Forest Heights, Edmonton
| Forest Heights | |
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| Neighbourhood | |
 Forest Heights
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| Coordinates: 53°32′42″N 113°27′04″W / 53.545°N 113.451°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Alberta
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| City | Edmonton |
| Quadrant | NW |
| Ward | 8 |
| Sector | Mature area |
| Government | |
| • Administrative body | Edmonton City Council |
| • Councillor | Ben Henderson |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.63 km2 (0.63 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 662 m (2,172 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 3,995 |
| • Density | 2,450.9/km2 (6,348/sq mi) |
| • Change (2009–12) |
 1.4% |
| • Dwellings | 2,149 |
Forest Heights is a residential neighbourhood in south east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada that overlooks the North Saskatchewan River valley to the north and west. Four bridges provide access to destinations on the north side of the river.
The neighbourhood is bounded on the north and west by the North Saskatchewan River valley, on the east by Wayne Gretzky Drive and 75 Street, and on the south by 98 Avenue. 106 Avenue cuts through the neighbourhood.
In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Forest Heights had a population of 3,995 living in 2,149 dwellings, a 1.4% change from its 2009 population of 3,940. With a land area of 1.63 km2 (0.63 sq mi), it had a population density of 2,450.9 people/km2 in 2012.
While a small percentage (6.1%) of residences in Forest Heights were constructed before the end of World War II, approximately half (51.1%) were constructed between the end of the war and 1960 according to the 2001 federal census. One in four (24.6%) were constructed during the 1960s and one in ten (10.2%) were constructed during the 1970s. By 1980, residential construction in the neighbourhood was substantially complete.
The most common type of residence in the neighbourhood, according to the 2005 municipal census, is the single-family dwelling. These account for roughly three out of four (76%) of the residences in the neighbourhood. Another one in eight (12%) are apartments and apartment style condominiums in low-rise buildings with fewer than five stories. Slightly less common, accounting for 11% or one in ten of the residences in the neighbourhood, are duplexes. There are also a handful of residences grouped as "other" types of residence. Three out of five (61%) of residences are owner-occupied while the remaining residences are rented.
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