Martindale is a

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in the northeast quadrant of

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. It is bounded to the north by 80 Avenue NE, to the east by Falconridge Boulevard, to the south by 64 Avenue NE and to the west by Métis Trail. The Martindale LRT station opened in August 2012. The area was annexed to the City of Calgary in 1961 and Martindale was established in 1983. It is represented in the

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by the Ward 5 councillor. Martindale is reportedly named after one of the community's developers children: Martin and Tara.

Demographics

In the City of Calgary's 2012

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census, Martindale had a population of living in dwellings, a 5.3% 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 $97,000 in as of 2020, and there were 18.1% low income residents living in the neighbourhood. As of 2006, 39.4% of the residents were

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s and as of 2021 that percentage has increased to 55%. A proportion of 3.0% of the buildings were

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s or

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s, and 12.6% of the housing was used for

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Crime

In the May 2023-May 2024 data period, Martindale had a crime rate of 1.808/100, a decrease from the previous data period. This puts it at this comparison to other Calgary communities: Saddle Ridge (1.358/100), Whitehorn (1.741/100), Martindale (1.808/100), Rundle (2.342/100), Brentwood (2.348/100),

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(2.542/100), Bowness (2.934/100), Shawnessy (3.296/100), Inglewood (3.438/100), Sunnyside (3.650/100),

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(4.703/100), Southwood (5.147/100), Sunalta (5.307/100), Montgomery (5.483/100), Forest Lawn (6.528/100), Rosscarrock (7.049/100), Downtown Commercial Core (12.705/100), Downtown East Village (15.605/100), Manchester (43.368/100).

Crime Data by Year

Education

The community is served a number of schools, including Crossing Park School, Manmeet Singh Bhullar School, Nelson Mandela High School, École La Mosaïque (francophone K-6).

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