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Crescent Heights, Calgary

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Country
  
Canada

City
  
Calgary

Ward
  
7

Elevation
  
1,080 m

Local time
  
Friday 6:44 AM

Province
  
Alberta

Quadrant
  
NE, NW

Established
  
1914

Area
  
163 ha

Population
  
6,082 (2006)

Crescent Heights, Calgary

Weather
  
-4°C, Wind S at 8 km/h, 65% Humidity

Restaurants
  
Peters' Drive‑In, Mango Mania, Shikiji, Villa Firenze, Spicy Hut

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Crescent Heights is a neighbourhood (formerly its own village) in the northwest and northeast quadrants of Calgary, Alberta. It is located in the inner city, immediately north from Downtown. It is bounded to the north by the Trans-Canada Highway, on the east by Edmonton Trail, on the west by 4th Street NW, and to the south by Memorial Drive and the Bow River.

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Map of Crescent Heights, Calgary, AB, Canada

Crescent Heights was originally incorporated as a village on May 1, 1908. It was subsequently annexed by the City of Calgary in 1911 and established as a neighbourhood in 1914.

Crescent Heights is represented in the Calgary City Council by the Ward 7 councillor. The community has an area redevelopment plan in place.

History

Crescent Heights was founded in 1895 by Archibald J. McArthur.

Demographics

In the City of Calgary's 2012 municipal census, Crescent Heights had a population of 7003627100000000000♠6,271 living in 7003361400000000000♠3,614 dwellings, a 6.4% increase from its 2011 population of 7003589500000000000♠5,895. With a land area of 1.6 km2 (0.62 sq mi), it had a population density of 3,920/km2 (10,200/sq mi) in 2012.

Residents in this community had an median household income of $43,123, and there were 19.7% low income residents living in the neighbourhood. As of 2000, 18.7% of the residents were immigrants. A proportion of 9.5% of the buildings were condominiums or apartments, and 6.8% of the housing was used for renting.

Education

The community (and others) is served by Crescent Heights Senior High public school. Due to a shortage of high schools in northeast Calgary, Crescent Heights had a proportion of students bused in from Abbeydale, Marlborough, Marlborough Park and surrounding areas in the 1980s and 1990s.

References

Crescent Heights, Calgary Wikipedia