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Greenwood/Greenbriar is a
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neighbourhood in the northwest quadrant of
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,
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. It is bounded by the
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to the south, the
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to the north,
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to the west and the community of Bowness to the east.
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borders the neighbourhood to the south. The community consists primarily of a
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park, Greenwood Village; maps since the early 1980s have shown proposed streets south of the mobile home park and north of the Trans-Canada Highway, but as of 2019 development had begun on a community named Greenwich that would primarily include semi-detached homes, commercial businesses & restaurants. It is represented in the
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by the Ward 1 councillor.


Demographics

In the City of Calgary's 2016 municipal census, Greenwood/Greenbriar had a population of living in dwellings, a 4.3% decrease from its 2012 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2012. Residents in this community had a
median household income The median income is the income amount that divides a population into two equal groups, half having an income above that amount, and half having an income below that amount. It may differ from the mean (or average) income. Both of these are ways of ...
of $54,638 in 2016, and there were 15% low income residents living in the neighbourhood. As of 2016, 8% of the residents were
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s. All buildings were
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s or
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s, and 15% of the housing was used for
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.


See also

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List of neighbourhoods in Calgary This is a list of neighbourhoods in Calgary, Alberta. As of 2016, Calgary has 197 neighbourhoods, which are referred to as "communities" by the municipal government, and 42 industrial areas. A further 15 communities were included in the Municip ...


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