| Official Name: | Ramsay Heights |
| Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Edmonton |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Ramsay Heights 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: | pihêsiwin |
| Subdivision Type5: | Sector[2] |
| Subdivision Name5: | Southwest |
| Subdivision Type6: | Area[3] [4] |
| Subdivision Name6: | Riverbend |
| Government Footnotes: | [5] |
| Leader Title: | Administrative body |
| Leader Name: | Edmonton City Council |
| Leader Title1: | Councillor |
| Area Footnotes: | [6] |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.31 |
| Population As Of: | 2012 |
| Population Total: | 3349 |
| Population Density Km2: | 2556.5 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change (2009–12) |
| Population Blank1: | -4.3% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 1426 |
| Coordinates: | 53.484°N -113.579°W |
| Elevation M: | 676 |
Ramsay Heights is a residential neighbourhood in south west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada overlooking the North Saskatchewan River valley. It is named for Walter Ramsay, who came to the city in 1899 as a teacher and later became the city's first commercial florist.[7]
The neighbourhood is bounded on the east by Whitemud Drive and Terwillegar Drive, on the south by 40 Avenue, and on the north by 51 Avenue. To the west is the North Saskatchewan River.
In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Ramsay Heights had a population of living in dwellings,[8] a -4.3% change from its 2009 population of .[9] With a land area of 1.31km2, it had a population density of people/km2 in 2012.[6] [8]
According to the 2001 federal census, substantially all residential development in the neighbourhood occurred during the 1970s and 1980s. Approximately two out of every five (42.8%) of all residences were constructed during the 1970s. Just under half (48.7%) were built during the 1980s. One residence in twenty (4.8%) was built between the end of World War II and 1970. One in twenty (3.8%) was built after 1990.[10]
The most common type of residence, according to the 2005 municipal census, is the single-family dwelling. These account for just over half (52%) of all the residences in the neighbourhood. One in three (33%) are rented apartments with a small number of apartment style condominiums in low-rise buildings with fewer than five stories. One in ten (10%) are duplexes[11] and one in twenty (4%) are row houserow houses. Two out of three (69%) of all residences are owner-occupied while one in three (31%) are rented.[12]
The population of Ramsay Heights is somewhat mobile. According to the 2005 municipal census, one in nine (11.4%) residents had moved within the previous twelve months. Another one in five (19.5%) had moved within the previous one to three years. Just over half (56.2%) had lived at the same address for five years or longer.[13]
On October 23, 1999, a landslide on Whitemud Road in the Ramsay Heights neighbourhood destroyed three homes adjacent to the North Saskatchewan River valley. No one was injured in the slide, but the damage resulted in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the City of Edmonton.[14] Approximately 30 homes along Whitemud Road, 44 Avenue, and 154 Street remain "at risk" for another slope failure.[15] Despite the risk, many homes in the area still fetch significant sums on the real estate market, with many homes in Ramsay Heights having assessed values greater than $1,000,000.[16]