Queen Mary Park, Edmonton
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Edmonton
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, Alberta
Alberta
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, Canada
Canada
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located just outside 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...
. The neighbourhood occupies land that was once part of the Hudson's Bay Company
Hudson's Bay Company
The Hudson's Bay Company , abbreviated HBC, or "The Bay" is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and one of the oldest in the world. A fur trading business for much of its existence, today Hudson's Bay Company owns and operates retail stores throughout Canada...
reserve.
It is bounded on the north by 111 Avenue, on the south by 105 Avenue, on the west by 121 Street, and on the east by 109 Street. The old Canadian National Railway
Canadian National Railway
The Canadian National Railway Company is a Canadian Class I railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. CN's slogan is "North America's Railroad"....
right of way runs just to the south of and just to the west of the neighbourhood. The boundary of the south west corner of the neighbourhood is curved, following the right of way as it changes from an east-west direction to a north-south direction.
Almost three out of four dwellings in the neighbourhood were constructed during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. A large percentage of the dwellings, almost four out of five, are rented. Almost 85% of the dwellings in the neighbourhood are apartment
Apartment
An apartment or flat is a self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building...
s in low rise buildings with fewer than five stories. Four out of five apartments are rented, with the remainder being owner occupied. Of the remaining dwellings, the majority are single family dwellings, with roughly three out of four of these being owner occupied. There are a few duplexes
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...
, and most of these are rented.
The average household size is 1.8 persons per household, with roughly one out of two households having only one person.
Until recently, one of the most prominent structures in the neighbourhood was the Central Pentecostal Tabernacle
Central Pentecostal Tabernacle
The Central Pentecostal Tabernacle was a Pentecostal church in Edmonton, Canada that stood until 2007. The large complex covered an entire city block, featured a cedar and glass pyramid and included several buildings and the associated Northwest Bible College .The site was locally famous as the...
. However, the congregation moved into a new church in north west Edmonton and the old building was sold. It was demolished in 2007.
The neighbourhood is named after Mary of Teck
Mary of Teck
Mary of Teck was the queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, as the wife of King-Emperor George V....
, Queen of Canada 1910-36.