Midnapore
Neighbourhood
Midnapore Location of Midnapore inCalgary
Coordinates:50°54′56″N114°03′22″W / 50.91556°N 114.05611°W /50.91556; -114.05611
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
City	Calgary
Quadrant	SE
Ward	14
Established	1977
Annexed	1961
Government [1]
• Mayor
• Administrative body	Calgary City Council
• Councillor
Elevation	1,040 m (3,410 ft)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	6,888
Website	Midnapore Community Association

Midnapore is a community within the City ofCalgary in the province ofAlberta, Canada. It is bounded to the north and east byFish Creek Provincial Park, to the south by Sun Valley Boulevard and to the west byMacleod Trail.

Midnapore was once an unincorporatedhamlet under the jurisdiction of the Municipal District of Turner Valley No. 32.^[3] The Hamlet of Midnapore and adjoining lands were annexed by the City of Calgary on December 30, 1961.^[4]

Midnapore has a mall (theMidnapore Mall), a community centre (Mid-Sun Community Association^[5]) which it shares with the adjacent community of Sundance, as well as many fast food restaurants.

The community also has its own artificial lake which is used by residents in summer for water sports and in winter for skating andtobogganing. Some houses in Midnapore back onto the lake and towards the northern part of the community, houses border ontoFish Creek Provincial Park.^[6] It is not uncommon to see such wildlife as deer, foxes, bobcats and coyotes wandering around this area of the community. White-tailed jackrabbits, both red and grey squirrels and various birds, including black-billed magpies, black-capped chickadees, merlin, and house finches, are found year-round in Midnapore.

Midnapore is the home toSt. Mary's University. It also has a private elementary and junior high school,Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, and two elementary schools: Mother Teresa (separate-Catholic) and Midnapore Elementary.

Midnapore is served by several transit bus routes that feed Somerset-Bridlewood, Shawnessy, and Fish Creek-Lacombe train stations.

In the City of Calgary's 2012 municipal census, Midnapore had a population of6,861 living in2,726 dwellings, a -0.4% increase from its 2011 population of6,888.^[2] With a land area of 2.9 km² (1.1 sq mi), it had a population density of2,370/km² (6,130/sq mi) in 2012.^[2][7]

Residents in this community had amedian household income of$62,067 in 2000, and there were 10% low income residents living in the neighbourhood.^[8] As of 2000, 12.3% of the residents wereimmigrants. A proportion of 14.3% of the buildings werecondominiums orapartments, and 25.8% of the housing was used forrenting.^[9]

The community is served by Midnapore Elementary and Fish Creek Elementarypublic schools, as well as by Mother Teresa of Calcutta Elementary, Father James Whelihan Elementary and Junior High (Catholic), Midsun Junior High School (public)^[12] and Trinity Christian School (Christian private).

Midnapore has a community lake; the 12 hectares (30 acres) lake was dredged in the summer of 1976. Around 1,150,000 cubic metres (41,000,000 cubic feet) of earth were moved, some 32,000 cubic metres (1,100,000 cubic feet) of which were used to create a 17 m (56 ft) hill on the adjoining park. The lake contains 625,000,000 L (165,000,000 US gal) of water, to a maximum depth of 10 m (33 ft). The park is used for swimming, boating and fishing in the summer and winter sports.^[13]

Homeowners in the community are taxed in the form of encumbrances on their property, which goes toward maintaining the lake.

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