Magrath Heights, Edmonton

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Magrath Heights
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Magrath Heights
Location of Magrath Heights in Edmonton
Coordinates: 53°27′00″N113°33′36″W / 53.450°N 113.560°W / 53.450; -113.560
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta
City Edmonton
Quadrant [1] NW
Ward [1] pihêsiwin
Sector [2] Southwest
Area [3] [4] Terwillegar Heights
Government
[5]
 • Administrative body Edmonton City Council
 • CouncillorTim Cartmell
Area
[6]
 • Total0.9 km2 (0.3 sq mi)
Elevation
699 m (2,293 ft)
Population
 (2016) [7]
 • Total3,457
 • Density3,841.1/km2 (9,948/sq mi)
 • Change (2009–12)
Increase2.svg79.4% from 2,009 to 2,012 23% from 2,012 to 2,016
 • Dwellings
1,176 compared to 2,012's 992

Magrath Heights is a neighbourhood in southwest Edmonton, Alberta, Canada that was established in 2003 through the adoption of the Magrath Heights Neighbourhood Area Structure Plan (NASP). [8]

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Magrath Heights is located within Terwillegar Heights and was originally considered Neighbourhood 4B within the Terwillegar Heights Servicing Concept Design Brief (SCDB). [9]

It is bounded on the west by Rabbit Hill Road (142 Street), north by 23 Avenue, east and southeast by the Whitemud Creek ravine, and south by the Mactaggart neighbourhood. [8] [9]

Historically, a high conical hill was noted as being on that location. Members of the Palliser expedition noted its existence. [10] Early travellers noted it was named Whitemud Hill, a translation of its Cree name Wapitanisk. [11] After settlement, the land was surveyed as 36-51-25-W4 and was given the name Rabbit Hill, due to the abundance of those animals on the hill. [12]

From 1896 to 1955, the land was in the Rabbit Hill School District. The school district only ever had a one-room schoolhouse taught by one teacher teaching about 35 pupils of various grades. After 1955, the children were bussed to the nearby Ellerslie School. In 1962 Strathcona County took over responsibility for education across what is now the southern edge of the City of Edmonton. The area was annexed by the City of Edmonton in 1982. [13] [14]


Demographics

In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Magrath Heights had a population of 3,457 living in 1,176 dwellings, [7] a 23.0% change from its 2012 population of 2,810. [15] With a land area of 0.9 km2 (0.35 sq mi), it had a population density of 3,457 people/km2 in 2016. [6] [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "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. ↑ "The Way We Grow: Municipal Development Plan Bylaw 15100" (PDF). City of Edmonton. 2010-05-26. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 2, 2015. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  4. ↑ "City of Edmonton Plans in Effect" (PDF). City of Edmonton. November 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2013. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  5. ↑ "City Councillors". City of Edmonton. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Neighbourhoods (data plus kml file)". City of Edmonton. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  7. 1 2 3 "2016 Municipal Census Results" (PDF). City of Edmonton. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  8. 1 2 "Magrath Heights Neighbourhood Area Structure Plan (Office Consolidation)" (PDF). City of Edmonton. October 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2011-01-29.
  9. 1 2 "Terwillegar Heights Servicing Concept Design Brief (Office Consolidation)" (PDF). City of Edmonton. December 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2011-01-29.
  10. ↑ Palliser, Exploration - British North America (1862) (Peel 405)
  11. ↑ Place-names of Alberta, Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 134
  12. ↑ South Edmonton Saga, p. 3
  13. ↑ South Edmonton Saga, p. 3, 171-77, map on page 172
  14. ↑ The Schools of Strathcona County, A Success Story
  15. ↑ "2009 Municipal Census Results". City of Edmonton. Retrieved February 22, 2013.


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