Belvedere, Edmonton

This article is about a neighbourhood in Edmonton, Canada. For other uses, see Belvedere (disambiguation).
Belvedere
Neighbourhood
Belvedere is located in Edmonton
Belvedere
Belvedere
Location of Belvedere in Edmonton
Coordinates: 53°35′38″N 113°26′02″W / 53.594°N 113.434°W / 53.594; -113.434
Country Canada
Province Alberta
CityEdmonton
Quadrant[1]NW
Ward[1]Dene
Sector[2]Mature area
Government
[3]
 • Administrative bodyEdmonton City Council
 • CouncillorAaron Paquette
Area
[4]
 • Total1.67 km2 (0.64 sq mi)
Elevation
663 m (2,175 ft)
Population
 (2012)[5]
 • Total5,085
 • Density3,044.9/km2 (7,886/sq mi)
 • Change (2009–12)
Increase2.2%
 • Dwellings
2,665

Belvedere is a residential neighbourhood in north east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is located on the west side of the Canadian National Railway right of way close to the Belvedere LRT station.

The neighbourhood is triangle-shaped with the railway right of way along the south east side, 137 Avenue on the north, and 66 Street on the west. Fort Road cuts through the neighbourhood close to the south east boundary.

The neighbourhood is surrounded by a mixture of residential neighbourhoods and industrial and commercial neighbourhoods. Residential neighbourhoods are York to the north, Clareview Town Centre to the northeast, Balwin and Delwood to the west, and Kildare to the northwest. Industrial and commercial neighbourhoods are Kennedale Industrial to the east, Industrial Heights to the southeast, and the Yellowhead Corridor to the southwest.

While the Yellowhead Corridor is land set aside for the Yellowhead Trail roadway, the area on either side of 66 Street is heavily built up with commercial and industrial enterprises.

Londonderry Mall is located near the north west corner of the neighbourhood, diagonally across the intersection between 137 Avenue and 66 Street, in the neighbourhood of Kildare.

Residential construction in Belvedere began before the end of World War II. However, the bulk of residential development occurred between 1946 and 1985. It was during this time that over 90% of the neighbourhood's approximately 2,000 residences were constructed.[6]

Today, the neighbourhood has a mixture of apartments (45%), single-family dwellings (42%), duplexes[7] (8%) and row houses (6%).[8] A small majority of residences (50.1%) are owner-occupied with the remainder (49.9%) being rented.[9]

The community is represented by the Belvedere Community League, established in 1925, which maintains a community hall and an outdoor rink located at 62 Street and 132 Avenue.[10][11]

  1. ^ a b "City of Edmonton Wards & Standard Neighbourhoods" (PDF). City of Edmonton. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 3, 2014. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  2. ^ "Edmonton Developing and Planned Neighbourhoods, 2011" (PDF). City of Edmonton. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 4, 2013. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  3. ^ "City Councillors". City of Edmonton. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  4. ^ "Neighbourhoods (data plus kml file)". City of Edmonton. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2012population was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "2001 Federal Census - Period of Construction - Occupied Private Dwellings" (PDF). City of Edmonton.
  7. ^ Includes triplexes and quadruplexes.
  8. ^ "2005 Municipal Census - Dwelling Unit by Structure Type and Ownership" (PDF). City of Edmonton.
  9. ^ "2001 Federal Census - Tenure - Occupied Private Dwellings" (PDF). City of Edmonton.
  10. ^ "Belvedere Community League". Belvedere Community League. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
  11. ^ Kuban, Ron (2005). Edmonton's Urban Villages: The Community League Movement. University of Alberta Press. ISBN 9781459303249.