Hawkwood is a

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neighbourhood in the northwest quadrant of

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, Canada. It is bounded to the north by Country Hills Boulevard, to the east by

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, to the south by John Laurie Boulevard, and to the west by Nose Hill Drive. Hawkwood was established in 1981. It was named for a dairy farming family who came to Alberta from England in 1913. It is represented in the

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by the Ward 2 councillor.

Demographics

In the City of Calgary's 2012 municipal census, Hawkwood had a population of living in dwellings, a -0.7% 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

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of $96,806 in 2005, and there were 9.1% low income residents living in the neighbourhood. As of 2000, 29.6% of the residents were

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s. A proportion of 4.1% of the buildings were

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s or

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s, and 5.5% of the housing was used for

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Education

The community is served by Hawkwood Elementary School ( public school) and by St. Maria Goretti Elementary (Catholic). Students in the public system would then continue on to F.E. Osborne Junior High School and then on to

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, and beginning in September 2013,

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. Catholic system students go on to St. Jean Brebeuf Junior High School, and to St. Francis High School.

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20070930222551/http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/cns/community_social_statistics/hawkwood.pdf

External links

Hawkwood Community Association
{{Calgary neighbourhoods Neighbourhoods in Calgary

Demographics

Education

See also

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