Greenwood/Greenbriar is a
residential neighbourhood in the northwest quadrant of
Calgary,
Alberta
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. It is bounded by the
Trans-Canada Highway
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to the south, the
Bow River
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to the north,
Stoney Trail to the west and the community of
Bowness to the east.
Canada Olympic Park
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borders the neighbourhood to the south. The community consists primarily of a
mobile home 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
Calgary City Council
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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 o ...
of $54,638 in 2016, and there were 15% low income residents living in the neighbourhood.renting
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.
See also
*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 civic ...
References
External links
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Neighbourhoods in Calgary
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