Home โ Calgary Address โ Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill โ 278 1620 8 AV NW
278 1620 8 AV NW, Calgary
278 1620 8 AV NW is a low rise apartment condo home built in 1968, located in Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill, Calgary. Explore schools, daily and 15-minute accessibility, public transit, traffic safety, crime and disorder trends, nearby development, flood risk, fire protection, 311 service requests, tree canopy, housing history, assessment values, and property taxes.
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๐ซ School Accessibility & Capacity
Assigned schools are Busy but below capacity, and the nearest assigned school is close. Queen Elizabeth High School is about 1.7 min by car, with highest utilization at 88%.
๐ School Performance
The matched records show different outcomes across grade levels, with the strongest and weakest results separated by 19.2 points. School rankings should be read as one indicator only, alongside school fit, program availability, transportation, learning supports, and family needs.
๐ Daily Accessibility
Transit and downtown access are both strong for this address. Lions Park and downtown both compare well against the median benchmarks.
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๐งญ 15-Minute Living Profile
The modelled destination set is widely covered within its assigned travel-time thresholds.
๐ Nearby Bus Transit
This address has excellent nearby bus access, with WB 8 AV NW @ 16 ST NW about 1.4 min away and 4 routes available within five minutes.
๐ฅ Community Profile
Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill has fewer children 0-4 than Calgary overall, but residential stability is stronger.
๐๏ธ Community Density
Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill has a population density of 2,093 people per km^2 and a residential density of 881 residential units per km^2. Compared with the Calgary community median, population density is 19.9% below and residential density is 18.1% below.
๐ณ Nearby Tree Canopy Coverage
Canopy coverage here is 4.7 percentage points below the community median and 6.8 percentage points above the Calgary median.
๐ Flood Context & ๐ Fire Protection Access
For this address, flood context is outside mapped floodplain. Fire protection access shows 3.1 min to the nearest station and 111 m to the nearest City-owned hydrant.
๐ Crime Trends
This static page classifies the local crime pattern as vehicle theft dominant. Latest-month rate, Calgary median comparison, common incident categories, and recent direction should be read together.
๐ Disorder & Community Pressure
Latest-month reported disorder pressure in Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill was above the Calgary median; common issue types included Unwanted Guest, Suspicious Person, and Disturbance.
๐ฆ Nearby Traffic Safety Incidents
Multiple road-user categories appear in the nearby incident records, which span 2022โ2026.
โ๏ธ 311 Service Requests
This 311 section summarizes community-level municipal service pressure around this address. The current profile is much higher than median, the 12-month profile is much higher than median, and monthly variation is high.
๐๏ธ Nearby Development Permits
The closest matched Development Permit location is within 150 metres of this address, at about 137 m. The records are public permit matches, not a construction-status update.
๐งฑ Building Permit History
The available static bundle does not contain Building Permit history for this address.
๐๏ธ Housing History
This low rise apartment condo was built in 1968 and is 58 years old, which is very close to the Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill median of 58 years.
๐ฐ Property Value & Tax History
The property sits below the community median for its recorded house type, while tax history is shown separately as annual municipal tax records.
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