Official Name: | Shawnee Slopes |
Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Calgary |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 225 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Shawnee Slopes in Calgary |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | City |
Subdivision Type3: | Quadrant |
Subdivision Name3: | SW |
Subdivision Type4: | Ward |
Subdivision Name4: | 13 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Title1: | Administrative body |
Leader Name1: | Calgary City Council |
Leader Title2: | Councillor |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1986 |
Area Total Km2: | 1.3 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Total: | 1,539 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Average Income |
Population Blank1: | $106,379 |
Coordinates: | 50.9247°N -114.0792°W |
Elevation M: | 1065 |
Website: | Shawnee Slopes Community Association |
Shawnee Slopes is a residential neighbourhood in the southwest quadrant of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is bounded to the south by James McKevitt Road, to the east by Macleod Trail, to the north by Fish Creek Provincial Park and to the west by Evergreen Street SW.
It was named for the Shawnee native people. Shawnee Slopes is represented in the Calgary City Council by the Ward 13 councillors.
The Shawnee Slopes Golf Course was developed in the center of the community and was primary amenity for residents and the general public. On 13 June 2011, it was announced that the golf course would permanently close to the public on 2 October 2011.[1] In February 2013, the city council approved the redevelopment of the golf course lands to add 1,400 homes to the community.[2] This community is closely connected with the first-built, the northern section of the neighbouring Evergreen community. Shawnee and this part of Evergreen share the same community association, while the rest of Evergreen is independent.
In the City of Calgary's 2012 municipal census, Shawnee Slopes had a population of living in dwellings, a 2.4% increase from its 2011 population of .[3] With a land area of 1.2km2, it had a population density of in 2012.[3] [4]
Residents had a median household income of $106,379 in 2005, with 3.4% of the residents living in low income households. In 2006, 26.9% of residents were immigrants. 12.9% of the buildings were condominiums or apartments and 1.6% of the housing was used for renting.[5]