgate Centre. This transit centre has public washrooms, a convenience store, a large shelter and a pay phone. There is no park & ride, drop off area, or vending machines at this transit centre.[15]
The original 1986 transit centre shelter was replaced in 2013.[16] [17] The new shelter, built as a part of $4.575 million in upgrades to the transit centre that year, won an "award of merit" from the Prairie Design Awards in 2014 partly for the use of brightly coloured panels on the building facade.[18]
The following bus routes serve the transit centre:[19]
See main article: List of Edmonton Transit Service bus routes.
To/From | Routes |
---|---|
Belvedere Transit Centre | 106 |
Carlton | 109 |
Castle Downs Transit Centre | 109, 126, 127 |
Century Park Transit Centre | 9-Owl |
Christy's Corner | 52, 54, 905 |
Clareview Transit Centre | 54, 113, 114 |
Coliseum Transit Centre | 123 |
Cumberland | 109 |
Downtown | 9, 110X, 120X |
Eaux Claires Transit Centre | 9, 110X, 120X |
Government Centre Transit Centre | 110X, 120X |
Griesbach | 126 |
Jasper Place Transit Centre | 52 |
Londonderry | 54, 113, 114, 128 |
NAIT | 9, 110X |
Southgate Transit Centre | 9 |
West Edmonton Mall Transit Centre | 52, 54 |
Westmount Transit Centre | 52, 905 |