Spruce Avenue is an irregular shaped residential neighbourhood in

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. The neighbourhood is home to

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, the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, the

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, the Norwood Extended Care Hospital, Spruce Avenue Community Center, Spruce Avenue Junior High School, and St. Basil Catholic Junior High School. The neighbourhood takes its name from the former designation of 114 Avenue. It is bounded on the south by 111 Avenue, on the east by 97 Street and on the south west by Kingsway Avenue. The northeast boundary runs along Princess Elizabeth Avenue to 107 Street before turning north along 107 Street. The north boundary then follows 118 Avenue (Alberta Avenue) until it reaches 97 Street. Surrounding neighbourhoods are Westwood to the north, Alberta Avenue to the east and north east, McCauley to the south east,

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to the south, Queen Mary Park to the southwest, and

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to the west. To the north west is the

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. The community is represented by the Spruce Avenue

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, established in 1918, which maintains a

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located at 102 Street and 115 Avenue.

Demographics

In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Spruce Avenue had a population of living in dwellings, a -1.6% change from its 2009 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of people/km² in 2012.

Residential development

Spruce Avenue is an older neighbourhood with just under one residence in three constructed by the end of

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. Substantially all construction was completed by

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. While the most common type of residence is the single-family dwelling (63%), there are a significant number of

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s (24%) and

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s (11%). Approximately six out of every ten residences are rented, with the remainder being owner occupied.

Surrounding neighborhoods

References

External links

Spruce Avenue Neighbourhood Profile
{{Edmonton neighbourhoods Neighbourhoods in Edmonton
Official website

Demographics

Residential development

Surrounding neighborhoods

See also

References

External links