Renfrew, Calgary
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Renfrew is a residential
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neighborhood in the north-east quadrant of Calgary
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, Alberta
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. It is located south of the Trans-Canada Highway
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, and north of the inner city
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community of Bridgeland
Bridgeland, Calgary
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. To the east it is bordered by the Nose Hill Creek and the Deerfoot Trail
Deerfoot Trail
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and is separated from Crescent Heights
Crescent Heights, Calgary
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to the west by Edmonton Trail.
It is represented in the Calgary City Council
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by Ward 9 Alderman
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Gian-Carlo Carra.
The area consists mainly of residences with no major commercial or industrial facilities. There are some small businesses located along Edmonton Trail and 16th Avenue. There are no emergency health care facilities in the district, though several physician's offices have been established, and the Alberta Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Commission does have a treatment facility established in the neighbourhood.
History
Bridgeland
-Places:*Bridgeland Community, a community in Harris County, Texas, United States*Bridgeland, Calgary, a neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta-People:*Eric Bridgeland, basketball coach*John Bridgeland, United States activist working in White House and Congress...
.
The community itself was not developed until the 1940s. During the Second World War, the area was occupied by a Royal Canadian Air Force training base and airfield which also served as the Calgary airport. Once the airport was relocated from its original site (on the corner of present-day 6th Street and Regal Crescent), the area was developed for residential use.
Demographics
In 2006 the neighbourhood had a population of 5,629. Residents in this community had a median household incomeMedian household income
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of $
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47,692 in 2000, and there were 15.6% low income residents living in the neighborhood. As of 2000, 18.4% of the residents were immigrants. A proportion of 38.5% of the buildings were condominium
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s or apartment
Apartment
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s, and 40.9% of the housing was used for renting
Renting
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.
Education
Several major schools are located in the district, including Colonel Macleod Junior High, St. Alphonsus Elementary/Junior High, Stanley Jones Elementary, and the former Renfrew Elementary.Amenities
A full-sized football field is located at Renfrew Athletic Park. Parkland and greenspace are not abundant with the exception of the school grounds, and the area adjacent to Nose Hill creek, which includes the McInnis & Holloway Memorial Forest still in its infancy. Other athletic facilities in addition to the schools include the Boys & Girls Club, a swimming pool, indoor skating rink, an outdoor skating rink at the community association building, and soccer fields located by the creek.A Mr. Sub
Mr. Sub
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outlet has been in continuous operation in its present 16th Avenue location since the 1970s. The neighbourhood is also serviced by a KFC
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outlet on 13th Avenue.
Several convenience stores are clustered in the western portion of the neighbourhood, including the Stanley Jones grocery, occupying one of the oldest surviving structures in the neighbourhood.
The neighbourhood is in direct proximity to several commercial zones, including shops along Edmonton Trail and Centre Street in adjacent Crescent Heights
Crescent Heights, Calgary
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and Bridgeland, along 16th Avenue to the north and west, and across the bridge in Mayland Heights. The downtown core is only 3,000 metres from Renfrew and easily accessible by city transit, private automobile, or foot.