Summerlea, Edmonton
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Summerlea
| other_name =
| settlement_type = Neighbourhood
| image_skyline = 2008-03-15 Summerlea 024.jpg
| image_caption = Residential sidestreet in Summerlea
| pushpin_map = Canada Edmonton
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Summerlea in Edmonton
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| subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Canada
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Alberta
| subdivision_type2 = City
| subdivision_name2 = Edmonton
| subdivision_name3 = NW
| subdivision_name4 = sipiwiyiniwak
| subdivision_name5 = West
| 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 = West Jasper Place
| 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}}
| government_type =
| leader_title = Administrative body
| leader_name = Edmonton City Council
| leader_title1 = Councillor
| leader_name1 = {{Edmonton City Council|5}}
| established_title =
| established_date =
| area_total_km2 = 1.1
| population_as_of = 2012
| population_total = 2058
| population_density_km2 = 1870.9
| population_blank1_title = Change {{small|(2009–12)}}
| population_blank1 = {{decrease}}-0.7%
| population_blank2_title = Dwellings
| population_blank2 = 1008
| coordinates = {{coord|53.525|N|113.624|W|region:CA-AB|display=inline}}
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 678
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Summerlea is a neighbourhood located in west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is bounded by 170 Street to the east, 178 Street to the west, 95 Avenue to the north and 87 Avenue to the south. Summerlea is home to West Edmonton Mall, one of Edmonton's best-known tourist destinations. The mall occupies almost the entire southern half of the neighbourhood.
The community is represented by the Summerlea Community League, established in 1984.{{cite web |url=http://summerlea.org/ |title=Summerlea Community League |publisher=Summerlea Community League |access-date=October 14, 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, Summerlea had a population of {{nts|2058}} living in {{nts|1008}} 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 -0.7% change from its 2009 population of {{nts|2072}}.{{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|1.1|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{nts|1870.9}} people/km2 in 2012.
Summerlea is an ethnically diverse neighbourhood with no identifiable ethnic group accounting for more than 10% of the population. Almost two out of three respondents in the 2001 federal census indicated affiliation with multiple ethnic groups.{{cite web |title=2001 Federal Census - Ethnic Origin |url=https://censusdocs.edmonton.ca/DD13/FEDERAL%202001/Neighbourhood/SUMMERLEA.pdf |publisher=City of Edmonton}}
Crime
With the largest mall in North America in the neighbourhood and a booming Alberta economy, Summerlea has some challenges with crime. Between 2000 and 2003, the number of property crimes tripled, before leveling off in 2004 and declining in 2005. "Property crime involves unlawful acts with the intent of gaining property. It includes actual and attempted break and enter, actual and attempted motor vehicle theft, ‘other’ theft (i.e. theft from vehicle, shoplifting, theft of bicycle, and other thefts), possession of stolen property, and fraud."{{cite web |title=Edmonton Police Service - Type of Crime by Year |url=https://censusdocs.edmonton.ca/DD33/EDMONTON%20POLICE%20SERVICE%202005/Neighbourhood/SUMMERLEA.pdf |publisher=City of Edmonton |date=2005}}
Surrounding neighbourhoods
Surrounding neighbourhoods are Terra Losa to the north, Glenwood to the northeast, West Meadowlark Park to the east, Elmwood to the southeast, Thorncliff to the south, Aldergrove to the southwest, Belmead to the west, and La Perle to the northwest.
{{Geographic location|width=auto
| Northwest = La Perle
| North = Terra Losa
| Northeast = Glenwood
| West = Belmead
| Centre = Summerlea
| East = West Meadowlark Park
| Southwest = Aldergrove
| South = Thorncliff
| Southeast = Elmwood
}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.westedmontonmall.com/ West Edmonton Mall]
{{Edmonton neighbourhoods}}