Airdrie

History

Airdrie was first established in 1889 during the construction of the Calgary and Edmonton Railway, named for Airdrie, Scotland. Airdrie originated as a whistle stop for trains next to Nose Creek, allowing for easy replenishment of water for steam locomotives. Only railway buildings existed until 1901, when the first farmhouse and barn were built followed by a post office and store in that same year. The village of Airdrie was incorporated in 1909.

Geography

The annexation of 12,640 acres of land by Airdrie from Rocky View County in 2012 is designed to accommodate anticipated growth until 2062. Airdrie's southern and Calgary's northern city boundaries are within a few kilometres of each other. Airdrie is divided into four civic addressing quadrants. As of 2023, the City of Airdrie recognized the following neighbourhoods, not including rural and annexation land. * Airdrie Meadows * Bayside/Baysprings/Bayview * Big Springs * Buffalo Rub * Canals * Chinook Gate * Cobblestone Creek * Coopers Crossing * Davy Creek * Downtown * East Lake Industrial * Edgewater * Edmonton Trail * Fairways * Gateway Commercial * Highland * Hillcrest * Jensen * Key Ranch * King's Heights * Lanark * Luxstone * Meadowbrook * Midtown * Morningside * Old Town * Prairie Springs * Ravenswood * Reunion * Reynolds * Ridgegate * Sagewood * Sawgrass Park * Sierra Springs Commercial * Silver Creek * South Pointe Commercial * Southwinds * Stonegate * Summerhill * Sun Ridge * The Village * Thorburn * Vantage Rise * Waterstone * Wildflower * Williamstown * Willow Brook * Windsong * Woodside * Yankee Valley Crossing * Yankee Valley Estates

Most-observed species

• Black-billed Magpie

  Pica hudsonia (Sabine, 1823) · Aves
  7,975
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  6,481
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4,594
• House Finch

  Haemorhous mexicanus (P.L.Statius Müller, 1776) · Aves
  4,381
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  4,221
• Northern Flicker

  Colaptes auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,764
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  3,735
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  3,453

Most recent

• M 3.6 — 2002-07-28
  29 km SSE of Canmore, Canada