Official Name: | Sakaw |
Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Edmonton |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Sakaw 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: | Karhiio |
Subdivision Type5: | Sector[2] |
Subdivision Name5: | Southeast |
Subdivision Type6: | Area[3] [4] Community |
Subdivision Name6: | Mill Woods Millhurst |
Government Footnotes: | [5] |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Title1: | Administrative body |
Leader Name1: | Edmonton City Council |
Leader Title2: | Councillor |
Area Footnotes: | [6] |
Area Total Km2: | 1.11 |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Total: | 4113 |
Population Density Km2: | 3705.4 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Change (2009–12) |
Population Blank1: | -1.9% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 1408 |
Coordinates: | 53.441°N -113.427°W |
Elevation M: | 701 |
Sakaw is a residential neighbourhood located in the Mill Woods area of south Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is a part of the Mill Woods community of Millhurst. The name means "wooded area" in the Cree language."[7]
Residential construction in the neighbourhood occurred during the 1970s and 1980s. Just under half (44.7%) of the residences in the neighbourhood were built between 1971 and 1980. Another 46.2% were built between 1981 and 1990. Almost all of the remaining residences were built after 1990.[8]
According to the 2005 municipal census, single-family dwellings account for seven out of ten (70%) of the residences in the neighbourhood. Row houses account for another one out of every six (16%) and duplexes[9] account for one in twelve (8%) of residences. One in twenty (5%) of residences are Rented apartments in low-rise buildings with fewer than seven stories. Three out of four (75%) of residences are owner-occupied while the remaining one in four (25%) are rented.[10]
There is one school in the neighbourhood, Sakaw Elementary School, operated by the Edmonton Public School System.
The neighbourhood is bounded on the west by 66 Street, the north by Mill Woods South road the east by 50 Street, and by the South by the Anthony Henday Drive.
The community is represented by the Millhurst Community League, established in 1979, which maintains a community hall and outdoor rink located at 58 Street and 19A Avenue.[11] [12]
In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Sakaw had a population of living in dwellings,[13] a -1.9% change from its 2009 population of .[14] With a land area of 1.11km2, it had a population density of people/km2 in 2012.[6] [13]