
Harvest Hills is a
residential
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Housing may vary significantly between, and through, residential areas. These include ...
neighbourhood in the northeast quadrant of
Calgary
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,
Alberta
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. It is bounded by
Deerfoot Trail
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to the east, by Beddington Trail to the south, by Country Hills Boulevard to the north and by Harvest Hills Boulevard to the west. The community contains a lake (the ''Harvest Hills'' lake). The ''Harvest Hills
golf course
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'', shut down in early 2016 with demolition planned for late 2016 and early 2017, is in the process of redevelopment (as of Oct. 3 2016) to add additional housing options in the northeast corner of the community.
Harvest Hills was established in 1987.
But originally began development in the early 1980s as part of a multi community layout known as the Calgary North Area Structure Plan,
[http://publicaccess.calgary.ca/lldm01/livelink.exe?func=ccpa.general&msgID=RTTrAcsqgeX&msgAction=Download] The area was also a part of a similar plan known as the Country Hills Area Development Plan which was approved in a year after in 1981, however the project was halted due to the economic downfall at the time and that other communities such as Sandstone valley were still developing to the south of the area. Development reinitiated in 1987 with the earliest homes being built in 1989. The community is represented in the
Calgary City Council
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by the Ward 3 councillor.
Demographics
In the City of Calgary's 2012 municipal census, Harvest Hills had a population of living in dwellings, a -1.1% increase from its 2011 population of .
With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2012.
Residents in this community had a median household income
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of $78,949 in 2000, and there were 5% low income residents living in the neighbourhood. As of 2000, 13.1% of the residents were immigrant
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s. A proportion of 6.2% of the buildings were condominium
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s or apartment
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s, and 4.6% of the housing was used for renting
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. title= Harvest Hills Community Statistics, author= City of Calgary, year= 2006, access-date= 2007-05-17
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 ...
References
External links
Northern Hills (Cinnamon Hills - Country Hills - Coventry Hills - Harvest Hills - Panorama Hills Community Association
{{Calgary neighbourhoods
Neighbourhoods in Calgary