Capitol Hill is a
residential
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Housing may vary significantly between, and through, residential areas. These include ...
neighbourhood in the northwest quadrant of
Calgary
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,
Alberta
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,
Canada
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. It is located immediately north of the
Trans-Canada Highway
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, and is bisected by 14th Street West. The
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
The Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) is a Institute of technology, polytechnic institute in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. SAIT offers more than 110 career programs in technology, trades and business. Established in 1916, it is Calgar ...
and the
North Hill shopping center
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are located south of the community. To the north it is bounded by the
Confederation Park
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.
Capitol Hill was established in 1948, but contains buildings as old as 1910. Most of the community was built in the 1950s. It is represented in the
Calgary City Council
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by the
Ward 7 councillor.
Demographics
In the City of Calgary's 2012 municipal census, Capitol Hill had a population of living in dwellings, a 0.3% 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 median household income
The median income is the income amount that divides a population into two groups, half having an income above that amount, and half having an income below that amount. It may differ from the mean (or average) income. Both of these are ways of und ...
of $38,670 in 2000, and there were 25.8% low income residents living in the neighbourhood. As of 2000, 17.9% of the residents were immigrant
Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not usual residents or where they do not possess nationality in order to settle as permanent residents. Commuters, tourists, and other short- ...
s. A proportion of 46.4% of the buildings were condominium
A condominium (or condo for short) is an ownership regime in which a building (or group of buildings) is divided into multiple units that are either each separately owned, or owned in common with exclusive rights of occupation by individual own ...
s or apartment
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s, and 59.8% of the housing was used for renting
Renting, also known as hiring or letting, is an agreement where a payment is made for the use of a good, service or property owned by another over a fixed period of time. To maintain such an agreement, a rental agreement (or lease) is sig ...
. Many students of close-by Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
The Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) is a Institute of technology, polytechnic institute in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. SAIT offers more than 110 career programs in technology, trades and business. Established in 1916, it is Calgar ...
and University of Calgary
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, name = University of Calgary
, image = University of Calgary coat of arms without motto scroll.svg
, image_size = 150px
, caption = Coat of arms
, former ...
reside here.
Crime
Education
The Capitol Hill Elementary public school and the St. Pius Bilingual Elementary School (a Catholic school
Catholic schools are Parochial school, parochial pre-primary, primary and secondary educational institutions administered in association with the Catholic Church. , the Catholic Church operates the world's largest parochial schools, religious, no ...
) are located in the community.
See also
*List of neighbourhoods in Calgary
This is a list of neighbourhoods in Calgary, Alberta.
As of 2016, Calgary has 197 neighbourhoods, which are referred to as "communities" by the municipal government, and 42 industrial areas. A further 15 communities were included in the Municip ...
References
External links
Capitol Hill Community Association
{{Calgary neighbourhoods
Neighbourhoods in Calgary
1948 establishments in Alberta