Arbor Creek, Saskatoon
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|subdivision_name2 = Saskatoon
|subdivision_type3 = Suburban Development Area
|subdivision_name3 = University Heights
|subdivision_type4 = Neighbourhood
|subdivision_name4 = Arbor Creek
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|government_type = Municipal (Ward 10)
|leader_title = Administrative body
|leader_name = Saskatoon City Council
|leader_title1 = Councillor
|leader_name1 = Zach Jeffries
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|established_title = Annexed
|established_date = 1980-1984
|established_title2 = Construction
|established_date2 = 1996-2006
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Arbor Creek is a primarily residential neighbourhood located in northeast Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. It is mostly made up of low-density single detached dwellings. As of 2006, the area is home to 4,654 residents. The neighbourhood is considered a high-income area, with an average family income of $99,631, an average dwelling value of $327,262 and a home ownership rate of 92.5%.{{cite web
|url=http://www.saskatoon.ca/DEPARTMENTS/Community%20Services/PlanningDevelopment/Documents/Research/Neighbourhood_profiles/2007/arbor_creek.pdf
|title=Arbor Creek neighbourhood profile - 2007
|publisher=City of Saskatoon
|year=2007
|accessdate=2010-08-11
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312091631/http://www.saskatoon.ca/DEPARTMENTS/Community%20Services/PlanningDevelopment/Documents/Research/Neighbourhood_profiles/2007/arbor_creek.pdf
|archivedate=2012-03-12
|title=Populace Spring 2006
|publisher=City of Saskatoon
|year=2006
|url=http://www.saskatoon.ca/org/city_planning/resources/populace_newsletter/Populace_Spring_2006.pdf
|accessdate=2007-11-11
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071201065317/http://www.saskatoon.ca/org/city_planning/resources/populace_newsletter/Populace_Spring_2006.pdf
|archivedate=2007-12-01
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History
The land on which Arbor Creek now sits was annexed between 1980 and 1984. The majority of residential construction was done between 1996 and 2006, with a small amount of construction before this (the area first appeared on city maps in the late 1980s, branded as part of the neighboring Erindale community before being split off in the early 1990s). The housing stock is composed mostly of low density, single detached houses. Roadways feature the names of prominent local personalities, many of them musicians, as well as several former mayors:
- Adaskin Cove - Murray Adaskin, LL.D., D.Mus.; conductor, composer, teacher and violinist.{{cite web
| title = Honorary degree recipients :: University of Saskatchewan Archives
| url = https://www.usask.ca/archives/history/hondegrees.php?id=397&view=detail&keyword=&campuses=
| accessdate = 2007-11-11| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20071114084422/http://www.usask.ca/archives/history/hondegrees.php?id=397&view=detail&keyword=&campuses=| archivedate= 14 November 2007 | url-status= live}}
- Beckett Green - Garth Beckett; pianist with the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra.{{cite web
| title = Beckett, Garth
| url = http://www.canadianencyclopedia.ca/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0000242
| accessdate = 2007-11-11| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070930165237/http://www.canadianencyclopedia.ca/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0000242| archivedate= 30 September 2007 | url-status= live}}
- Buckwold Cove - Sidney Buckwold; former mayor of Saskatoon and former Liberal senator.
- Budz Bay, Lane, Terrace, Crescent, Green - Victor James Budz; firefighter killed in the Queen's Hotel Fire on May 31, 1980.
{{cite web
|title= Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation
|url= http://www.cfff.ca/fallen/detail_e.php?ff_id=617
|accessdate= 2007-11-11|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070928192403/http://www.cfff.ca/fallen/detail_e.php?ff_id=617|archivedate= 2007-09-28|url-status= dead
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- Guenter Terrace Crescent, Bay - Dennis Aron Guenter; firefighter killed in the Queen's Hotel Fire on May 31, 1980.
{{cite web
|title= Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation
|url= http://www.cfff.ca/fallen/detail_e.php?ff_id=618
|accessdate= 2007-11-11|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080401094039/http://www.cfff.ca/fallen/detail_e.php?ff_id=618|archivedate= 2008-04-01|url-status= dead
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- Kaplan Green - Dr. David L. Kaplan, C.M.; recipient of the Saskatchewan Order of Merit, former head of the University of Saskatchewan's Department of Music and former conductor of the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra.{{cite web
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| title = Recipient Biographies
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|date=November 2006
| url = http://www.gov.sk.ca/news-archive/2006/11/01-776-attachment.pdf
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- McFarland Place - Reginald B. McFarland; Professor of Music.{{cite web
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| title = On Campus News
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| date = 2003-04-18
| url = https://www.usask.ca/communications/ocn/03-apr-18/column_deaths.shtml
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| accessdate = 2007-11-11}}
- Overholt Crescent, Terrace, Court - Dorothy Overholt; Saskatoon Symphony concertmaster.{{cite web
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| title = Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra
| publisher = Historica Foundation of Canada
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| accessdate = 2007-11-11}}
- Sears Cove: Bert Sears, former mayor of Saskatoon
- Wright Way, Court, Crescent, Terrace, Place, Bay - Clifford Wright, former mayor of Saskatoon
Government and politics
Arbor Creek exists within the federal electoral district of Saskatoon—University. It is currently represented by Corey Tochor of the Conservative Party of Canada, first elected in 2019.{{Citation|title=Current Members of Parliament|url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/Parliamentarians/en/constituencies/findmp?textCriteria=Saskatoon|accessdate=2020-02-20}}
Provincially, the area is within the constituency of Saskatoon Willowgrove. It is currently represented by Ken Cheveldayoff of the Saskatchewan Party, first elected in 2003.{{Citation|title=Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan - Members of the Legislative Assembly|url=http://www.legassembly.sk.ca/mlas/|accessdate=2017-04-16}}
In Saskatoon's non-partisan municipal politics, Arbor Creek lies within ward 10. It is currently represented by Zach Jeffries, first elected in 2012.{{Citation|title=City Councillors - Saskatoon.ca|date=2 February 2015 |url=https://www.saskatoon.ca/city-hall/mayor-city-councillors/city-councillors|accessdate=2017-04-16}}
Institutions
=Education=
No schools exist in Arbor Creek. Though land was set aside for schools, the public and separate school boards decided to build schools in the adjacent Willowgrove neighbourhood.{{cite web
|last=Martin
|first=Michelle
|title=Willowgrove school gets priority
|work=The StarPhoenix
|publisher=CanWest
|date=2007-06-26
|url=http://morray.sasktelwebsite.net/news/thesp_jun26_07.pdf
|accessdate=2010-12-13
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724054518/http://morray.sasktelwebsite.net/news/thesp_jun26_07.pdf
|archivedate=2011-07-24
|url=http://www.newstalk650.com/story/20101212/44384
|title=Saskatoon subdivision comes to grips with elimination of planned school
|work=News Talk 650
|last=Wagner
|first=Brendan
|publisher=Rawlco Radio
|date=December 13, 2010
|accessdate=2010-12-13
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215184909/http://www.newstalk650.com/story/20101212/44384
|archivedate=December 15, 2010
}} The land is now being readied for more single-family homes.{{cite web
|url = https://thestarphoenix.com/business/Arbor+Creek+school+sites+eyed/3686321/story.html
|title = Arbor Creek school sites eyed
|last = David
|first = Hutton
|work = The StarPhoenix
|publisher = Postmedia Network
|date = October 18, 2010
|accessdate = 2010-12-13}} Schools also already exist in the adjacent Erindale and Forest Grove neighbourhoods.
Parks and recreation
- Kaplan Green (0.6 acres)
- Beckett Green Pocket Park (1.8 acres)
- Budz Green Pocket Park (2.1 acres)
- Arbor Creek Linear Park (7.0 acres)
- Arbor Creek Neighbourhood Park (20.7 acres)
The Erindale/Arbor Creek Community Association organizes events and activities for its residents. Programs operate out of Father Robinson and Dr. John G. Egnatoff Schools as well as neighbourhood parks. The Association also plays an important role in representing the interests of residents in key community issues such as schools and parks.
{{cite web
|title= Erindale/Arbor Creek Community Association
|publisher= City of Saskatoon - Leisure Services & Community Development
|url= http://www.city.saskatoon.sk.ca/org/leisure/community_associations/your_association.asp?ca=13
|accessdate= 2007-11-10|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20071020154129/http://city.saskatoon.sk.ca/org/leisure/community_associations/your_association.asp?ca=13|archivedate= 2007-10-20|url-status= dead
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Commercial
Location
Arbor Creek is located within the University Heights Suburban Development Area. It is bounded by McOrmond Drive to the east, College Drive and the Canadian Pacific Railway tracks to the south, Berini Drive to the west, and Kerr Road to the north. Kenderdine Road is the subdivision's main collector road. An extension of McKercher Drive from 105th Street is planned for the future to add an additional entrance/egress point for the community, and as of 2017 construction is under way on an interchange at McOrmond and College.
References
{{Commons category|Arbor Creek }}
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External links
- [http://www.erindalearborcreek.org/ Erindale/Arbor Creek Community Association]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120312091631/http://www.saskatoon.ca/DEPARTMENTS/Community%20Services/PlanningDevelopment/Documents/Research/Neighbourhood_profiles/2007/arbor_creek.pdf Arbor Creek neighbourhood profile 2007]
{{Geographic location
| Centre = Arbor Creek
| North = Erindale
| Northeast = Willowgrove
| East = Holmwood SDA
| Southeast = Brighton
Holmwood SDA
| South = College Park East
| Southwest = Sutherland Industrial
| West = Sutherland Industrial
| Northwest = Forest Grove
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{{Neighbourhoods of Saskatoon|selected=Arbor Creek, Saskatoon}}