Maple Ridge is a
residential
A residential area is a land used in which houses, housing predominates, as opposed to industrial district, industrial and Commercial Area, commercial areas.
Housing may vary significantly between, and through, residential areas. These include ...
neighbourhood in the southeast quadrant of
Calgary
Calgary () is a major city in the Canadian province of Alberta. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806 making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in C ...
,
Alberta
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. The community is bounded to the east by
Deerfoot Trail
Deerfoot Trail is a freeway segment of Alberta Highway 2, Highway 2 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It stretches the entire length of the city from south to north and links suburbs to Downtown Calgary, downtown via Memorial Drive (Cal ...
, north by Southland Drive, west by
Willow Park and south by
Anderson Road. The ''Maple Ridge
golf course
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'', developed in the
Bow River
The headwaters of the Bow River in Alberta, Canada, start at the Bow Glacier and Bow Lake (Alberta), Bow Lake in Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies, Canadian Rocky Mountains. The glacial stream that feeds Bow Lake (Alberta), Bow Lake ...
valley, lines the community to the south and east.
It is represented in the
Calgary City Council by the Ward 14 councillor and, along with Willow Park, makes up the combined community of WillowRidge.
Maple Ridge is home to the popula
Maple Ridge Golf Course located at 1240 Mapleglade Drive.
Demographics
In the City of Calgary's 2014 municipal census, Maple Ridge had a population of living in dwelling
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
$88,417 in 201
All buildings are
single family detached home
A single-family detached home, also called a single-detached dwelling, single-family residence (SFR) or separate house is a free-standing residential building. It is defined in opposition to a multi-family residential dwelling.
Definitions ...
s, and in 2000 6.1% 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 ...
.
Schools in the neighborhood:
Maple Ridge Elementary(K-4)
St. William Elementary(K-6)
R.T. Alderman Junior High(5-9)
Willow Park Arts-Centered Learning (Middle School)(5-9)
Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix(French)
Crime
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 ...
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R. T. Alderman Junior HighWillow Park School
References
External links
WillowRidge Community Association
Neighbourhoods in Calgary
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