Terrace Heights, Edmonton Explained

Official Name:Terrace Heights
Settlement Type:Neighbourhood
Pushpin Map:Canada Edmonton
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Terrace 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:Métis
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 Km2:0.76
Population As Of:2012
Population Total:2332
Population Density Km2:3068.4
Population Blank1 Title:Change (2009–12)
Population Blank1:2.3%
Population Blank2 Title:Dwellings
Population Blank2:1232
Coordinates:53.542°N -113.439°W
Elevation M:661

Terrace Heights is a roughly triangle-shaped residential neighbourhood in south east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

According to the 2001 federal census, most of the development in the neighbourhood occurred in the first fifteen years after World War II. It was during this time that 84% of the residences in the neighbourhood were constructed. Another nine percent were constructed during the 1970s, with substantially all residential construction complete by the end of 1980.[5]

Residences in Terrace Heights are split roughly equally, according to the 2005 municipal census, between single-family dwelling (49%) and apartments (48%). Just over half the apartments are in low-rise buildings with fewer than five stories. The remaining apartments are in high-rise buildings with five or more stories. The remaining 3% of residences are duplexes.[6] Almost six out of every ten residences (57%) are rented, with only four out of ten (43%) are owner-occupied.[7]

The neighbourhood population is comparatively mobile. According to the 2005 municipal census, one in five (21.4%) had moved within the previous 12 months. Another one in five (22%) had moved within the preceding one to three years. Just under half (45.6%) had lived at the same address for at least five years.[8]

There is a single school, Terrace Heights Elementary School, in the neighbourhood operated by the Edmonton Public School System.

Edmonton Public Libraries opened the innovative new Capilano Library in 2018.

Capilano Mall, a major shopping centre, is located just to the south of the neighbourhood on the south side of Terrace Road.

The neighbourhood is bounded on the west by 75 Street and Wayne Gretzky Drive, on the south by 98 Avenue and Terrace Road, and on the north east by 101 Avenue (east of 63 Street) and by Fulton Creek Ravine (west of 63 Street).

The community is represented by the Forest/Terrace Heights Community League, established in 1920, which maintains a community hall and outdoor rink located at 80 Street and 101 Avenue.[9] [10]

Demographics

In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Terrace Heights had a population of living in dwellings,[11] a 2.3% change from its 2009 population of .[12] With a land area of 0.76km2, it had a population density of people/km2 in 2012.[4] [11]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: City of Edmonton Wards & Standard Neighbourhoods . City of Edmonton . February 13, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140503100206/http://www.edmonton.ca/business_economy/documents/EdmontonWardNeighbourhoods.pdf . May 3, 2014 .
  2. Web site: Edmonton Developing and Planned Neighbourhoods, 2011 . City of Edmonton . February 13, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130904040707/http://www.edmonton.ca/business_economy/documents/PDF/Developing_and_Planned_Neighbourhoods_2011_-_Final_Report.pdf . September 4, 2013 .
  3. Web site: City Councillors . City of Edmonton . February 13, 2013.
  4. Web site: Neighbourhoods (data plus kml file) . City of Edmonton . February 13, 2013.
  5. Web site: 2001 Federal Census - Period of Construction - Occupied Private Dwellings . City of Edmonton.
  6. Duplexes include triplexes and quadruplexes.
  7. Web site: 2005 Municipal Census - Dwelling Unit by Structure Type and Ownership . City of Edmonton.
  8. Web site: 2005 Municipal Census - Length of Residence . City of Edmonton.
  9. Web site: Forest/Terrace Heights Community League . Forest/Terrace Heights Community League . October 8, 2017.
  10. Book: Kuban, Ron . Edmonton's Urban Villages: The Community League Movement . registration . University of Alberta Press . 2005 . 9781459303249.
  11. Web site: Municipal Census Results – Edmonton 2012 Census . City of Edmonton . February 22, 2013.
  12. Web site: 2009 Municipal Census Results . City of Edmonton . February 22, 2013.