Banff Trail is a

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neighbourhood in the northwest quadrant of

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. It is located northeast of the intersection of

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and

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, east of

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and the

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. The

Banff Trail station Banff Trail station is a CTrain light rail station in Banff Trail, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It serves the Northwest Line (Route 201) and opened on September 7, 1987, as part of the original line. It is located on the exclusive LRT right of way ...

of the

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LRT system serves the community, which contains a large

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village in the southwest corner. It is named for the town of Banff, which in turn takes its name from

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. The adjoining Highway 1 connects the city of Calgary to Banff and

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. The community has an

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in place.

Demographics

In the City of Calgary's 2012 municipal census, Banff Trail had a population of living in dwellings, a 7.1% increase from its 2011 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2012. Residents in this community had a

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of $49,996 in 2000, and there were 25.8% low income residents living in the neighbourhood. As of 2000, 15.3% of the residents were

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s. A proportion of 35.8% of the buildings were

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s or

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s, and 46.4% of the housing was used for

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Education

The community is served by Branton Bilingual Junior High School and

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s. The

grounds border the community to the west, and the

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to the south.

References

External links

*Calgary Communities
Banff Trail Local Community Website
*Federation of Calgary Communities

{{Calgary neighbourhoods Neighbourhoods in Calgary

Demographics

Education

See also

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