Patterson Heights | ||||||||||||||
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 Olympic Village in Patterson overlookingSarcee Trail | ||||||||||||||
  Patterson Heights Location of Patterson inCalgary | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates:51°03′48″N114°10′28″W / 51.06333°N 114.17444°W /51.06333; -114.17444 | ||||||||||||||
| Country |  Canada | |||||||||||||
| Province |  Alberta | |||||||||||||
| City |  Calgary | |||||||||||||
| Quadrant | SW | |||||||||||||
| Ward | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Established | 1983 | |||||||||||||
| Annexed | 1956 | |||||||||||||
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| • Administrative body | Calgary City Council | |||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 1,205 m (3,953 ft) | |||||||||||||
| Population (2006)[2] | ||||||||||||||
• Total | 4,141 | |||||||||||||
| • Average Income | $78,786 | |||||||||||||
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| Website | Patterson Community Association | |||||||||||||
| Coach Hill Patterson Heights Community Association www.chph.ca. And on Facebook CHPHcommunity.com | ||||||||||||||
Patterson Heights is aresidential neighbourhood in the southwest quadrant ofCalgary,Alberta inCanada. It is bounded by Sarcee Trail to the east and north, Bow Trail to the south, 69 Street to the west andOld Banff Coach Road to the south.Edworthy Park, developed in theBow River valley, borders the community to the north and east acrossSarcee Trail.
It is represented in theCalgary City Council by the Ward 6 councillor.[1]
Before annexation, the area consisted of mostly acreages. It was named after the Patterson family, who owned much of the land. Prior to that, it was known asBroadcast Hill, for the 250 m (820 ft)CFCN re-transmission tower located here.
Originally, theUniversity of Alberta was to be located on the site of the present day community; however,Edmonton was ultimately chosen as the site of the campus.[3]
The lands were annexed to the city of Calgary in 1956 and Patterson Heights was established as a neighbourhood in 1983. During the planning phase, in the early 1980s, Patterson Heights was referred to as Strathcona Cell "A".[3]
During theXV Olympic Winter Games in 1988, the Broadcast Hill Media Village was located in Patterson Heights. The apartments have since been converted into condominiums.
In the City of Calgary's 2012 municipal census, Patterson had a population of4,281 living in2,008 dwellings, a 2.9% increase from its 2011 population of4,162.[4] With a land area of 2 km2 (0.77 sq mi), it had a population density of2,100/km2 (5,500/sq mi) in 2012.[4][5]
Residents in this community had amedian household income of$78,786 in 2000, and there were 8.9% low income residents living in the neighbourhood.[6] As of 2000, 23.8% of the residents wereimmigrants. A proportion of 28.8% of the buildings werecondominiums orapartments, and 23% of the housing was used forrenting.[2]
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