Official Name: | Crawford Plains |
Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Edmonton |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Crawford Plains in Edmonton |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | City |
Subdivision Name2: | Edmonton |
Subdivision Type3: | Quadrant[1] |
Subdivision Name3: | NW |
Subdivision Type4: | Ward |
Subdivision Name4: | Sspomitapi |
Subdivision Type5: | Sector[2] |
Subdivision Name5: | Southeast |
Subdivision Type6: | Area[3] [4] Community |
Subdivision Name6: | Mill Woods Southwood |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Title1: | Administrative body |
Leader Name1: | Edmonton City Council |
Leader Title2: | Councillor |
Area Footnotes: | [5] |
Area Total Km2: | 0.59 |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Total: | 4394 |
Population Density Km2: | 7447.5 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Change (2009–12) |
Population Blank1: | -0.4% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 1477 |
Coordinates: | 53.439°N -113.407°W |
Elevation M: | 716 |
Crawford Plains is a residential neighbourhood located in the Mill Woods area of south Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is a part of the Mill Woods community of Southwood. It was named in 1976 to honour Neil Stanley Crawford, a provincial cabinet minister and former Edmonton alderman, "in recognition of his public service as a member of the Edmonton Historical Board, Local Board of Health and city council."[6]
According to the 2001 federal census, Development of the neighbourhood began during the 1970s when two out of every four (26.4%) of the residences in the neighbourhood were constructed. Most of the residences in the neighbourhood were constructed during the 1980s when another three out of five (58.2%) were built. The remaining 14.4% were built during the 1990s.[7]
According to the 2005 municipal census, the neighbourhood is predominantly single-family dwellings, which account for four out of every five (77%) of all the residences in the neighbourhood. Row houses account for another one in six (17%) of the residences. The remaining 6% of the residences are duplexes.[8] Four out of five residences (84%) are owner occupied.[9]
There is a single school in the neighbourhood, Crawford Plains School, operated by the Edmonton Public School System.
Residents have good access to shopping with the Mill Woods Town Centre shopping centre located nearby.
The neighbourhood is bounded on the west by 50 Street, the north by Mill Woods Road East and 16A Avenue, on the east by 34 Street, and on the south by Anthony Henday Drive.
In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Crawford Plains had a population of living in dwellings,[10] a -0.4% change from its 2009 population of .[11] With a land area of 0.59km2, it had a population density of people/km2 in 2012.[5] [10]