Sundance, Calgary
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Sundance
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| settlement_type = Neighbourhood
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| pushpin_map = Canada Calgary
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Sundance 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 = SE
| subdivision_type4 = Ward
| subdivision_name4 = 14
| 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|14}}
| established_title = Established
| established_date = 1982
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| area_total_km2 = 3.4
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 10,623
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| population_blank1_title = Average Income
| population_blank1 = $91623
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| coordinates = {{coord|50|54|05|N|114|02|33|W|region:CA-AB|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 1040
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| website = [http://www.calgarycommunities.com/communities/midsun.php Sundance Community Association]
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Sundance is a residential neighbourhood in the southeast quadrant of Calgary, Alberta. It is located east of Macleod Trail, is bounded to the north and east by Midnapore and Fish Creek Provincial Park and to the south by Stoney Trail. The {{convert|33|acre|m2|adj=on}} man-made Sundance Lake was constructed in the middle of the community, and residents have easy access to the public beach of Sikome Lake.
Sundance was established in 1982. It is represented in the Calgary City Council by the Ward 14 councillor.
Demographics
In the City of Calgary's 2012 municipal census, Sundance had a population of {{nts|10499}} living in {{nts|3406}} dwellings, a 1.2% decrease from its 2011 population of {{nts|10623}}.{{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|4|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|10499|4|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 $91,623 in 2000, and there were 5% low income residents living in the neighbourhood.{{Cite web| url=http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/cns/community_social_statistics/ward_14_profile.pdf| title=Ward 14 Profile| author=City of Calgary| year=2004| access-date=2007-05-09| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20070809133557/http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/cns/community_social_statistics/ward_14_profile.pdf| archive-date=2007-08-09}} As of 2000, 14.6% of the residents were immigrants. A proportion of 3.1% of the buildings were condominiums or apartments, and 6.5% of the housing was used for renting.{{Cite web| url= http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/cns/community_social_statistics/sundance.pdf| title= Sundance Community Statistics| author= City of Calgary | year= 2006 | access-date= 2007-05-09}}
Education
Schools in Sundance
There are two public elementary schools; Fish Creek Elementary School, and Sundance Elementary School.
There is one public junior high; MidSun Junior High.
There is one public high school; Centennial High School.
There is one Catholic (Separate) School; Father James Whelihan School (kindergarten to Grade 9).
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.calgarycommunities.com/communities/midsun.php Midnapore-Sundance Community Association]
{{Geographic location
| Northwest = Shawnessy
| North = Midnapore
| Northeast = Parkland
{{small|Fish Creek Provincial Park}}
| West = Somerset
| Centre = Sundance
| East = McKenzie Lake
| Southwest = Silverado
| South = {{small|Marquis de Lorne Trail}}
Chaparral
| Southeast = {{small|Fish Creek Provincial Park}}
Cranston
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{{Calgary neighbourhoods}}