Greenwood/Greenbriar Explained

Official Name:Greenwood/Greenbriar
Settlement Type:Neighbourhood
Pushpin Map:Canada Calgary
Pushpin Mapsize:225
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Greenwood/Greenbriar in Calgary
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:City
Subdivision Type3:Quadrant
Subdivision Name3:NW
Subdivision Type4:Ward
Subdivision Name4:1
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Title1:Administrative body
Leader Name1:Calgary City Council
Leader Title2:Councillor
Established Title:Established
Established Date:1911
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:905
Population Blank1 Title:Average Income
Population Blank1:$54638
Coordinates:51.0906°N -114.2239°W
Elevation M:1120
Website:Greenwood/Greenbriar Community Association

Greenwood/Greenbriar is a residential neighbourhood in the northwest quadrant of Calgary, Alberta. It is bounded by the Trans-Canada Highway to the south, the Bow River to the north, Stoney Trail to the west and the community of Bowness to the east. Canada Olympic Park borders the neighbourhood to the south. The community consists primarily of a mobile home park, Greenwood Village; maps since the early 1980s have shown proposed streets south of the mobile home park and north of the Trans-Canada Highway, but as of 2019 development had begun on a community named Greenwich that would primarily include semi-detached homes, commercial businesses & restaurants. [1]

It is represented in the Calgary City Council by the Ward 1 councillor.

Demographics

In the City of Calgary's 2016 municipal census, Greenwood/Greenbriar had a population of living in dwellings, a 4.3% decrease from its 2012 population of .[2] With a land area of 1.2km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[3] [2]

Residents in this community had a median household income of $54,638 in 2016, and there were 15% low income residents living in the neighbourhood. As of 2016, 8% of the residents were immigrants. All buildings were single-family detached homes or mobile homes, and 15% of the housing was used for renting.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Greenwich Calgary New York City Style in Northwest Calgary . 2022-10-16 . greenwichcalgary.com . en-US.
  2. Web site: 2016 . Greenwood/Greenbriar profile . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220219010943/https://www.calgary.ca/content/dam/www/csps/cns/documents/community_social_statistics/community-profiles/greenwood-greenbriar.pdf . February 19, 2022 . October 16, 2022 . City of Calgary.
  3. Web site: Community Boundaries . City of Calgary . . February 5, 2013 . October 23, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131023055637/https://cityonline.calgary.ca/Pages/Product.aspx?category=PDCAdministrativeBoundaries&cat=CITYonlineDefault&id=PDC0-99999-99999-00005-P . dead .