Avalon, Saskatoon
| Avalon | |
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Avalon Shopping Centre
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 Avalon location map |
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| Coordinates: 52°5′48″N 106°39′28″W / 52.09667°N 106.65778°WCoordinates: 52°5′48″N 106°39′28″W / 52.09667°N 106.65778°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Saskatchewan
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| City | Saskatoon |
| Suburban Development Area | Nutana |
| Neighbourhood | Avalon |
| Annexed | 1910-1919 |
| Construction | 1946-1970 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal (Ward 7) |
| • Administrative body | Saskatoon City Council |
| • Councillor | Mairin Loewen |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.46 km2 (0.56 sq mi) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 3,214 |
| • Average Income | $65,000 |
| Time zone | UTC (UTC-6) |
| Website | Avalon Community Association |
| Georges Vanier Catholic Fine Arts School | |
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820 Wilson Crescent Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7J 2M4 Canada |
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| Information | |
| Type | Elementary, Fine Arts focus |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Catholic |
| Opened | 1958 |
| School board | Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools |
| Principal | Don Remizowski |
| Vice Principal | Laura Cey |
| Grades | Kindergarten to Grade 8 |
| Enrollment | 397 (2016) |
| Education system | Separate |
| Language | English |
| Feeder to | Holy Cross High School |
| Website | Georges Vanier Catholic Fine Arts School |
| John Lake School | |
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2606 Broadway Avenue Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7J 0Z6 Canada |
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| Information | |
| Type | Elementary |
| Opened | 1958 |
| School board | Saskatoon Public School Division |
| Principal | Kendall Pierce |
| Vice Principal | Marilyn Black |
| Enrollment | 264 (2016) |
| Education system | Public |
| Feeder to | Aden Bowman Collegiate |
| Website | John Lake School |
Avalon is a mostly residential neighbourhood located in south-central Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. It is a suburban subdivision, consisting mostly of low-density, single detached dwellings. As of 2007, the area is home to 3,214 residents. The neighbourhood is considered a middle-income area, with an average family income of $65,000, an average dwelling value of $168,444 and a home ownership rate of 77.3%. According to MLS data, the average sale price of a home as of 2013 was $352,359.
Most of the land for the neighbourhood was annexed by the city between 1910 and 1919, with the remaining southern piece annexed between 1960 and 1969. A 1913 map shows that the present-day Avalon area overlaps three registered subdivisions of the day: Avalon in the northwest, Pacific Addition in the east and railway stock yards in the south. Home construction, however, did not begin in earnest until after World War II. The layout of the streets reflects the changing urban planning philosophies of the day as the land was developed. The north part of the neighbourhood follows a traditional grid pattern. By the 1950s, the design of residential neighbourhoods used a modern system of curving residential streets, feeding into collector roads that connected to arterial roads. Thus, the southern part of the neighbourhood follows this design practice.
John Lake School was opened in 1958. Georges Vanier School was opened that same year, and renovated in 1963.
Residential build-out in Avalon was mostly completed by the late 1960s, however some additional residential development occurred south of Glasgow Street and west of Clarence Avenue in the mid-1990s, along with some limited remnant development west of Melrose Avenue in the 1980s. As noted below, plans for the southwest extension of Circle Drive initially caused some concern; construction of an interchange at Clarence Avenue and Circle, in the planning since the 1960s, was completed by the late 2000s, facilitating resident access to the freeway and to the Stonebridge commercial area to the southeast.
Avalon exists within the federal electoral district of Saskatoon—Grasswood. It is currently represented by Kevin Waugh of the Conservative Party of Canada, first elected in 2015.
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