Ekota
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Ekota is a Neighborhood located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is located in Knottwood, in Mill Woods.
Its borders are 23rd Avenue to the North, 66 Street to the east, and Mill Woods Road S to the South. It is bordered the neighborhoods of Mill Woods Park to the north, Mill Woods Town Centre to the north east, Meyokumin to the east, Sakaw to the south east, Menisa to the south, Satoo to the west, and Meyonohk to the north west.
As of the 2001 census there were 2,830 [1] people residing in the neighborhood. The population is ethnicly diverse with almost three out of every four residents providing multiple ethnic grouls in the census. Only one in four identified with a single ethnic group. The number identifying themselves as aboriginals was significantly less than 1%. Where residents indicated a single ethnic group, the following were the most common groups indicated (percentages as proportion of total population).
| Ethnic Group | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Canadian | 290 | 6.0% |
| German | 185 | 3.8% |
| East Indian | 185 | 3.8% |
| Chinese | 115 | 2.4% |
| Filipino | 105 | 2.2% |
| Polish | 90 | 1.9% |
| English | 80 | 1.7% |
| Ukrainian | 50 | 1.0% |
There are two schools in the neighborhood. Pupils in the Edmonton Public School System attend Ekota Elementary School, while pupils in the Catholic System attend St. Clement Catholic School.
In the Cree language, Ekota means 'special place.'
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- ^ Population data is available from both the Ekota Neighborhood Profile and the Community Services Neighborhood Profile, with both prepared by the City of Edmonton. The total population in the ethnic origin table in the Ekota Neighborhood Profile is significantly higher than the number of people given in other parts of the same document. The population distribution nunmbers (including percentages) used here are taken from the ethnic origin table, while the total population is the lower number from the Community Services Neighborhood Profile
