Windsor Park, Calgary
{{otheruses|Windsor Park (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Windsor Park
| other_name =
| settlement_type = Neighbourhood
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| pushpin_map = Canada Calgary
| pushpin_mapsize = 225
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Windsor Park 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 = 1940
| established_title2 = Annexed
| established_date2 = 1951
| area_magnitude =
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 0.7
| population_as_of = 2006
| population_total = 3982
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| population_blank1_title = Average Income
| population_blank1 = $39425
| timezone =
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| coordinates = {{coord|51|00|18|N|114|04|35|W|region:CA-AB|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 1070
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| website = [http://www.calgaryarea.com/sw/windsorpark/windsorpark.htm Windsor Park Community Association]
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Windsor Park is a residential neighbourhood in the southwest quadrant of Calgary, Alberta. It is bounded by 50 Avenue S to the north, Macleod Trail to the east, 58 Avenue S to the south and the Calgary Golf & Country Club and Elbow River to the west. Chinook Centre is located southeast of the neighbourhood.
Development started in 1940, and the area was annexed to the City of Calgary in 1951. It is represented in the Calgary City Council by the Ward 11 councillors.
Demographics
In the City of Calgary's 2012 municipal census, Windsor Park had a population of {{nts|4126}} living in {{nts|2421}} dwellings, a 6.9% increase from its 2011 population of {{nts|3858}}.{{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|1.3|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|4126|1.3|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 $39,425 in 2000, and there were 22.6% low income residents living in the neighbourhood.{{Cite web| url= http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/cns/community_social_statistics/ward_11_profile.pdf | title=Ward 11 Profile| author=City of Calgary| year=2004| access-date= 2007-05-10}} As of 2000, 22.2% of the residents were immigrants. A proportion of 66.4% of the buildings were condominiums or apartments, and 60.8% of the housing was used for renting.{{Cite web| url= http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/cns/community_social_statistics/windsor_park.pdf| title= Windsor Park Community Statistics| author= City of Calgary | year= 2006 | access-date= 2007-05-10}}
Crime
Windsor Park sits along MacLeod Trail, a corridor of the city in which communities along it have among the worst crime in the city. Communities such as Manchester, Meadowlark Park, Downtown East Village, Parkhill, Kingsland, Victoria Park, and Southwood sit in this corridor.
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Crime Rate (/100) |
| 2018
|4.3 |
| 2019
|4.6 |
| 2020
|4.9 |
| 2021
|3.8 |
| 2022
|3.7 |
| 2023
|2.7 |
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.calgarycommunities.com/communities/windsorpark.php Windsor Park Community Association]
{{Geographic location
| Northwest = Altadore
| North = Britannia
| Northeast = Elboya
| West = {{small|Elbow River}}
| Centre = Windsor Park
| East = Manchester
| Southwest = Bel-Aire
| South = Meadowlark Park
| Southeast = {{small|Chinook Centre}}
}}
{{Calgary neighbourhoods}}
Category:Neighbourhoods in Calgary
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