Named after the area it is in. Francis C. Clare (d. 1941), an important spokesperson for agriculture, farmed in this vicinity from 1906 to 1959. In 1914 he sued the City and obtained a court judgement restraining the City of Edmonton from increasing its deposits of sewage in the North Saskatchewan River. The City was at that time dumping unfiltered waste water into the river, making it impossible for Clare to water his dairy cows. The judgement also ordered the City to construct a sewage treatment plant. Clare was a member of the United Grain Growers Board, Edmonton Exhibition Board, United Farmers of Alberta and the local school board. Many of the neighbourhoods in this subdivision are named after Edmonton pioneers, including Bannerman, Fraser, Kernohan and Kirkness.