Edmonds is a neighbourhood in the southeast of

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, British Columbia, Canada. It is one of the city's four officially designated town centres. The area is served by the Expo Line of the SkyTrain via Edmonds station. The neighbourhood is named after businessman and politician Henry Valentine Edmonds, who owned real estate in the area and was active in local affairs.

Features and amenities

Edmonds is home to the Rosemary Brown Recreation Centre, which holds two

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rinks and is named after local politician Rosemary Brown. Public schools in the area are operated by the Burnaby School District. Twelfth Avenue Elementary School and Edmonds Community Elementary School both fall within Edmonds' borders, as well as the private Catholic elementary school Our Lady of Mercy. The secondary schools serving Edmonds are Byrne Creek Community School and the independent private school St. Thomas More Collegiate.

Demographics

With numerous ethnic backgrounds and over a hundred languages accounted for, Edmonds was found by the ''

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'' to be the most diverse neighbourhood in

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