Official Name: | Falconridge |
Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Calgary |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 225 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Falconridge in Calgary |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type2: | City |
Subdivision Name2: | Calgary |
Subdivision Type3: | Quadrant |
Subdivision Name3: | NE |
Subdivision Type4: | Ward |
Subdivision Name4: | 5 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Title1: | Administrative body |
Leader Name1: | Calgary City Council |
Leader Title2: | Councillor |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1979 |
Established Title2: | Annexed |
Established Date2: | 1961 |
Area Total Km2: | 2.1 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Total: | 10229 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Average Income |
Population Blank1: | $48512 |
Coordinates: | 51.1053°N -113.9453°W |
Elevation M: | 1100 |
Website: | Falconridge Community Association |
Falconridge is a residential neighbourhood in the northeast quadrant of Calgary, Alberta. It is bounded by Falconridge Boulevard and 44 Street E to the west, 64 Avenue N to the north, 68 Street E to the east and McKnight Boulevard to the south and is the place where Calgary Officer Andrew Harnett was slain by a 17 year old.
The area was part of the Municipal District of Rocky View until it was annexed to the City of Calgary in 1961. Falconridge was established in 1979. It is represented in the Calgary City Council by the Ward 5 councillor.
In the City of Calgary's 2012 municipal census, Falconridge had a population of living in dwellings, a 3.4% increase from its 2011 population of .[1] With a land area of 2.2km2, it had a population density of in 2012.[2] [1]
Residents in this community had a median household income of $48,512 in 2000, and there were 24.5% low income residents living in the neighbourhood.[3] As of 2000, 32% of the residents were immigrants. A proportion of 6.5% of the buildings were condominiums or apartments, and 33% of the housing was used for renting.[4]
The community is served by Falconridge Elementary, Grant MacEwan Elementary, O. S. Geiger Elementary and Terry Fox Junior High public schools, as well as by John XXIII Elementary & Junior High, Bishop McNally High School and John Paul II Elementary School (Catholic).