Riverdale, Edmonton

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|settlement_type = Neighbourhood

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|pushpin_map_caption = Location of Riverdale in Edmonton

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|subdivision_name4 = O-day’min

|subdivision_type5 = Sector{{cite web | url=http://www.edmonton.ca/business_economy/documents/PDF/Developing_and_Planned_Neighbourhoods_2011_-_Final_Report.pdf | title=Edmonton Developing and Planned Neighbourhoods, 2011 | publisher=City of Edmonton | access-date=February 13, 2013 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006080155/http://www.edmonton.ca/business_economy/documents/PDF/Developing_and_Planned_Neighbourhoods_2011_-_Final_Report.pdf | archive-date=October 6, 2014 }}

|subdivision_name5 = Mature area

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|subdivision_name6 = Central core

|government_footnotes = {{cite web | url=http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/city_organization/ward-6-councillor.aspx | title=City Councillors | publisher=City of Edmonton | access-date=August 4, 2015}}

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|leader_title = Administrative body

|leader_name = Edmonton City Council

|leader_title1 = City Councillor

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|leader_title2 = Provincial MLA

|leader_name2 = Janis Irwin

|leader_title3 = Federal MP

|leader_name3 = Heather McPherson

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|area_total_km2 = 1.04

|population_as_of = 2019

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|population_total = 2004

|population_density_km2 = 1926.9

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|population_blank1 = {{increase}}0.01%

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|population_blank2 = 1020

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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 from which the name of the community is associated with. Immediately across the river to the south is another Edmonton river valley neighbourhood--Cloverdale. Riverdale shares the approaches to the Low Level Bridge with a third river valley neighbourhood, Rossdale. To the north, is the neighbourhood of Boyle Street. Riverdale's boundary with the downtown core runs approximately along Grierson Hill Road.

The community is represented by the Riverdale Community League, established in 1920, which maintains a community hall and outdoor rink located at 92 Street and 100 Avenue.{{cite web |url=http://www.riverdalians.net/ |title=Riverdale Community League |publisher=Riverdale Community League |access-date=October 13, 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}} The Riverdale Community League also publishes a regular community newsletter, The Riverdalian.{{cite web |url=https://riverdalians.ca/the-riverdalian/ |title=Riverdalian News Archive |publisher=Riverdale Community League |access-date=January 29, 2020}}

Demographics

Image:2007-09-25 Riverdale 02 Compressed.jpg

In the City of Edmonton's 2019 municipal census, Riverdale had a population of {{nts|2004}} living in {{nts|1020}} dwellings,{{cite web | url=https://public.tableau.com/profile/city.of.edmonton#!/vizhome/2019EdmontonMunicipalCensus/2019EdmontonMunicipalCensusNeighbourhood | title=Municipal Census Results – Edmonton 2019 Census | publisher=City of Edmonton | access-date=January 27, 2020}} a 1% change from its 2012 population of {{nts|1980}}.{{cite web | url=https://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/facts_figures/2012-municipal-census-results.aspx | title=2012 Municipal Census Results | publisher=City of Edmonton | access-date=February 22, 2013}} With a land area of {{convert|1.04|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|1929.9}} people/km2 in 2019.

Residential development

The neighbourhood was a popular site with early residents of the city of Edmonton, and soon had both a lumbermill and brickyard with fuel supplied by coal mined from nearby cliffs in the river valley.See the neighbourhood description in the [maps.edmonton.ca map utility] on the City of Edmonton web site.

A neighbourhood restaurant, Little Brick Cafe and General Store, opened in 2015 and is named as a nod to the area's brickyard roots.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/historic-j-b-little-home-in-riverdale-to-open-doors-as-cafe-1.2951886 |title= Historic J.B. Little home in Riverdale to open doors as cafe|date= February 10, 2015|publisher= CBC|access-date= January 29, 2020}}

There is one elementary school, Riverdale School, located in the neighbourhood.{{Cite web|url=http://riverdale.epsb.ca/aboutourschool/schoolprofile/|title=School Profile|website=riverdale.epsb.ca|access-date=2020-01-30}}

The neighbourhood also has several parks: Allan Stein Park, Dawson Park, Louise McKinney Riverfront Park, and Riverdale Park.

See also

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