Riverbend, Calgary
{{Other uses|Riverbend (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Riverbend
| other_name =
| settlement_type = Neighbourhood
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| pushpin_map = Canada Calgary
| pushpin_mapsize = 225
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Riverbend in Calgary
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{Flagu|Canada}}
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = {{AB}}
| subdivision_type2 = City
| subdivision_name2 = {{flag|Calgary}}
| subdivision_type3 = Quadrant
| subdivision_name3 = SE
| 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 = 1982
| area_magnitude =
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 3.0
| population_as_of = 2006
| population_total = 10319
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| population_blank1_title = Average Income
| population_blank1 = $78574
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| coordinates = {{coord|50|58|22|N|114|00|56|W|region:CA-AB|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 1020
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| website = [http://www.calgaryarea.com/se/riverbend/riverbend.htm Riverbend Community Association]
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Riverbend is a residential neighbourhood in the southeast quadrant of Calgary, Alberta. It is bounded to the north by Glenmore Trail, to the east by 24 Street E and to the west by Deerfoot Trail. It is developed in the Bow River floodplain, on its escarpment and the upland plain.
Riverbend was established as a neighbourhood in 1982. It is represented in the Calgary City Council by the Ward 9 councillor.
Demographics
In the City of Calgary's 2013 municipal census, Riverbend had a population of {{nts|9682}} living in {{nts|3450}} dwellings, nearly identical to its 2012 population of {{nts|9684}}.{{cite web | url=http://www.calgary.ca/CA/city-clerks/Documents/Election-and-information-services/Census2013/Final%202013%20Census%20Results%20book.pdf | title=2013 Civic Census Results | publisher=City of Calgary | year=2013 | access-date=August 20, 2013}} With a land area of {{convert|4.1|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|9682|4.1|km2|sqmi}} in 2013.{{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}}{{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}}
Residents in this community had a median household income of $78,574 in 2000, and there were 6.1% low income residents living in the neighbourhood.{{Cite web| url=http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/cns/community_social_statistics/ward_9_profile.pdf| title=Ward 9 Profile| author=City of Calgary| year=2004| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5rRjp5GkP?url=http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/cns/community_social_statistics/ward_9_profile.pdf| archive-date=2010-07-23}}{{Cite web | url= http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/cns/community_social_statistics/ward_12_profile.pdf | title= Ward 12 Profile | access-date= 2007-05-16 | url-status= dead | archive-url= https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20070809134712/http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/cns/community_social_statistics/ward_12_profile.pdf | archive-date= 2007-08-09 }} As of 2000, 17.3% of the residents were immigrants. A proportion of 2.5% of the buildings were condominiums or apartments, and 3.5% of the housing was used for renting.{{Cite web| url= http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/cns/community_social_statistics/riverbend.pdf| archive-url= https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20080411030210/http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/cns/community_social_statistics/riverbend.pdf| url-status= dead| archive-date= 2008-04-11| title= Riverbend Community Statistics| author= City of Calgary| year= 2006| access-date= 2007-05-16}}
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Population |
| 2014
|9696 |
| 2015
|9612 |
| 2016
|9430 |
| 2017
|9338 |
| 2018
|9248 |
| 2019
|9244 |
| 2021
|9205 |
Education
This neighbourhood has one public elementary school: Riverbend Elementary School (K-6), and one Catholic school: Holy Angels Elementary School. (K-6)
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.calgarycommunities.com/communities/riverbend.php Riverbend Community Association]
{{Geographic location
| Northwest = {{small|Bow River}}
| North = Ogden
| Northeast = Ogden Shops Industrial Area
| West = Fairview Industrial Area
| Centre = Riverbend
| East = Shepard Industrial
| Southwest = Maple Ridge
| South = Douglasdale-Douglasglen
| Southeast =
}}
{{Calgary neighbourhoods}}
Category:Neighbourhoods in Calgary
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