| Official Name: | Prince Rupert |
| Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Edmonton |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Prince Rupert 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: | O-day’min |
| Subdivision Type5: | Sector[2] |
| Subdivision Name5: | Mature area |
| Government Footnotes: | [3] |
| Leader Title: | Administrative body |
| Leader Name: | Edmonton City Council |
| Leader Title1: | Councillor |
| Area Footnotes: | [4] |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.14 |
| Population As Of: | 2012 |
| Population Total: | 1339 |
| Population Density Km2: | 1174.6 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change (2009–12) |
| Population Blank1: | 6.2% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 725 |
| Coordinates: | 53.561°N -113.523°W |
| Elevation M: | 668 |
Prince Rupert is a triangle-shaped residential neighbourhood in north west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Prince Rupert is located within the old Hudson's Bay Reserve and was developed after the end of World War II.[5] The neighbourhood is bounded on the south by 111 Avenue, on the west by 121 Street, and on the northeast by Kingsway Avenue.
The community is represented by the Prince Rupert Community League, established in 1962.[6] [7]
In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Prince Rupert had a population of living in dwellings,[8] a 6.2% change from its 2009 population of .[9] With a land area of 1.14km2,[4] it had a population density of people/km2 in 2012.[4] [8]
According to the 2001 federal census, seven out of every ten (71.2%) of the residences were constructed between the end of World War II and 1960. Another one in twelve (8.5%) were constructed during the 1960s. There is also some more recent construction, with one out of twelve (8.5%) of residences being constructed in the second half of the 1990s. The majority of these recently constructed homes are in a new development bounded by 119 Street to the West, 114 Avenue to the South, and the Kingsway shopping district to the Northeast.[10]
The most common type of residence in the neighbourhood, according to the 2005 municipal census, is the single-family dwelling. These account for six out of every ten (60%) of all residences. Approximately one in three residences (34%) are apartments in low-rise buildings with fewer than five stories. The remaining 6% of residences are duplexes.[11] Just over half (53%) or residences are owner-occupied, with the remainder being rented.[12]
The neighbourhood profile is highly mobile with roughly one in five (20.8%) residents having moved within the previous twelve months according to the 2005 municipal census. Another one in five (19.5%) or residents had moved within the previous one to three years. Less than half (44.5%) had lived at the same address for longer than five years.[13]
There was a single school in the neighbourhood, Prince Rupert Elementary School, operated by the Edmonton Public School System, however, since it closed after the 1994-1995 school year, there has not been a single school in the neighbourhood.
Kingsway Mall is located near the south east corner of the neighbourhood.