Official Name: | Valley Ridge |
Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Calgary |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 225 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Valley Ridge 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: | 1992 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 4575 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Average Income |
Population Blank1: | $104947 |
Coordinates: | 51.0919°N -114.2494°W |
Elevation M: | 1030 |
Area Code: | +1-403, +1-587 |
Website: | Valley Ridge Community Association |
Valley Ridge is a residential neighbourhood in the northwest quadrant of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is located at the western edge of the city, south of the Bow River and north of the Trans-Canada Highway. The Valley Ridge golf course is located in the northern part of the community. The community is located on the former site of the Happy Valley Campground, a park with slides, which was a destination for visitors to Calgary until it was closed in the 1980s; the campground was located where the golf course is now situated.
In the City of Calgary's 2012 municipal census, Valley Ridge had a population of living in dwellings, a -0.6% increase from its 2011 population of .[2] With a land area of 3.3km2, it had a population density of in 2012.[3] [2]
Residents in this community had a median household income of $144,800 in 2010, and there were 4.9% low income residents living in the neighbourhood.[4] As of 2010, 17% of the residents were immigrants. Consisting mostly of single-family detached homes, only 1.4% of the housing is used for renting.[5]