The Downtown West End is a neighbourhood within the western portions of downtown

Downtown Calgary

Downtown Calgary is a region of central Calgary, Alberta. It is not a single neighbourhood per se, but is actually a larger community containing three neighbourhoods and a number of districts....

 Calgary

Calgary

Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...

, Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

, Canada

Canada

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. It is bounded to the north by the Bow River

Bow River

The Bow River is a river in the Canadian province of Alberta. It is a tributary of the South Saskatchewan River, and is considered the headwater of the Nelson River....

, to the east by 9th Street W, to the south by the CPR

Canadian Pacific Railway

The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...

 Tracks and to the west by 14th Street W.

West End is a high density residential

Residential area

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 community, largely made up of condominiums and apartment buildings, with only 25 single-family detached homes remaining in the neighbourhood.

Downtown Calgary was established as a neighbourhood in 1884, after the arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway

Canadian Pacific Railway

The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...

 in 1883. It is represented in the Calgary City Council

Calgary City Council

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 by Ward 8 Alderman

Alderman

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 John Mar, on a provincial level by Calgary-Buffalo MLA

Member of the Legislative Assembly

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 Kent Hehr

Kent Hehr

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, and at federal level by Calgary Centre

Calgary Centre

Calgary Centre is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968. It is an 42 km² riding in the city of Calgary with 124,197 people. The riding consists of many young adults who have a relatively high average household income...

 MP

Member of Parliament

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 Lee Richardson.

Attractions

The Shaw Millennium Park

Millennium Park (Calgary)

Millennium Park is a skatepark in Calgary, Alberta. It was built on the western end of downtown Calgary, on the site of the former Mewata Stadium adjacent to Mewata Armouries and the Telus World of Science....

, Telus World of Science

TELUS World of Science, Calgary

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 and Mewata Armouries

Mewata Armouries

Mewata Armoury is a Canadian Forces reserve armoury in Calgary, Alberta.The building was built between 1915 and 1918 for an original cost of $282,051 Canadian dollars. The building was designed by T.W. Fuller and the project was supervised locally by Calgary architect Leo Dowler...

 are located in the western area of the neighborhood, while paved multi-use (bicycle, walking, rollerblading, etc.) paths line the northern rim along the Bow River

Bow River

The Bow River is a river in the Canadian province of Alberta. It is a tributary of the South Saskatchewan River, and is considered the headwater of the Nelson River....

.

The 10 St SW

10 Street Southwest (C-Train)

The 10 Street Southwest platform is the western terminus of Route 202 of the C-Train light rail system in Calgary, Alberta.Opened in 1985 with the opening of the Northeast line, this stop was the terminus for Route 201 until the Northwest Line opened in 1987. Until the West Line to 69 Street...

 station of the C-Train

C-Train

C-Train is the light rail transit system in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It has been in operation since May 25, 1981. The system is operated by Calgary Transit, a department of the Calgary municipal government.-Operations:...

 LRT

Light Rail Transit

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 system serves the community. Downtown West End is also well connected into the Plus 15

+15

The Plus 15 or +15 Skyway network in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is the world's most extensive pedestrian skywalk system with a total length of and 59 bridges. The system is so named because the skywalks are approximately 15 feet above street level...

 skywalk system.

Demographics

In 2006 the neighbourhood had a population of 2,681. Residents in this community had a median household income

Median household income

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 of $

Canadian dollar

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47,964 in 2000, and there were 25.6% low income residents living in the neighborhood. As of 2000, 20.2% of the residents were immigrants. A proportion of 93.4% of the buildings were condominium

Condominium

A condominium, or condo, is the form of housing tenure and other real property where a specified part of a piece of real estate is individually owned while use of and access to common facilities in the piece such as hallways, heating system, elevators, exterior areas is executed under legal rights...

s or apartment

Apartment

An apartment or flat is a self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building...

s, and 53.9% of the housing was used for renting

Renting

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.