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Bonnie Doon, Edmonton

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Country
  
Canada

Quadrant
  
NW

Sector
  
Mature area

Elevation
  
665 m

Population
  
4,550 (2012)

City
  
Edmonton

Ward
  
8

Area
  
150 ha

Province
  
Alberta

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Restaurants
  
Bul Go Gi House, Sweet Mango, Reseau Sante Albertain, Bistro La Persaud, Taco Time

Bonnie Doon is a neighbourhood in south-central Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The western part of Bonnie Doon was originally part of the City of Strathcona, and became a part of Edmonton when Strathcona and Edmonton merged in 1912. The rest of the land in the neighbourhood was incorporated by Edmonton the following year.

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Map of Bonnie Doon, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Bonnie Doon takes its name from the Scottish for “pleasant, rolling countryside,” and was named in 1912 in honour of Canadian-born Premier Alexander Cameron Rutherford of Scottish descent who owned a portion of the land east of Mill Creek.

It is the heart of the Franco-Albertan community and hosts the only francophone university west of Manitoba, the University of Alberta's Campus Saint-Jean, which is located just north of Whyte Avenue on Rue Marie-Anne Gaboury (91 Street).

The neighbourhood is also home to one of Edmonton's first major shopping malls, Bonnie Doon Shopping Centre.

The neighbourhood extends roughly from the North Saskatchewan River Valley in the north to Whyte (82) Avenue in the south, and Mill Creek Ravine in the west to Connors Road in the north-east and 83 Street in the east.

There are two schools in the neighbourhood: Rutherford Elementary School and École Maurice-Lavallée.

Surrounding neighbourhoods include: Strathearn to the north, Idylwylde and Holyrood to the east, and King Edward Park to the south. These neighbourhoods are sometimes collectively referred to as the Bonnie Doon area. In the river valley to the north of Bonnie Doon is the neighbourhood of Cloverdale.

Demographics

In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Bonnie Doon had a population of 7003455000000000000♠4,550 living in 7003244600000000000♠2,446 dwellings, an 8.4% change from its 2009 population of 7003419800000000000♠4,198. With a land area of 1.5 km2 (0.58 sq mi), it had a population density of 7003303330000000000♠3,033.3 people/km2 in 2012.

References

Bonnie Doon, Edmonton Wikipedia