Riverbend is a
residential neighbourhood in the southeast quadrant of
Calgary,
Alberta
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. It is bounded to the north by
Glenmore Trail
Glenmore Trail is a expressway in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, named after the reservoir which it crosses. It is a freeway between Sarcee Trail in southwest Calgary to Ogden Road in the southeast, carrying nearly 160,000 vehicles per weekday at ...
, to the east by 24 Street E and to the west by
Deerfoot Trail
Deerfoot Trail is a freeway segment of Highway 2 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It stretches the entire length of the city from south to north and links suburbs to downtown via Memorial Drive and 17 Avenue SE. The freewa ...
. It is developed in the
Bow River
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floodplain, on its escarpment and the upland plain.
Riverbend was established as a neighbourhood in 1982. It is represented in the
Calgary City Council
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by the Ward 9 councillor.
Demographics
In the City of Calgary's 2013 municipal census, Riverbend had a population of living in dwellings, nearly identical to its 2012 population of .
With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2013.
Residents in this community had a
median household income
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of
$78,574 in 2000, and there were 6.1% low income residents living in the neighbourhood.
As of 2000, 17.3% of the residents were
immigrants. A proportion of 2.5% of the buildings were
condominiums or
apartments, and 3.5% of the housing was used for
renting
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.
Education
This neighbourhood has one public elementary school: Riverbend Elementary School (K-6), and one Catholic school: Holy Angels Elementary School. (K-6)
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 civic ...
References
External links
Riverbend Community Association
Neighbourhoods in Calgary
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