Richmond, Calgary

{{other uses|Richmond (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Richmond

| other_name =

| settlement_type = Neighbourhood

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| pushpin_map = Canada Calgary

| pushpin_mapsize = 225

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Richmond 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 = 8

| 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|8}}

| established_title = Established

| established_date = 1950

| established_title2 = Annexed

| established_date2 = 1907

| area_magnitude =

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 1.6

| population_as_of = 2008

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 3892

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| population_blank1_title = Average Income

| population_blank1 = $49954

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| coordinates = {{coord|51|01|53|N|114|06|48|W|region:CA-AB|display=inline,title}}

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m = 1105

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| website = [http://www.calgarycommunities.com/communities/richmond_knobhill.php Richmond Community Association]

| footnotes =

}}

Richmond is a residential neighbourhood in the southwest quadrant of Calgary, Alberta.

It is located on both sides of the Crowchild Trail, south of 17th Avenue SW.{{Cite web| url= http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/BU/engineering_services/emaps/community_map.pdf| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20031006092406/http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/BU/engineering_services/emaps/community_map.pdf| url-status= dead| archive-date= 2003-10-06| title= Community Map| author= City of Calgary| year= 2003| access-date= 2007-05-07}} It was the location of Alberta Children's Hospital until 2007, when the new facility was opened in the northwest quadrant. The community has an area redevelopment plan in place.{{Cite web| url= http://www.calgary.ca/PDA/pd/Documents/arp-asp/arp/richmond-arp.pdf| title=Richmond Area Redevelopment Plan| author=City of Calgary Planning| year=2005| access-date= March 17, 2016}}

Richmond was established in 1950. It is represented in the Calgary City Council by the Ward 8 councillor, on a provincial level by Calgary-Currie MLA Brian Malkinson, and is currently represented at the federal level by Calgary Centre MP Kent Hehr.

Demographics

In the City of Calgary's 2012 municipal census, Richmond had a population of {{nts|4229}} living in {{nts|2259}} dwellings, a 2.8% increase from its 2011 population of {{nts|4113}}.{{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}} With a land area of {{convert|1.8|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|4229|1.8|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}}

Residents in this community had a median household income of $49,954, and there were 17.6% low income residents living in the neighbourhood.{{Cite web |url=http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/cns/community_social_statistics/ward_8_profile.pdf |title=Ward 8 Profile |author=City of Calgary |year=2004 |access-date=2007-05-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809131535/http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/cns/community_social_statistics/ward_8_profile.pdf |archive-date=2007-08-09 }} Most buildings are single-family detached home (48.3%).{{Cite web| url= http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/cns/community_social_statistics/richmond.pdf| title= Richmond Community Statistics| author= City of Calgary | year= 2006 | access-date= 2007-07-05}}

Crime

class="wikitable"

|+

!Year

!Crime Rate (/100 pop.)

2018

|3.3

2019

|3.8

2020

|4.1

2021

|2.7

2022

|3.1

2023

|2.6

Education

The community is served by Richmond Elementary and Chinook College for Continuing Education public schools, as well as various private schools.

See also

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