Country Canada Quadrant SW Established 1990 Elevation 1,110 m Population 3,105 (2006) Mayor Naheed Nenshi | City Calgary Ward 6 Postal code T3H Local time Wednesday 4:55 AM Province Alberta | |
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Discovery Ridge is a residential neighbourhood in the south-west quadrant of Calgary, Alberta. It is located at the western edge of the city and is bounded by Glenmore Trail to the north, 69 Street W to the east, Rocky View County and the city limits to the west and the Elbow River and Tsuu T'ina first nation reserve to the south.
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Map of Discovery Ridge, Calgary, AB, Canada
Long before development, this area was referred to by longtime Calgarians as "Jackson's Valley", an isolated valley beside the Sarcee Military Reserve. When development first began in the late 1990s, the community was known as New Discovery and it was originally planned as a gated community, but this idea was later dropped and today, Discovery Ridge can be accessed by the public.
Discovery Ridge was a project initialized by a developer in the early 1990.
It is represented in the Calgary City Council by the Ward 6 councillor.
Demographics
In the City of Calgary's 2012 municipal census, Discovery Ridge had a population of 7003435000000000000♠4,350 living in 7003164900000000000♠1,649 dwellings, a 0.7% increase from its 2011 population of 7003432100000000000♠4,321. With a land area of 3.6 km2 (1.4 sq mi), it had a population density of 1,208/km2 (3,130/sq mi) in 2012.
Residents in this community had a median household income of $128,844 in 2000, and there were no low income residents living in the neighbourhood. As of 2000, 32.3% of the residents were immigrants. Most buildings were single-family detached homes and estate homes and none of the housing was used for renting.