Ramsay is a
residential
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Housing may vary significantly between, and through, residential areas. These include ...
neighbourhood in the southeast quadrant of
Calgary
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,
Alberta
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. It is an
inner city
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community, located east of the
Elbow River
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Course ...
,
Macleod Trail
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,
Stampede Grounds and the
Scotiabank Saddledome
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arena and south of
Inglewood. To the southeast, it borders the
Alyth-Bonny Brook industrial area. The eastern half of the community consists primarily of older homes and there is an industrial area in the most eastern corner of the community.
The area now known as Ramsay was developed in the 1880s by
Wesley Fletcher Orr
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Orr was born in Lachute, Lower Canada on March 3, 1 ...
and his partners. It was named Ramsay in 1956 when residents of Burnsland, Brewery Flats, Grandview and Mills Estate consolidated as a new community. It was named for William Thomson Ramsay (1857-1921), an early land agent and property owner. It is represented in the
Calgary City Council
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by the Ward 9 councillor. The community has an
area redevelopment plan
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in place.
In 2020, Calgary City Council approved the construction of ''Inglewood/Ramsay Station'', part of the
Calgary Green Line. The station will be elevated over 12 Street SE alongside the freight tracks, near the intersection of 11 Avenue SE / 12 Street SE. Construction will begin early 2021.
Demographics
In the City of Calgary's 2012 municipal census, Ramsay had a population of living in dwellings, a 5.2% increase from its 2011 population of .
With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2012.
median household income
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of $43,716 in 2000. As a reference, the median household income for the whole city of Calgary was approximately 30% greater: $57,879.[
The low income residents living in the neighbourhood represented 19.5% of its total population.]immigrant
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s. A proportion of 31% of the buildings were condominium
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s or apartment
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s, and 46.9% of the housing was used for renting
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.
Crime
Education
The community is served by the Ecole Ste. Anne Elementary, Junior & Senior (Calgary Catholic School District
Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 1 or the Calgary Catholic School District (CCSD) is the Roman Catholic separate school board in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It also serves the neighbouring communities of Airdrie, Chestermere, ...
), Ramsay Elementary public school and Janus Academy,
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 Municip ...
References
External links
Ramsay Community Association
{{Calgary neighbourhoods
Neighbourhoods in Calgary