A QUICK LOOK AT WARD 10

Ward 10 is a study in southern Edmonton suburban growth, from houses built in Allendale and Parkallen after the Second World War to the booming new communities beyond Anthony Henday Drive.

The older neighbourhoods are dominated by leafy streets lined with singlefamily homes, but the 2016 city census shows more than half the ward’s dwellings are apartments and other types of multi-family housing.

The ward is bounded approximately by 72 Avenue, Calgary Trail-Highway 2, the city’s southern border and James Mowat Trail, Whitemud Ravine and the North Saskatchewan River.

The percentage of people with a master’s, doctorate or medical degree is almost twice the percentage of Edmonton as a whole.

Redevelopment is one longstanding issue as residents grapple with such questions as what to do with vacant school sites, the impact of infill and the future of the Century Park site.

The south LRT line runs through the ward, so it perhaps isn’t surprising that 20 per cent of the district’s commuters take public transit to work, more than the 13 per cent citywide average.

Combined with a higherthan-average population of seniors, many of whom don’t drive, this makes the city’s plans for reorganizing Edmonton bus service another important concern.