Country Canada Quadrant NW Sector Mature area Elevation 647 m Province Alberta | City Edmonton Ward 6 Area 104 ha Population 1,980 (2012) | |
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. 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.
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Map of Riverdale, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Demographics
In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Riverdale had a population of 7003198000000000000♠1,980 living in 7003102200000000000♠1,022 dwellings, a -2.7% change from its 2009 population of 7003203400000000000♠2,034. With a land area of 1.04 km2 (0.40 sq mi), it had a population density of 7003190380000000000♠1,903.8 people/km2 in 2012.
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.
Today, approximately one residential dwelling in four dates from before 1946. Most of the rest of the homes were built over the next 40 years, with only one dwelling in ten dating from 1985 or later.
There is one school, Riverdale School, located in the neighbourhood.
The neighbourhood also has several parks: Allan Stein Park, Dawson Park, Louise McKinney Park, and Louise McKinney Riverfront Park.