Nisku is a hamlet

Hamlet (place)

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 and an industrial/business park in Alberta

Alberta

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, Canada

Canada

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 within Leduc County

Leduc County, Alberta

Leduc County is a municipal district located immediately south of the City of Edmonton. It is east to west and north to south, and has a population of over 12,000 people. The municipal district is home to scenic prairie parkland and several lakes...

. It has an elevation of 705 metres (2,313 ft).

The hamlet and industrial/business park are located in census division

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 No. 11

Division No. 11, Alberta

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 and in the federal riding

Alberta federal electoral districts

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 of Edmonton-Leduc.

The Hamlet of Nisku is located east of the intersection of Queen Elizabeth II Highway (Highway 2) and Highway 625, approximately midway between the cities of Edmonton and Leduc

Leduc, Alberta

- Demographics :The population of the City of Leduc according to its 2011 municipal census is 24,139, a 3.6% increase over its 2010 municipal census population of 23,293....

. 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 Railway

Canadian Pacific Railway

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The Nisku Industrial Park or the 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 Highway 19 west of the Queen Elizabeth II Highway. The southern half of the park is located opposite the Edmonton International Airport

Edmonton International Airport

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Established in 1972, the Nisku Industrial Park has emerged as an important service centre for the Edmonton Capital Region

Edmonton Capital Region

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 and has become one of the largest industrial/business parks Western Canada

Western Canada

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. The park is 2,044 hectares 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. It has been described as "as large as all of downtown Toronto from the waterfront

Toronto waterfront

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 to Forest Hill

Forest Hill, Toronto

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Demographics

Statistics Canada has not recently published a population for Nisku.

However, the population of Nisku according to Leduc County's 2005 municipal census is 30.

Industry Canada shows that Nisku's greater rural area had a total population of 952 living in 317 dwellings in 2001. With a land area of 65.5 km² (25.3 sq mi), its greater rural area has a population density

Population density

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of 11 /km2.