Arbour Lake, Calgary

Neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

51°08′00″N 114°12′16″W / 51.13333°N 114.20444°W / 51.13333; -114.20444Country

CanadaProvince

AlbertaCity

CalgaryQuadrantNWWard2Established1992Government

^[1]

• MayorJyoti Gondek • Administrative bodyCalgary City Council • CouncillorJennifer WynessArea

• Total4.2 km² (1.6 sq mi)Elevation

1,215 m (3,986 ft)Population

(2006)^[2]

• Total10,592 • Average Income

$70,590WebsiteArbour Lake Community Association

Arbour Lake is a residential neighbourhood in the northwest quadrant of Calgary, Alberta. It is bounded to the north by Country Hills Boulevard, to the south by Crowchild Trail, to the east by Nose Hill Drive, to the west by Stoney Trail.

Arbour Lake was established in 1992, and named after Arbor Lake, Newport Beach, California. It is represented in the Calgary City Council by the Ward 2 councillor.^[1]

Demographics

In the City of Calgary's 2012 municipal census, Arbour Lake had a population of 10,836 living in 3,918 dwellings, a 0.7% increase from its 2011 population of 10,762.^[3] With a land area of 4.4 km² (1.7 sq mi), it had a population density of 2,463/km² (6,380/sq mi) in 2012.^[3]^[4]

Residents in this community had a median household income of $70,590 in 2000, and there were 7.4% low income residents living in the neighbourhood.^[5] As of 2000, 25.1% of the residents were immigrants. A proportion of 8.7% of the buildings were condominiums or apartments, and 4.1% of the housing was used for renting.^[2]

Education

This neighbourhood has one public middle school, Arbour Lake Middle School (5-9) and one high school, Robert Thirsk High School (10-12) which opened in September 2013, as well as a Catholic school, St. Ambrose Elementary/Jr. High (K-9).^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Calgary Elections". City of Calgary. 2017. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
^ ^a ^b City of Calgary (2006). "Arbour Lake Community Statistics" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-05-08.
^ ^a ^b "2012 Civic Census Results" (PDF). City of Calgary. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 1, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2013.
^ "Community Boundaries". City of Calgary. Archived from the original (Esri shapefile) on October 23, 2013. Retrieved February 5, 2013.
^ City of Calgary (2004). "Ward 2 Profile" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-08-09. Retrieved 2007-05-08.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-26. Retrieved 2008-12-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)