Northmount, Edmonton
{{redirect-distinguish|Northmount|Northmont|North Mountain (disambiguation){{!}}North Mountain}}
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|subdivision_name2 = Edmonton
|subdivision_name3 = NW
|subdivision_name4 = tastawiyiniwak
|subdivision_name5 = Mature area
|subdivision_type6 = Area{{cite web | url=http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/MDP_Bylaw_15100.pdf | title=The Way We Grow: Municipal Development Plan Bylaw 15100 | publisher=City of Edmonton | date=2010-05-26 | access-date=February 13, 2013 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502001321/http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/MDP_Bylaw_15100.pdf | archive-date=May 2, 2015 }}{{cite web | url=http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/Plans_in_Effect_Map.pdf | title=City of Edmonton Plans in Effect | publisher=City of Edmonton | date=November 2011 | access-date=February 13, 2013 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017194152/http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/Plans_in_Effect_Map.pdf | archive-date=October 17, 2013 }}
|subdivision_name6 = Dickinsfield
|government_footnotes = {{cite web | url=http://edmonton.ca/city_government/city_organization/city-councillors.aspx | title=City Councillors | publisher=City of Edmonton | access-date=February 13, 2013}}
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|area_total_km2 = 1.22
|population_as_of = 2012
|population_total = 3247
|population_density_km2 = 2661.5
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|population_blank1 = {{decrease}}-3%
|population_blank2_title = Dwellings
|population_blank2 = 1191
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Northmount is a neighbourhood in northwest Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It and the Evansdale neighbourhood to the north comprise Edmonton's Dickinsfield community.
Northmount is bounded by the Griesbach neighbourhood across 97 Street to the west, the Evansdale neighbourhood across 144 Avenue to the north, the Kildare neighbourhood across 82 Street to the east, and the Glengarry neighbourhood across 137 Avenue to the south.{{cite web | url=http://maps.edmonton.ca/ | publisher=City of Edmonton | title=Welcome to Edmonton Maps | access-date=2012-04-26}}
The community is represented by the Northmount Community League, established in 1971, which maintains a community hall and outdoor rink located at 92 Street and 140 Avenue.{{cite web |url=http://www.northmount.ca/ |title=Northmount Community League |publisher=Northmount Community League |access-date=October 12, 2017}}{{cite book|last =Kuban |first =Ron |title =Edmonton's Urban Villages: The Community League Movement |url =https://archive.org/details/edmontonsurbanvi00kuba |url-access =registration |publisher =University of Alberta Press |year =2005 |isbn =9781459303249}}
Demographics
In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Northmount had a population of {{nts|3247}} living in {{nts|1191}} dwellings,{{cite web | url=http://edmonton.ca/city_government/facts_figures/municipal-census-results.aspx | title=Municipal Census Results – Edmonton 2012 Census | publisher=City of Edmonton | access-date=February 22, 2013}} a -3% change from its 2009 population of {{nts|3346}}.{{cite web | url=http://edmonton.ca/city_government/facts_figures/2009-municipal-census-results.aspx | title=2009 Municipal Census Results | publisher=City of Edmonton | access-date=February 22, 2013}} With a land area of {{convert|1.22|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}},{{cite web | url=https://data.edmonton.ca/City-Administration/Neighbourhoods-data-plus-kml-file-/65fr-66s6 | title=Neighbourhoods (data plus kml file) | publisher=City of Edmonton | access-date=February 22, 2013}} it had a population density of {{nts|2661.5}} people/km2 in 2012.
Housing
In 2005, Northmount's housing breakdown consisted of 69% single-family dwellings, 21% row houses, 7% rooming houses, and 2% low-rise apartments (fewer than five storeys).{{cite web |title=2005 Municipal Census - Dwelling Unit by Structure Type and Ownership |url=http://censusdocs.edmonton.ca/C05002/MUNICIPAL%202005/Neighbourhood/NORTHMOUNT.pdf |publisher=City of Edmonton}}
Schools
There are three schools in Northmount including Dickinsfield Junior High School and Northmount Elementary School operated by Edmonton Public Schools and St. Anne Catholic Elementary School operated by Edmonton Catholic Schools.
Shopping
North Town Centre is located at the southwest corner of Northmount. Northgate Centre is located across 137 Avenue from North Town Centre to the south in Glengarry.
Health care
The Dickinsfield Extended Care Hospital is located in the Northmount.
Northgate Transit Centre
{{distinguish|text=Northgate Transit Center in Seattle, Washington}}
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| opened = January 16, 1987{{Cite book |title=Edmonton Transit System 100 |date=2008 |publisher=City of Edmonton}}
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The Northgate Transit Centre, opened on January 16, 1987, is located on the north side of 137 Avenue on 97 Street in front of North Town Centre across from Northgate Centre. This transit centre has public washrooms, a convenience store, a large shelter and a pay phone. There is no park & ride, drop off area, or vending machines at this transit centre.{{cite web |url=https://www.edmonton.ca/ets/northgate-transit-centre.aspx |title=Northgate Transit Centre |publisher= City of Edmonton |access-date= October 2, 2017}}
The original 1986 transit centre shelter was replaced in 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.binderconstruction.com/projects/featuredprojects/northgate/northgate.html |title=Northgate Transit Centre |publisher= Binder Construction |access-date=16 March 2018}}{{cite web |url=http://www.metronews.ca/news/edmonton/2012/05/22/edmontons-northgate-transit-centre-under-construction.html |title=Edmonton's Northgate Transit Centre under construction |publisher=Metro News |date=22 May 2012 |access-date=16 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331011114/http://www.metronews.ca/news/edmonton/2012/05/22/edmontons-northgate-transit-centre-under-construction.html |archive-date=31 March 2018}} The new shelter, built as a part of $4.575 million in upgrades to the transit centre that year, won an "award of merit" from the Prairie Design Awards in 2014 partly for the use of brightly coloured panels on the building facade.{{cite web |url=http://www.prairiedesignawards.com/2014/northgate_transit_centre.html |title=Northgate Transit Centre |publisher=Prairie Design Awards |access-date=16 March 2018}}
The following bus routes serve the transit centre:{{cite web |url=https://www.edmonton.ca/ets/route-brochures-in-pdf.aspx |title=Brochures in PDF |publisher=City of Edmonton |access-date=1 September 2019}}
{{main|List of Edmonton Transit Service bus routes}}
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| To/From
! Routes |
|---|
| Belvedere Transit Centre
| 106 |
| Carlton
| 109 |
| Castle Downs Transit Centre
| 109, 127 |
| Century Park Transit Centre
| 9-Owl |
| Christy's Corner
| 52, 54, 905 |
| Clareview Transit Centre
| 54, 113, 114 |
| Coliseum Transit Centre
| 123 |
| Cumberland
| 109 |
| Downtown
| 9, 110X, 120X |
| Eaux Claires Transit Centre
| 9, 110X, 120X |
| Government Centre Transit Centre
| 110X, 120X |
| Griesbach
| 109 |
| Jasper Place Transit Centre
| 52 |
| Londonderry
| 54, 113, 114, 128 |
| NAIT
| 9, 110X |
| Southgate Transit Centre
| 9 |
| West Edmonton Mall Transit Centre
| 52, 54 |
| Westmount Transit Centre
| 52, 905 |