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Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill

Field	Value
official_name	Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill
settlement_type	Neighbourhood
pushpin_map	Canada Calgary
pushpin_label_position	none
pushpin_map_caption	Location of Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill in Calgary
pushpin_mapsize	200
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1
subdivision_type2	City
subdivision_name2	Calgary
subdivision_type3	Quadrant
subdivision_name3	NW
subdivision_type4	Ward
subdivision_name4	7
government_footnotes
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name
leader_title1	Administrative body
leader_name1	Calgary City Council
leader_title2	Councillor
leader_name2
established_title	Established
established_date	1953
established_title2	Annexed
established_date2	1906
area_total_km2	1.3
population_as_of	2006
population_footnotes
population_total	2903
population_blank1_title	Average Income
population_blank1	$59502
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	1090
postal_code_type
website	[Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill Community Association](http://www.calgarycommunities.com/communities/hounsfieldheights_briarhill.php)

Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill is an inner suburban neighbourhood in northwest Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Located north of the Hillhurst and West Hillhurst communities, the boundaries of the district are 16th Avenue N (Trans-Canada Highway)to the north; 14th Street W to the east; Lane north of 7th Avenue N to 19th Street W and 8th Avenue N to the south; and Crowchild Trail, 12th Avenue N, Juniper Road, and 22nd Street W to the west. Lions Park C-Train station and North Hill Centre are located within the community. In the early 90s, a gas station located in the North Hill Centre parking lot was found to have been leaking fuel, contaminating the soil and groundwater in Hounsfield Heights with benzene and 1,2-Dichloroethane. The community is built on an escarpment and is popular for its views of downtown to the south and the Rocky Mountains to the west.

The area has a rich history. It was once part of the Riley family homestead. Thomas Riley and his wife Georgina Hounsfield Riley and their children settled there in 1888. Their home, Hounsfield Lodge, was situated on the present site of the Bethany Care Centre.

The community was annexed by the city of Calgary in 1906, and it was established as a neighbourhood in 1953.

Demographics

In the City of Calgary's 2012 municipal census, Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill had a population of living in dwellings, a 0.9% increase from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 1.2 km2, it had a population density of in 2012.

Residents in this community had a median household income of $59,502 in 2000, and there were 7.8% low income residents living in the neighbourhood. As of 2000, 15.1% of the residents were immigrants. A proportion of 21.5% of the buildings were condominiums or apartments, and 21.6% of the housing was used for renting.

Year	Population
2014	2921
2015	2972
2016	2972
2017	3016
2018	2971
2019	2798
2021	2470

Crime

Year	Crime Rate (/100)
2018	5.8
2019	7.2
2020	6.8
2021	7.9
2022	8.1
2023	5.9

Education

In 2006, there was one school in the district:

Briar Hill Elementary School - Public

Sears Plume

In the early 90s, a gas station located in the parking lot of North Hill Centre and operated by Sears Canada was found to have been leaking fuel into the soil and contaminating the nearby groundwater. The leak occurred for at least two decades, leading to a large underground plume of gasoline. Because of this, it was necessary to create several monitoring sites and extraction wells in the east side of Hounsfield Heights. As of 2020, the sites consist of 127 groundwater monitoring wells, 7 extraction wells, and various meters installed in residential homes. Preliminary analyses of contamination levels indicate that benzene and 1,2-DCA concentrations will decay to acceptable levels within 15 years.

References

{{Calgary City Council. ref
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(2012). "2012 Civic Census Results". City of Calgary.
"Community Boundaries". City of Calgary.
City of Calgary. (2004). "Ward 7 Profile".
City of Calgary. (2006). "Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill Community Statistics".
Clerks, City. "Civic Census".
"Data".
(28 May 2014). "Decades later, North Hill Centre gas leak continues to raise groundwater concerns".
"Alberta issues environmental protection order for decades-old gas leak at Sears North Hill {{!".
"Sears Plume".
"Decades-old gas leak near North Hill Mall could take 15 years to clean up {{!".

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