Cloverdale, Edmonton
Encyclopedia
Cloverdale is a river valley neighbourhood in Edmonton
, Alberta
, Canada
located on the south side of the North Saskatchewan River
. It is located immediately across the river from the downtown core
and the river valley neighborhood of Riverdale
. Southside neighborhoods overlooking Cloverdale include: Bonnie Doon
, Strathearn
, Holyrood
, and Forest Heights
. The southwest corner of the neighbourhood is bounded by Connor's Road, the approaches to the Low Level Bridge, and the mouth of the Mill Creek Ravine
. The Low Level Bridge and James McDonald Bridge connect the neighbourhood to the north side, while Scona Road provides access to Old Strathcona
.
The Muttart Conservatory
--a botanical garden consisting of four glass
, pyramid
-shaped structures that showcase plant
s from arid, tropical, and temperate climate
s--is located in the Cloverdale neighbourhood.
Gallagher Park, where the Edmonton Folk Music Festival
is held every August, is also located in Cloverdale.
Cloverdale is also home to Edmonton's oldest ski hill, The Edmonton Ski Club
.
Early development in Cloverdale began before the end of World War II
. Recent years, however, have seen redevelopment of the neighbourhood.
According to the 2001 federal census, one residence in five (18.4%) were constructed before 1946
. Another one residence in five (20.4%) were built between 1946
and 1960
. There was no further residential development in the neighbourhood until the late 1980s. Between 1986
and 1990
, one in seven of the residences in modern Cloverdale were constructed. Almost half (46.9%) of residences were built after 1990
.
Residential development has continued since the 2001 federal census. According to the 2001 census, there were 245 residences in the neighbourhood. By 2005, this had increased by 46%, with the 2005 municipal census reporting 358 residences.
The most common type of residence, according to the 2005 municipal census, is the single family dwelling. These account for approximately half (47%) of all residences in the neighbourhood. One in three (36%) are apartment
style condominium
s in low rise buildings with fewer than five stories. One in six residences (16%) are row houses. There is also one triplex
in the neighbourhood. Almost six out of every seven (86%) of all residences are owner occupied and one out of seven (14%) are rented
.
Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...
, Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
, Canada
Canada
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located on the south side of the North Saskatchewan River
North Saskatchewan River
The North Saskatchewan River is a glacier-fed river that flows east from the Canadian Rockies to central Saskatchewan. It is one of two major rivers that join to make up the Saskatchewan River....
. It is located immediately across the river from the downtown core
Downtown Edmonton
Downtown Edmonton is bounded by 109 Street to the west, 105 Avenue to the north, 97 Street to the east, 97 Avenue, 100 Avenue, and Rossdale Road to the south and Jasper Avenue to the southeast , though many people consider part or all of the surrounding neighborhoods to be part of downtown...
and the river valley neighborhood of Riverdale
Riverdale, Edmonton
Riverdale is a river valley neighbourhood located just east of the downtown core in the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Its boundaries on the east and south are the North Saskatchewan River. Immediately across the river to the south is another Edmonton river valley neighbourhood--Cloverdale...
. Southside neighborhoods overlooking Cloverdale include: Bonnie Doon
Bonnie Doon, Edmonton
Bonnie Doon is a neighbourhood in south-central Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The western part of Bonnie Doon was originally part of the City of Strathcona, and became a part of Edmonton when Strathcona and Edmonton merged in 1912...
, Strathearn
Strathearn, Edmonton
Strathearn is a roughly triangular shaped residential neighbourhood in south central Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Most of the development in Strathearn dates to the 1940s and 1950s....
, Holyrood
Holyrood, Edmonton
Holyrood is a residential neighbourhood in the Bonnie Doon area of south east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The name, Holyrood, is an anglicisation of the Scots haly ruid ....
, and Forest Heights
Forest Heights, Edmonton
Forest Heights is a residential neighbourhood in south east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada that overlooks the North Saskatchewan River valley to the north and west...
. The southwest corner of the neighbourhood is bounded by Connor's Road, the approaches to the Low Level Bridge, and the mouth of the Mill Creek Ravine
Mill Creek Ravine
Mill Creek Ravine is located in south Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The north end of the ravine opens onto the North Saskatchewan River valley near the west end of Cloverdale and then approaches the Low Level and the James McDonald bridges...
. The Low Level Bridge and James McDonald Bridge connect the neighbourhood to the north side, while Scona Road provides access to Old Strathcona
Old Strathcona
Old Strathcona is an historic district located in south-central Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Once the commercial core of the separate city of Strathcona, the area is now Edmonton's main arts and entertainment district, and in 2007 was named Alberta's second "Provincial Historic Area"...
.
The Muttart Conservatory
Muttart Conservatory
The Muttart Conservatory is a botanical garden located in the North Saskatchewan river valley, across from downtown Edmonton. The conservatory consists of four glass, pyramid-shaped structures that showcase plants from arid, tropical, and temperate climates, providing a welcome oasis of warmth...
--a botanical garden consisting of four glass
Glass
Glass is an amorphous solid material. Glasses are typically brittle and optically transparent.The most familiar type of glass, used for centuries in windows and drinking vessels, is soda-lime glass, composed of about 75% silica plus Na2O, CaO, and several minor additives...
, pyramid
Pyramid
A pyramid is a structure whose outer surfaces are triangular and converge at a single point. The base of a pyramid can be trilateral, quadrilateral, or any polygon shape, meaning that a pyramid has at least three triangular surfaces...
-shaped structures that showcase plant
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
s from arid, tropical, and temperate climate
Climate
Climate encompasses the statistics of temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, rainfall, atmospheric particle count and other meteorological elemental measurements in a given region over long periods...
s--is located in the Cloverdale neighbourhood.
Gallagher Park, where the Edmonton Folk Music Festival
Edmonton Folk Music Festival
The Edmonton Folk Music Festival is an annual four-day outdoor music event held the second weekend of August in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, established in 1980 by Don Whalen. The festival continues to draw many people from around the world as both spectators and performers. The current producer of...
is held every August, is also located in Cloverdale.
Cloverdale is also home to Edmonton's oldest ski hill, The Edmonton Ski Club
Edmonton Ski Club
Edmonton Ski Club is located on Connors Hill, the slope of the North Saskatchewan River valley, in the heart of downtown Edmonton, in the community of . The top of the hill yields a great view of the downtown core behind the Muttart Conservatory....
.
Residential development
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. Recent years, however, have seen redevelopment of the neighbourhood.
According to the 2001 federal census, one residence in five (18.4%) were constructed before 1946
1946 in Canada
-Events:*January 21 - The Bluenose sinks off Haiti*May 14 - The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 is passed. It creates a Canadian citizenship separate from the British.*May 31 - All Japanese-Canadians ordered deported to Japan...
. Another one residence in five (20.4%) were built between 1946
1946 in Canada
-Events:*January 21 - The Bluenose sinks off Haiti*May 14 - The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 is passed. It creates a Canadian citizenship separate from the British.*May 31 - All Japanese-Canadians ordered deported to Japan...
and 1960
1960 in Canada
-Incumbents:* Monarch: Elizabeth II* Governor General: Georges Vanier* Prime Minister: John Diefenbaker* Premier of Alberta: Ernest Manning* Premier of British Columbia: W.A.C...
. There was no further residential development in the neighbourhood until the late 1980s. Between 1986
1986 in Canada
-Incumbents:*Monarch - Elizabeth II*Governor General - Jeanne Sauvé*Prime Minister - Brian Mulroney*Premier of Alberta - Don Getty*Premier of British Columbia - Bill Bennett then Bill Vander Zalm*Premier of Manitoba - Howard Pawley...
and 1990
1990 in Canada
Events from the year 1990 in Canada.-Incumbents:*Monarch: Elizabeth II*Governor General: Jeanne Sauvé then Ray Hnatyshyn*Prime Minister: Brian Mulroney*Premier of Alberta: Don Getty*Premier of British Columbia: Bill Vander Zalm...
, one in seven of the residences in modern Cloverdale were constructed. Almost half (46.9%) of residences were built after 1990
1990 in Canada
Events from the year 1990 in Canada.-Incumbents:*Monarch: Elizabeth II*Governor General: Jeanne Sauvé then Ray Hnatyshyn*Prime Minister: Brian Mulroney*Premier of Alberta: Don Getty*Premier of British Columbia: Bill Vander Zalm...
.
Residential development has continued since the 2001 federal census. According to the 2001 census, there were 245 residences in the neighbourhood. By 2005, this had increased by 46%, with the 2005 municipal census reporting 358 residences.
The most common type of residence, according to the 2005 municipal census, is the single family dwelling. These account for approximately half (47%) of all residences in the neighbourhood. One in three (36%) are apartment
Apartment
An apartment or flat is a self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building...
style condominium
Condominium
A condominium, or condo, is the form of housing tenure and other real property where a specified part of a piece of real estate is individually owned while use of and access to common facilities in the piece such as hallways, heating system, elevators, exterior areas is executed under legal rights...
s in low rise buildings with fewer than five stories. One in six residences (16%) are row houses. There is also one triplex
Duplex (building)
The term duplex can be used to describe several different dwelling unit configurations:A duplex house is defined as a dwelling having apartments with separate entrances for two families. This includes two-story houses having a complete apartment on each floor and also side-by-side apartments on a...
in the neighbourhood. Almost six out of every seven (86%) of all residences are owner occupied and one out of seven (14%) are rented
Renting
Renting is an agreement where a payment is made for the temporary use of a good, service or property owned by another. A gross lease is when the tenant pays a flat rental amount and the landlord pays for all property charges regularly incurred by the ownership from landowners...
.
External links
- Cloverdale Neighbourhood Profile
- City of Edmonton - Muttart Conservatory