Official Name: | Britannia |
Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Calgary |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 225 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Britannia in Calgary |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | City |
Subdivision Type3: | Quadrant |
Subdivision Name3: | SW |
Subdivision Type4: | Ward |
Subdivision Name4: | 11 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Title1: | Administrative body |
Leader Name1: | Calgary City Council |
Leader Title2: | Councillor |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1956 |
Established Title2: | Annexed |
Established Date2: | 1910 |
Area Total Km2: | 0.6 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Total: | 784 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Average Income |
Population Blank1: | $120387 |
Coordinates: | 51.0131°N -114.0825°W |
Elevation M: | 1075 |
Website: | Britannia Community Association |
Britannia is an affluent residential neighbourhood in the southwest quadrant of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is bounded by Elbow Drive to the east, 50 Avenue S to the south, Elbow River and Riverdale Park to the west and Britannia Drive to the north.
The area was annexed to the City of Calgary in 1910, and Britannia was established in 1956. Most of the development took place in the late 1950s. It is represented in the Calgary City Council by the Ward 11 councillors.
In the City of Calgary's 2012 municipal census, Britannia had a population of living in dwellings, a 7.6% increase from its 2011 population of .[1] With a land area of 0.5km2, it had a population density of in 2012.[2] [1]
Residents in this community had a median household income of $120,387 in 2000, and there were 7.9% low income residents living in the neighbourhood.[3] As of 2000, 16.7% of the residents were immigrants. A proportion of 19.3% of the buildings were condominiums or apartments, and 19.3% of the housing was used for renting.[4]