Hawkwood, Calgary
{{Other uses|Hawkwood (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Hawkwood
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| settlement_type = Community
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Hawkwood in Calgary
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| subdivision_name = {{CAN}}
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = {{AB}}
| subdivision_type2 = City
| subdivision_name2 = {{flag|Calgary}}
| subdivision_type3 = Quadrant
| subdivision_name3 = NW
| subdivision_type4 = Ward
| subdivision_name4 = 2
| 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|2}}
| established_title = Established
| established_date = 1981
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| area_total_km2 = 3.2
| population_as_of = 2006
| population_total = 10559
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| population_blank1_title = Average Income
| population_blank1 = $86912
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| coordinates = {{coord|51|07|54|N|114|10|40|W|region:CA-AB|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 1230
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| website = [https://hawkwoodca.com Hawkwood Community Association]
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Hawkwood is a residential neighbourhood in the northwest quadrant of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is bounded to the north by Country Hills Boulevard, to the east by Sarcee Trail, to the south by John Laurie Boulevard, and to the west by Nose Hill Drive.
Hawkwood was established in 1981. It was named for a dairy farming family who came to Alberta from England in 1913.{{cite web|last1=Kendall|first1=Ian|title=Scottish Place Names — Calgary, Alberta, Canada|url=http://www.rampantscotland.com/placenames/placename_calgary.htm|website=Rampant Scotland|access-date=10 July 2016}} It is represented in the Calgary City Council by the Ward 2 councillor.
Demographics
In the City of Calgary's 2012 municipal census, Hawkwood had a population of {{nts|9831}} living in {{nts|3331}} dwellings, a -0.7% increase from its 2011 population of {{nts|9898}}.{{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|3.2|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|9831|3.2|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 $96,806 in 2005, and there were 9.1% low income residents living in the neighbourhood.{{Cite web| url=http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/cns/community_social_statistics/ward_2_profile.pdf| archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20070809133548/http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/cns/community_social_statistics/ward_2_profile.pdf| url-status=dead| archive-date=2007-08-09| title=Ward 2 Profile| author=City of Calgary| year=2004| access-date=2007-05-17}} As of 2000, 29.6% of the residents were immigrants. A proportion of 4.1% of the buildings were condominiums or apartments, and 5.5% of the housing was used for renting.{{Cite web| url= http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/cns/community_social_statistics/hawkwood.pdf| title= Hawkwood Community Statistics| author= City of Calgary| year= 2006| access-date= 2007-05-17| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070930222551/http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/cns/community_social_statistics/hawkwood.pdf| archive-date= 2007-09-30| url-status= dead}}
Education
The community is served by Hawkwood Elementary School (public school) and by St. Maria Goretti Elementary (Catholic). Students in the public system would then continue on to F.E. Osborne Junior High School and then on to Sir Winston Churchill High School, and beginning in September 2013, Robert Thirsk High School. Catholic system students go on to St. Jean Brebeuf Junior High School, and to St. Francis High School.
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
https://web.archive.org/web/20070930222551/http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/cns/community_social_statistics/hawkwood.pdf
External links
- [https://calgarycommunities.com/communities/hawkwood-community-association/ Hawkwood Community Association]
{{Geographic location
| Northwest = Citadel
| North = Citadel
| Northeast = Hamptons
| West = Arbour Lake
| Centre = Hawkwood
| East = Edgemont
| Southwest = Arbour Lake
| South = Ranchlands
| Southeast = Dalhousie
}}
{{Calgary neighbourhoods}}