Crescent Heights, Calgary
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Crescent Heights is a neighbourhood (formerly its own village) in the northwest quadrant of Calgary
Calgary
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, Alberta
Alberta
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. It is located in the inner city
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, immediately north from Downtown
Downtown Calgary
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. It is bounded to the north by the Trans-Canada Highway
Trans-Canada Highway
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, on the east by Edmonton Trail, on the west by 4th Street NW, and to the south by Memorial Drive
Memorial Drive (Calgary)
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and the Bow River
Bow River
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.
Crescent Heights was originally incorporated as a village on May 1, 1908. It was subsequently annexed by the City of Calgary in 1911 and established as a neighbourhood in 1914.
Crescent Heights is represented in the Calgary City Council
Calgary City Council
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by Ward 7 Alderman
Alderman
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Druh Farrell. The community has an area redevelopment plan
Area redevelopment plan
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in place.
Demographics
In 2006 it had a population of 6,082. Residents in this community had an median household incomeMedian household income
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of $
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43,123, and there were 19.7% low income residents living in the neighbourhood. As of 2000, 18.7% of the residents were immigrants. A proportion of 9.5% of the buildings were condominium
Condominium
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s or apartment
Apartment
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s, and 6.8% of the housing was used for renting
Renting
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Education
The community (and others) is served by Crescent Heights Senior HighCrescent Heights High School (Calgary)
Crescent Heights High School is currently a high school with approximately 1700 students in grades 9-12 in Calgary, Alberta. The school is part of the Calgary Board of Education's public school system.-History:...
public school. Due to a shortage of high schools in north-east Calgary, Crescent Heights had a proportion of students bused in from Abbeydale, Marlborough, Marlborough Park and surrounding areas in the 1980s and 1990s.