Nisku

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'''Nisku''' is a [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]] and an industrial/business park in [[Alberta]], Canada, within [[Leduc County]].<ref>{{AltaML}}</ref> It has an elevation of {{convert|705|m|ft}}.

The hamlet and industrial/business park are located in [[census division]] [[Division No. 11, Alberta|No. 11]] and in the federal riding of [[Leduc—Wetaskiwin]]. The word Nisku means "goose" in Cree.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Government of Alberta |date=May 30, 2023 |title=Walking Together |url=https://www.learnalberta.ca/content/aswt/culture_and_language/documents/aboriginal_place_names.pdf }}</ref>

The Hamlet of Nisku is located east of the intersection of [[Alberta Highway 2|Queen Elizabeth II Highway]] (Highway 2) and [[Alberta Highway 625|Highway 625]], between the cities of [[Edmonton, Alberta|Edmonton]] and [[Leduc, Alberta|Leduc]]. More specifically, the hamlet is located within an industrial/business park on the north side of Highway 625 (20 Avenue) between Sparrow Drive and the [[Canadian Pacific Kansas City]] railway.

== Nisku Industrial Park ==  The '''Nisku Industrial Park''' or '''Nisku Business Park''', according to Leduc County and the Nisku Business Association, respectively, surrounds the hamlet. The park stretches from Edmonton's southern city limits to Leduc's northern city limits on the east side of the Queen Elizabeth II Highway. It is bisected by Highway 625 (20 Avenue), which becomes [[Alberta Highway 19|Highway 19]] west of the Queen Elizabeth II Highway. The southern half of the park is located opposite the [[Edmonton International Airport]].

Established in 1972 by the Sparrow family (brothers Bert, Jim, Murrey, and [[Donald H. Sparrow|Don Sparrow]]), the Nisku Industrial Park has emerged as an important service centre for the [[Edmonton Metropolitan Region]] and has become one of the largest industrial/business parks in [[Western Canada]].<ref name=Leduc>{{Cite web|url=http://www.leduc-county.com/visitors/about-leduc-county | title= About Leduc County | publisher=[[Leduc County]] | access-date= 2007-04-25}}</ref> The park is {{convert|2044|ha|acre|abbr=on}} in size, is home to over 400 businesses, and employs more than 6,000 workers. Leduc County does not levy a [[business tax]] in the park.<ref name=Leduc/> It has been described as "as large as all of downtown Toronto from [[Toronto waterfront|the waterfront]] to [[Forest Hill, Toronto|Forest Hill]]".<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/albertas-big-mo-shifts-north/article1780890/ | location=Toronto | work=The Globe and Mail | title=Alberta's big mo shifts north | date=2010-11-01}}</ref>

== Demographics == {{stack|{{Historical populations | title = Population history<br/>of Nisku | type = Canada | align = left | width = | shading = | percentages = | state = | footnote = | source = ''[[Statistics Canada]]''<br/><ref name=1951census>{{Canadian census unincorporated place results|year=1951}}</ref><ref name=1956census>{{Canadian census unincorporated place results|year=1956}}</ref><ref name=1961census>{{Canadian census unincorporated place results|year=1961}}</ref><ref name=1966census>{{Canadian census unincorporated place results|year=1966}}</ref><ref name=1971census>{{Canadian census unincorporated place results|year=1971}}</ref><ref name=1976census>{{Canadian census unincorporated place results|year=1976}}</ref><ref name=1981census>{{Canadian census unincorporated place results|year=1981}}</ref><ref name=1986census>{{Canadian census unincorporated place results|year=1986}}</ref><ref name=1991census>{{Canadian census unincorporated place results|year=1991}}</ref> |1941|17 |1951|59 |1956|68 |1961|58 |1966|49 |1971|41 |1976|42 |1981|77 |1986|55 |1991|40 }}}}

The population of Nisku, according to the [[2005 Alberta municipal censuses|2005 municipal census]] conducted by Leduc County, is 30.<ref name=leduccounty2005census/>

== See also == *[[List of communities in Alberta]] *[[List of hamlets in Alberta]]

== References == {{reflist}}

{{Adjacent communities | Northwest = [[Edmonton]] | North = [[Edmonton]] | Northeast = [[Edmonton]] | West = [[Edmonton]] | Centre = Nisku | East = [[Beaumont, Alberta|Beaumont]] | Southwest = [[Calmar, Alberta|Calmar]] | South = [[Leduc, Alberta|Leduc]] | Southeast = [[New Sarepta, Alberta|New Sarepta]] }} {{Alberta|hamlets=yes}}

[[Category:Hamlets in Alberta]] [[Category:Leduc County]]