Stonebridge, Saskatoon
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| Field | Value |
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| name | Stonebridge |
| settlement_type | Neighbourhood |
| image_skyline | Stonebridge Sign.jpg |
| image_caption | Stonebrige neighbourhood sign |
| image_map | Stonebridge-map.png |
| mapsize | 270px |
| map_caption | Stonebridge location in Saskatoon |
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| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
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| subdivision_type2 | City |
| subdivision_name2 | Saskatoon |
| subdivision_type3 | Suburban Development Area |
| subdivision_name3 | Nutana |
| subdivision_type4 | Neighbourhood |
| subdivision_name4 | Stonebridge |
| government_type | Municipal (Ward 7) |
| leader_title | Administrative body |
| leader_name | Saskatoon City Council |
| leader_title1 | Councillor |
| leader_name1 | Mairin Loewen |
| established_title | Annexed |
| established_title2 | Construction |
| established_date2 | 2005–2017 |
| established_title3 | |
| unit_pref | |
| area_total_km2 | 1.5 |
| population_as_of | 2019 |
| population_total | 13,334 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_density_sq_mi | auto |
| population_blank1_title | Average Income |
| population_blank1 | $50,720 |
| timezone | UTC |
| utc_offset | -6 |
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| website | |
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Stonebridge is a mostly residential neighbourhood located in south-central Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. It is a suburban subdivision, consisting of low-density, single detached dwellings and a mix of medium-density apartment and semi-detached dwellings. As of 2009, the area is home to 994 residents. The neighbourhood is considered a middle-income area, with an average family income of $67,642, an average dwelling value of $321,004 and a home ownership rate of 72.4%.{{cite web |url = http://www.saskatoon.ca/DEPARTMENTS/Community%20Services/PlanningDevelopment/Documents/Research/Neighbourhood_profiles/2010/Stonebridge.pdf |title = Stonebridge |work = Neighbourhood Profiles |publisher = City of Saskatoon - City Planning Branch |year = 2010 |accessdate = 2011-01-05}}
History
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The first development in the area occurred with the purchase of land in 1976 by the University Drive Alliance Church. The congregation moved into their newly built facility, Circle Drive Alliance Church, in November 1979. Two adjacent buildings, a personal care home and senior citizens' home, were completed in 1986.{{cite web |url = http://www.collegeofprayer.ca/saskatoon/wboldt.html |title = Historical Flashbacks - Rev. & Mrs. Walter Boldt |last = Willems |first = Lorraine |publisher = College of Prayer |year = 2003 |accessdate = 2011-01-05}}
The city formally annexed the land in the 1980s.,{{Cite book |title = Populace Spring 2006 |publisher = City of Saskatoon - City Planning Branch |volume = 8 |issue = 1 |date = Spring 2006 |page = 5 |url = http://www.city.saskatoon.sk.ca/org/city_planning/resources/publications/Future_Growth_and_Development_of_Saskatoon.pdf |title = Future Growth & Development of Saskatoon |publisher = City of Saskatoon - Community Services Department |date = December 2005 |accessdate = 2007-10-28 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070929104633/http://www.city.saskatoon.sk.ca/org/city_planning/resources/publications/Future_Growth_and_Development_of_Saskatoon.pdf |archivedate = 2007-09-29}} with the construction of the Stonegate Shopping Centre. Stonegate's development was tied to the construction of an overpass at Clarence Avenue South over Circle Drive.{{cite web |url = http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/story.html?id=d95de4fb-a7cf-4b15-8f59-7ce35b389b6c&k=75029&p=1 |title = Councillors clear way for Stonegate interchange |last = Coolican |first = Lori |work = The StarPhoenix |publisher = CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc. |date = February 28, 2006 |accessdate = 2011-01-07}}{{cite web |url = http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/local/story.html?id=b906c21d-def2-4639-a752-a6bc4f0006da&k=28529 |title = Overpass cost balloons $5.5M |work = The StarPhoenix |publisher = CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc. |date = January 5, 2007 |accessdate = 2011-01-07}} Home building began at about the same time as the Stonegate construction. The Clarence Avenue interchange was completed and opened to traffic on November 20, 2007.{{cite web |url = http://www.saskatoon.ca/DEPARTMENTS/City%20Clerks%20Office/City%20Archives/City%20History/Pages/SignificantDates.aspx |title = Significant Dates |publisher = City of Saskatoon - City Archives |year = 2009 |access-date = 2011-01-10 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110930064204/http://www.saskatoon.ca/DEPARTMENTS/City%20Clerks%20Office/City%20Archives/City%20History/Pages/SignificantDates.aspx |archive-date = 2011-09-30 |url = http://www.saskatoon.ca/FORUM/News%20Releases/Pages/CircleDriveandPrestonAvenueInterchangeInformationSessiononOctober19.aspx |title = Circle Drive and Preston Avenue Interchange Information Session on October 19 |publisher = City of Saskatoon |access-date = 2010-11-04 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120327072943/http://www.saskatoon.ca/FORUM/News%20Releases/Pages/CircleDriveandPrestonAvenueInterchangeInformationSessiononOctober19.aspx |archive-date = 2012-03-27
Street naming controversies
In 2007, Saskatoon City Council approved the naming of one street, Alm Crescent, after Terry Alm, who had only recently ended his tenure as a city councilor in order to enter provincial politics. Residents and some councilors expressed upset that Alm's name was chosen over other longstanding naming candidates on a list maintained by the city for future street names; the list included former mayors, 50 other former councilors, and onetime Saskatoon resident, Joni Mitchell. The decision sparked a motion by one councilor to impose a 10-year waiting period on naming streets after recently departed politicians.{{cite web |url = http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=48a079e4-7718-47af-8949-5892ef9d2f09 |title = 'Alm Crescent' street name gets bumpy ride |last = |first = |work = The StarPhoenix (reposted via Canada.com) |publisher = CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc. |date = August 15, 2007 |accessdate = 2013-01-04}}
Prior to 2016, one of the streets in the area was named Victor Road, prior to the opening of the interchange at Highway 11. The roadway was renamed Vic Boulevard as a result of another roadway off the highway in the R. M. of Corman Park being named Victor Road, located 10 kilometres south of the interchange. The name change was necessary in order to avoid confusion for emergency services and delivery personnel. Victor Place, a cul-de-sac located off Vic Boulevard was allowed to keep its original street name.{{cite web |url = https://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/victor-road-gets-new-name |title = 'Victor Road gets new name |last = |first = |work = The StarPhoenix (reposted via Canada.com) |publisher = CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc. |date = April 26, 2016 |accessdate = 2017-08-02}}
Government and politics
Stonebridge 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.
Provincially, the area is within the constituency of Saskatoon Stonebridge-Dakota. It is currently represented by Bronwyn Eyre of the Saskatchewan Party, first elected in 2016.
In Saskatoon's non-partisan municipal politics, Stonebridge lies within Ward 7. It is currently represented by Councillor Mairin Loewen, who was elected to city council in a 2011 by-election.
Institutions
Education
| name = Chief Whitecap School | image = Chief Whitecap School (Saskatoon).jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = | motto = | location = 812 Gordon Road | city = Saskatoon | province = Saskatchewan | country = Canada | postalcode = S7T 0J5 | coordinates = | status = | opened = | schoolboard = Saskatoon Public School Division | system = Public | type = Elementary | language = English | grades = Kindergarten to Grade 8 | principal = Harold Robertson | enrollment = 1,025 | enrollment_as_of = 2022 | staff = | team_name = | colours = | feeder_to = Walter Murray Collegiate | website = Chief Whitecap School | name = St. Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic School | image = St Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic School (Saskatoon).jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = | motto = | location = 886 Gordon Road | city = Saskatoon | province = Saskatchewan | country = Canada | postalcode = S7T 0J5 | coordinates = | status = | opened = | schoolboard = Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools | religion = Catholic | system = Separate | type = Elementary | language = English | grades = Kindergarten to Grade 8 | principal = Kent Gauthier | enrollment = 328 | enrollment_as_of = 2017 | staff = 74 (2023) | team_name = St. Kateri Hawks | colours = Blue, Yellow, Red, White, Green | feeder_to = Holy Cross High School | website = St. Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic School As of September 2017, two elementary schools exist in Stonebridge. On October 22, 2013, the provincial government announced funding for four new P3 facilities in Saskatoon, including a joint-use public/separate school facility in Stonebridge.{{cite news |url = http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/province-announces-plan-to-build-9-new-schools-using-p3-1.2159019?cmp=rss |title = Province announces plan to build 9 new schools using P3 |publisher = CBC News |date = 2013-10-22 |accessdate = 2013-10-22}} Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools revealed in June 2015 that the division's new elementary school in Stonebridge would be named after Kateri Tekakwitha,{{cite news |url = https://thestarphoenix.com/news/Catholic+schools+names/11159143/story.html |title = New Catholic schools get names |newspaper = StarPhoenix |date = 2015-06-23 |access-date = 2015-07-01 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150705094826/http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/Catholic+schools+names/11159143/story.html |archive-date = 2015-07-05
Other
Samaritan Place, a long-term care facility operated by Amicus Health Care Inc., a subsidiary of the Catholic Health Ministry of Saskatchewan, is currently under construction.{{cite web |url = http://www.globalsaskatoon.com/turned+long+term+care+facility/3363296/story.html |title = Sod turned on long-term care facility |work = Global Television Network |publisher = CanWest |date = August 5, 2010 |accessdate = 2002-11-20}}
The Circle Drive Alliance Church and associated senior residence were constructed in 1986, southeast of Preston Avenue and Circle Drive. It predated the development of Stonebridge by nearly a quarter century.
Parks and recreation
- Alexander MacGillivray Young Park – 9.9 acres
- Alfred Bence Park – 0.3 acres
- Blair Nelson Park – 4.3 acres
- Cecil A. Wheaton Park – 0.4 acres
- Donald Koyl Park – 0.5 acres
- Evelyn G. Edwards Park – 0.5 acres
- Howard Harding Park – 0.8 acres
- John Cameron Park – 0.4 acres
- Mark Thompson Park – 3.4 acres
- Marshall Hawthorne Park – 8.2 acres
- Oren Willson Park – 0.5 acres
- Owen Mann Park – 0.5 acres
- Patricia Roe Park – 0.8 acres
- Peter Zakreski Park – 20.2 acres
- Robert H. Freeland Park – 0.7 acres
- Walter Wood Park – 0.3 acres
- William Anderson Park – 0.3 acres
The Stonebridge Community Association was formed in 2009 to advocate on civic and property development matters, and run affordable sport and recreation programs for children, youth and adults.{{cite web | url = http://www.saskatoon.ca/DEPARTMENTS/Community%20Services/Communitydevelopment/Community%20Associations/Pages/Stonebridge.aspx | title = Stonebridge Community Association | publisher = City of Saskatoon - Community Development Branch | accessdate = 2011-01-05}}
The Willows golf course is located immediately southwest of the community.
Public services
Stonebridge is a part of the east division of the Saskatoon Police Services patrol system.{{cite web |url = http://www.police.saskatoon.sk.ca/index.php?page_id=3&loc=divisions/east.php |title = East Division |publisher = Saskatoon Police Service |accessdate = 2011-01-21}} Saskatoon Fire & Protective Services' east division covers the neighbourhood.{{cite web |url = http://www.saskatoon.ca/DEPARTMENTS/Fire%20and%20Protective%20Services/Operations%20Division/Divisions/Pages/East.aspx |title = Divisions - East |publisher = City of Saskatoon - Fire and Protective Services |access-date = 2011-01-21 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110717034549/http://www.saskatoon.ca/DEPARTMENTS/Fire%20and%20Protective%20Services/Operations%20Division/Divisions/Pages/East.aspx |archive-date = 2011-07-17 |url = http://www.saskatoon.ca/DEPARTMENTS/Utility%20Services/Saskatoon%20Transit/Documents/Route17.pdf |title = Routes & Schedules - Route 17 |publisher = City of Saskatoon - Transit Services |accessdate = 2011-01-21}}
Commercial
At present, the major commercial district of Stonebridge is the Stonegate Shopping Centre, a big box commercial development in the northwest corner that includes Walmart. Additional businesses are located west of Stonegate in an area called the Stonebridge Business Park, straddling Stonebridge Boulevard. Other mixed-used districts that include retail space are planned for the center of the neighbourhood. The Saskatoon Auto Mall, a collection of vehicle dealerships, is located immediately west of the community. The nearest enclosed shopping centre is Market Mall, approximately a kilometre to the north.
The Stonebridge commercial area includes new hotel development, marking the first time since the 1970s that new hotel accommodation has been constructed east of the river, following the closure of most hotels and motels along 8th Street between the 1970s and 1990s in deference to retail development.
As early as 1972, there were plans to construct an enclosed shopping mall on the west side of Clarence Avenue, just west of today's Walmart and adjacent shopping, on the site currently occupied by the Saskatoon Auto Mall. Due to no residential development being planned nearby for many years (indeed such development did not begin in earnest until the mid-2000s), and other concerns, City Council rejected the proposal. The developers built their mall, today known as Confederation Mall on Saskatoon's west side.
Stonegate is an open-air shopping centre located on Clarence Avenue South and Circle Drive, across the road from the Saskatoon Auto Mall.
Location
Stonebridge is located within the Nutana Suburban Development Area. It is bounded by Highway 11 to the east, Clarence Avenue to the west, Circle Drive to the north, and the Canadian National Railway tracks and southern city limits to the south. Streets are laid out in a typical hierarchy of arterial, collector and local roads. There are no bicycle lanes or pedestrian paths into the neighbourhood. Primary access is via Clarence and Preston avenues from the north, Circle Drive from east and west, Melville Street from the west, and Vic Boulevard off Highway 11 from the east (the Vic Blvd access is only available to southbound highway traffic at the present time).
| Centre = Stonebridge | North = Adelaide/Churchill - Nutana Park - Eastview | Northeast = Lakeview | East = R.M. of Corman Park | Southeast = R.M. of Corman Park | South = R.M. of Corman Park | Southwest = The Willows | West = C.N. Industrial | Northwest = Avalon
References
References
- Warren, Jeremy. (2015-12-29). "A neighbourhood marks an anniversary: Stonebridge is 'basically finished'". [[The StarPhoenix]].
- "Current Members of Parliament".
- "Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan - Members of the Legislative Assembly".
- (2 February 2015). "City Councillors - Saskatoon.ca".
- "Active List of Saskatchewan Schools/Programs".
- Giles, David. (2016-10-12). "Saskatoon Board of Education decides on names for new elementary schools - Saskatoon".
- "Joint-Use Schools Project - PreK-12 Education, Early Learning, and Schools".
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