Midnapore, Calgary

History

Midnapore was once an unincorporated hamlet under the jurisdiction of the Municipal District of Turner Valley No. 32. The Hamlet of Midnapore and adjoining lands were annexed by the City of Calgary on December 30, 1961.

Amenities

Midnapore has a mall (the Midnapore Mall), a community centre (Mid-Sun Community Association) which it shares with the adjacent community of Sundance, as well as many fast food restaurants.

The community also has its own artificial lake which is used by residents in summer for water sports and in winter for skating and tobogganing. Some houses in Midnapore back onto the lake and towards the northern part of the community, houses border onto Fish Creek Provincial Park. It is not uncommon to see such wildlife as deer, foxes, bobcats and coyotes wandering around this area of the community. White-tailed jackrabbits, both red and grey squirrels and various birds, including black-billed magpies, black-capped chickadees, merlin, and house finches, are found year-round in Midnapore.

Midnapore is the home to St. Mary's University. It also has a private elementary and junior high school, Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, and two elementary schools: Mother Teresa (separate-Catholic) and Midnapore Elementary.

Midnapore is served by several transit bus routes that feed Somerset-Bridlewood, Shawnessy, and Fish Creek-Lacombe train stations.

Demographics

In the City of Calgary's 2012 municipal census, Midnapore had a population of living in dwellings, a -0.4% increase from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 2.9 km2, it had a population density of in 2012.

Residents in this community had a median household income of $62,067 in 2000, and there were 10% low income residents living in the neighbourhood. As of 2000, 12.3% of the residents were immigrants. A proportion of 14.3% of the buildings were condominiums or apartments, and 25.8% of the housing was used for renting.

Crime

Education

The community is served by Midnapore Elementary and Fish Creek Elementary public schools, as well as by Mother Teresa of Calcutta Elementary, Father James Whelihan Elementary and Junior High (Catholic), Midsun Junior High School (public) and Trinity Christian School (Christian private).

Lake

Midnapore has a community lake; the 12 ha lake was dredged in the summer of 1976. Around 1,150,000 m3 of earth were moved, some 32,000 m3 of which were used to create a 17 m hill on the adjoining park. The lake contains 625,000,000 litre of water, to a maximum depth of 10 m. The park is used for swimming, boating and fishing in the summer and winter sports.

Homeowners in the community are taxed in the form of encumbrances on their property, which goes toward maintaining the lake.

References

References

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