Woodbine | ||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Woodbine Square shopping mall located inside of Woodbine | ||||||||||||||
  Woodbine Location of Woodbine inCalgary | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates:50°56′34″N114°07′44″W / 50.94278°N 114.12889°W /50.94278; -114.12889 | ||||||||||||||
| Country |  Canada | |||||||||||||
| Province |  Alberta | |||||||||||||
| City |  Calgary | |||||||||||||
| Quadrant | SW | |||||||||||||
| Ward | 13 | |||||||||||||
| Established | 1980 | |||||||||||||
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| • Administrative body | Calgary City Council | |||||||||||||
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• Total | 3.4 km2 (1.3 sq mi) | |||||||||||||
| Elevation | 1,115 m (3,658 ft) | |||||||||||||
| Population (2011)[2] | ||||||||||||||
• Total | 9,086 | |||||||||||||
| Website | Woodbine Community Association | |||||||||||||
Woodbine is aresidential neighbourhood in the southwest quadrant ofCalgary,Alberta. It is located at the western edge of the city, and is bordered on the north byAnderson Road, on the west byTsuut'ina Trail, on the east by 24th Street West, and to the south byFish Creek Provincial Park.
Woodbine was established in 1979. It is represented in theCalgary City Council
Woodbine Square is an enclosedshopping mall located inside of the Woodbine community. It is a shopping centre withshopping plaza elements, with a small indoor portion. It features 98,022 sq ft (9,106.5 m2) of retail floor area.[3]
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TheMAX Yellowbus rapid transit line passes through the community of Woodbine with 2BRT stations being located inside the community: Woodview and Woodpark Stations.
Calgary Transit bus route 56 passes through the community.[4]
In the City of Calgary's 2012 municipal census, Woodbine had a population of9,131 living in3,371 dwellings, a 0.5% increase from its 2011 population of9,086.[2] With a land area of 3.2 km2 (1.2 sq mi), it had a population density of2,850/km2 (7,390/sq mi) in 2012.[2][5]
Residents in this community had amedian household income of$83,844 in 2000, and there were 7.3% low income residents living in the neighbourhood.[6] As of 2000, 21.8% of the residents wereimmigrants. Most buildings weresingle-family detached homes, and 9.4% of the housing was used forrenting.[7]
Crime statistics in Woodbine are quite favorable compared to the rest of Calgary. In both 2006 and 2007 "Person" crimes were rated by the Calgary Police Service as 3 per 1000 population. Property crimes were 9 and 12 per 1000 population respectively. Both rates were among the lowest recorded for Calgary communities.[8]
The St. Jude Elementary School (Catholic) as well as the Woodbine Elementarypublic school are located in this neighborhood.
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