Haddow lies within the Terwillegar Heights servicing concept design brief area. It is located in the southwestern portion of the City of Edmonton, between Terwillegar Drive and the North Saskatchewan River. The plan for Haddow was approved by Council in 1993 and the neighbourhood began to undergo construction in the late 1990s. Prior to urban development the land was in agricultural use.
Major access to the neighbourhood is provided from Terwillegar Drive and Riverbend Road. The interior circulation network consists of a looping collector road along which a series of cul-de-sacs and inner streets are oriented. A school/park site is located in the centre of the neighbourhood, and the Solicitor General Staff College property is located in the northwestern corner of the neighbourhood, adjacent to the North Saskatchewan River.
Haddow is predominantly a low density residential neighbourhood and single-detached homes are the most common housing form. Medium density multi-family housing sites are located in the south and eastern portions of the neighbourhood, adjacent to the collector road. Theneighbourhood’s stormwater management system complements Haddow’s open space plan, and a series of pathways provide connections for pedestrians throughout the neighbourhood.
The Haddow neighbourhood is named after Albert Walker “Bert” Haddow, who was Edmonton’s city engineer for forty years. Hailing from Ontario, Haddow moved to Edmonton in 1910 to work for the city engineering department and became the head city engineer in 1919.
Haddow oversaw the construction of bridges, roadways and underpasses over his tenure, but is most famous for supervising the construction of the city centre airport. Haddow was also instrumental in developing the Riverside golf course and was a strong proponent of transforming former landfill sites into recreation areas.