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1240 40 AV NW, Calgary

1240 40 AV NW is a detached home built in 1955, located in Highwood, 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.

Community
Highwood
Calgary neighbourhood context
Property type
Detached
Based on Calgary property records
Year built
1955
Approximate housing age context
Official property data release: July 7, 2026
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๐Ÿซ School Accessibility & Capacity

This address shows higher school-demand pressure alongside substantial daycare availability among the closest records.

Longest school drive
4.1 min
James Fowler High School
Licensed daycare
3 nearby
154 licensed spacesNearest: NORTHMOUNT DAYCARE
Daycare capacity
154 spaces
Substantial
Nearest daycare
NORTHMOUNT DAYCARE
1.7 min
Official dataset release: July 23, 2026

๐ŸŽ“ School Performance

Grade 6 and Grade 9 records do not point in the same direction for this address. Individual grade-band results are important here. School rankings should be read as one indicator only, alongside school fit, program availability, transportation, learning supports, and family needs.

Colonel Irvine School
74.8 | Average
Grade 9, 2025 | Board rank 19/66 | Calgary rank 37/116
Latest PAT year
2025
Latest matched records in this static page
ST. JOSEPH SCHOOL
66.3 | Average
Grade 6, 2025 | Board rank 74/94 | Calgary rank 172/241
Top Calgary rank
12/241
Colonel Irvine School
Official dataset release: June 16, 2026

๐Ÿš— Daily Accessibility

Downtown access is faster than the Calgary median for this address. The downtown route is one of the stronger travel signals in this section.

Nearest LRT station
University
Drive 10.0 min | Walk 42.9 min
Fitness centre
5.6 min
CrossFit Pyro
Children's Hospital
12.5 min
Alberta Children's Hospital
Grocery store
4.6 min
Safeway
Daily accessibility map for 1240 40 AV NW, Calgary showing nearby schools, grocery stores, parks, LRT stations and nearby amenities
Daily accessibility map for 1240 40 AV NW, Calgary, showing nearby schools, grocery stores, parks, public transit, and everyday amenities.
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Official dataset release: July 1, 2026

๐Ÿงญ 15-Minute Living Profile

Several daily-living themes meet strong model-score ranges for this address.

Longest selected trip
University
42.9 min by walk
CBE family access
83/100
3 of 4 destinations within the model's 15-minute threshold
Closest selected destination
NORTHMOUNT DAYCARE
1.7 min by drive
Official dataset release: August 25, 2026

๐ŸšŒ Nearby Bus Transit

The transit profile is mixed: a farther nearest stop and relatively rich route coverage in the wider walking area.

Walk to nearest stop
5.0 min
About 358 m by the pedestrian route
Routes at nearest stop
1 route
Route 20
Transit benchmark profile
Farther stop / More routes
Stop proximity and route availability
Official dataset release: August 25, 2026

๐Ÿ‘ฅ Community Profile

This address sits in a community where rental or mobility patterns may be more visible in the census indicators.

Immigrant population
17%
Calgary avg: 33%
Household income
$90,000
Calgary avg: $98,000
Home ownership
65%
Calgary avg: 69%
University certificate / degree
29%
Calgary avg: 36%
Official dataset release: November 30, 2022

๐Ÿ˜๏ธ Community Density

Highwood has a population density of 2,321 people per km^2 and a residential density of 942 residential units per km^2. Compared with the Calgary community median, population density is 11.2% below and residential density is 12.4% below.

Official dataset release: November 30, 2022

๐ŸŒณ Nearby Tree Canopy Coverage

The mapped canopy reading of 32.2% is above both the community and Calgary benchmarks.

20 m canopy coverage
32.2%
Mapped canopy within 20 metres
Community median
23.2%
Highwood
Compared with Calgary
25.7 percentage points above
Calgary median 6.5%
Official dataset release: August 13, 2026

๐ŸŒŠ Flood Context & ๐Ÿš’ Fire Protection Access

This address combines outside mapped floodplain with typical fire response context and near hydrant proximity.

Flood zone / overlap
0%
outside mapped flood zone
Fire station
4.8 min
Mt. Pleasant Fire Station #7 | 2.6 km drive
Official dataset releases: Flood July 10, 2026 ยท Fire July 10, 2026

๐Ÿ“ Disorder & Community Pressure

In the latest available month, community-level reported disorder pressure was higher than the Calgary median. Common reported issues included Disturbance, Indecent Act, and Intoxicated Persons.

Most common reported issue
Disturbance
Latest available month
Common reported issues
Disturbance, Indecent Act, and Intoxicated Persons
Up to three latest-month issue types
Reporting month
2026-06
Latest available community data
Official dataset release: July 30, 2026

๐Ÿšฆ Nearby Traffic Safety Incidents

Multiple road-user categories appear in the nearby incident records, which span 2023โ€“2026.

Pedestrian-related records
2 records
Matched records within the analysis area
Recorded incident locations
2 locations
Distinct mapped coordinates
Latest recorded incident
January 7, 2026
431 m from address ยท Pedestrian-related ยท EMS-marked
Official dataset release: August 18, 2026

โ˜Ž๏ธ 311 Service Requests

311 Service Requests for Highwood are higher than median in the latest available month. The latest rate is 28.10 per 1,000 residents, compared with the Calgary community median of 21.69.

12-month average
37.60 / 1,000
Community average
Calgary median
21.69 / 1,000
2026-06
Monthly variation
High
Last 12 months
Compared with Calgary
29.6% above
Latest month
Official dataset release: July 10, 2026

๐Ÿ—๏ธ Nearby Development Permits

The closest matched Development Permit location is within 150 metres of this address, at about 61 m. The records are public permit matches, not a construction-status update.

Latest decision
July 10, 2026
Among matched permit records
Nearby permits
22 permits
Within 400 m in the current search window
Closest permit
61 m
1235 40 AV NW
Official dataset release: August 16, 2026

๐Ÿงฑ Building Permit History

The address-level Building Permit data includes Improvement work context, with the latest record dated September 14, 2018.

Units on latest record
0
Listed on available City record
Earliest recorded permit date
September 14, 2018
Available City record
Latest work group
Improvement
Available City record
Official dataset release: July 11, 2026

๐Ÿš๏ธ Housing History

Built in 1955, this property is 71 years old. The available building-permit record shows 1 completed permit, with the latest permit year listed as 2018.

Official dataset releases: Property July 7, 2026 ยท Building permits July 11, 2026

๐Ÿ’ฐ Property Value & Tax History

The property sits above the community median for its recorded house type, while tax history is shown separately as annual municipal tax records.

Total tax shown
$70,062.11
Sum of available annual tax records
Assessment and tax change
+266.5% / +203.5%
Assessment change / tax change
Compared with community
29.8% above
Same property type median
Tax since 2005
+203.5%
First available tax to latest tax
Official dataset release: April 1, 2026

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