Britannia, Calgary

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| official_name = Britannia

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| settlement_type = Neighbourhood

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| pushpin_map = Canada Calgary

| pushpin_mapsize = 225

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Britannia in Calgary

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{CAN}}

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = {{AB}}

| subdivision_type2 = City

| subdivision_name2 = {{flag|Calgary}}

| subdivision_type3 = Quadrant

| subdivision_name3 = SW

| subdivision_type4 = Ward

| subdivision_name4 = 11

| government_footnotes = {{Calgary City Council|ref}}

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = {{Calgary City Council|mayor}}

| leader_title1 = Administrative body

| leader_name1 = Calgary City Council

| leader_title2 = Councillor

| leader_name2 = {{Calgary City Council|11}}

| established_title = Established

| established_date = 1956

| established_title2 = Annexed

| established_date2 = 1910

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| area_total_km2 = 0.6

| population_as_of = 2006

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 784

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| population_blank1_title = Average Income

| population_blank1 = $120387

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| coordinates = {{coord|51|00|47|N|114|04|57|W|region:CA-AB|display=inline,title}}

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m = 1075

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| website = [http://www.calgaryarea.com/sw/britannia/britannia.htm Britannia Community Association]

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Britannia is an affluent residential neighbourhood in the southwest quadrant of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is bounded by Elbow Drive to the east, 50 Avenue S to the south, Elbow River and Riverdale Park to the west and Britannia Drive to the north.

The area was annexed to the City of Calgary in 1910, and Britannia was established in 1956. Most of the development took place in the late 1950s. It is represented in the Calgary City Council by the Ward 11 councillors.

Demographics

In the City of Calgary's 2012 municipal census, Britannia had a population of {{nts|803}} living in {{nts|309}} dwellings, a 7.6% increase from its 2011 population of {{nts|746}}.{{cite web | url=http://www.calgary.ca/CA/city-clerks/Documents/Election-and-information-services/Census2012/Final%202012%20Census%20Results%20book.pdf | title=2012 Civic Census Results | publisher=City of Calgary | year=2012 | access-date=February 4, 2013 | archive-date=June 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601084040/https://www.calgary.ca/CA/city-clerks/Documents/Election-and-information-services/Census2012/Final%202012%20Census%20Results%20book.pdf | url-status=dead }} With a land area of {{convert|0.5|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|803|0.5|km2|sqmi}} in 2012.{{cite web | url=https://cityonline.calgary.ca/Pages/Product.aspx?category=PDCAdministrativeBoundaries&cat=CITYonlineDefault&id=PDC0-99999-99999-00005-P | title=Community Boundaries | publisher=City of Calgary | format=Esri shapefile | access-date=February 5, 2013 | archive-date=October 23, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023055637/https://cityonline.calgary.ca/Pages/Product.aspx?category=PDCAdministrativeBoundaries&cat=CITYonlineDefault&id=PDC0-99999-99999-00005-P | url-status=dead }}

Residents in this community had a median household income of $120,387 in 2000, and there were 7.9% low income residents living in the neighbourhood.{{Cite web|url=http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/cns/community_social_statistics/ward_11_profile.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809132001/http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/cns/community_social_statistics/ward_11_profile.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-08-09 |title=Ward 11 Profile |author=City of Calgary |year=2004 |access-date=2007-05-10 }} As of 2000, 16.7% of the residents were immigrants. A proportion of 19.3% of the buildings were condominiums or apartments, and 19.3% of the housing was used for renting.{{Cite web|url=http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/cns/community_social_statistics/britannia.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930222129/http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/cns/community_social_statistics/britannia.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-09-30 |title=Britannia Community Statistics |author=City of Calgary |year=2006 |access-date=2007-05-10 }}