Every community in Calgary
Calgary is laid out as four quadrants around Centre Street and the Bow, and where you land in that grid shapes the commute, the schools and the price more than the house itself does. This is a guide to the city one community at a time: 200 of them so far, filterable by quadrant below, with the 9 private lake communities called out on their own because they are a housing type almost no other Canadian city offers at scale.
Where to start looking in Calgary
Most people arrive with one constraint rather than a map. Each line below names one, one place to begin, and the figure behind it, which comes from the guide the line points at.
- The lowest price of entry. An apartment or a townhouse. Calgary's apartment benchmark was $297,600 in July 2026 against $743,900 detached, and Point McKay has no single-detached houses at all.
- A detached house and a yard. Coventry Hills is 92% single-detached dwellings.
- To be near the water. Nine communities have a private lake, and the obligation to pay for it is registered against the title. Six of the nine publish a fee, and those run from $317.63 a year in Arbour Lake to $523.92 in Auburn Bay, whose lake covers 43 acres. Start at the lake communities.
- The oldest streets. Inglewood was established in 1875. For pre-1960 housing rather than a pre-1960 name, Fairview is 61% dwellings built in 1960 or before.
- A house nothing has happened to yet. 97% of occupied dwellings in Carrington were built between 2016 and 2021.
Browse dedicated guides for lake communities, northeast communities, northwest communities, southeast communities, southwest communities.
200 communities across the city
Every community on the site, oldest founding to newest master plan. Filter by quadrant or narrow to the private lake communities, then page through the rest.
Abbeydale
A 1976 community on Calgary's eastern edge, straddling the Trans-Canada with Stoney Trail as its boundary.
Acadia
A 1960 southeast community built by Kelwood around curving streets, with its own community-built curling rink and pool and Red Line access from Heritage Station.
Albert Park/Radisson Heights
A 1910 inner-city community built around 17 Avenue SE's International Avenue, with a fake streetcar scheme in its origin story and its own CTrain station since 1985.
Alpine Park
Calgary's newest master-planned community: a new-urbanist plan on the southwest ring road, built around a village centre eight minutes' walk from the houses.
Altadore
A 1945 community that became one of Calgary's most in-demand inner-city addresses, with River Park on its edge.
Applewood Park
A 1982 southeast community boxed in by Stoney Trail and 17 Avenue SE, with East Hills retail immediately across the ring road.
Arbour Lake
The northwest's only lake community: ten acres of water, Crowfoot Crossing and the Red Line terminus.
Aspen Woods
Calgary's westernmost SW community: acreages and estate infill against Stoney Trail, with Aspen Landing as its own commercial village.
Auburn Bay
A 43-acre lake with a 13-acre beach park, and a major hospital and huge YMCA immediately south.
Banff Trail
A 1952 inner-city community wedged between the University of Calgary, SAIT and its own CTrain station.
Bankview
0.7 km² of walk-up apartments on the hill above 17th Avenue. Calgary's densest inner-city community.
Bayview
A 1967 Alcan-built peninsula on Glenmore Reservoir. All single-family, zero rental, Calgary's highest income community by the last count.
Photographs: Calgary Energy Centre from Stony Trail by XXBuilderXx, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons · Heritage station (Calgary) by Rustableprawn37, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons · Looking southwest from Franklin station by under_volcano from Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons · Fish Creek Provincial Park in autumn by Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand, CC0, Wikimedia Commons · Elbow River, Calgary by jockrutherford from Owen Sound, ON, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons · Street Lights of 17 Avenue SE in Forest Lawn by CnekYT, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons · Arbor Lake Aerial by Qyd ( talk · contribs ), CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons · The CTrain at 69 Street by David Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons · Seton Gazebo at night in Calgary by CnekYT, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons · The CTrain at Banff Trail by David Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons · Bankview by Qyd, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons · S.S. Moyie on Glenmore Reservoir on 03 June 2025 by MapperBob, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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The lake communities at a glance
The lake is the headline in all of these, but the differences that matter are age, size, fee and how far you are from the rest of the city. Seven are in the southeast; the northwest and northeast have exactly one each, and the southwest has none.
| Community | Quadrant | Established | Lake |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arbour Lake | Northwest | 1992 | : |
| Auburn Bay | Southeast | 2005 | 43 acres |
| Chaparral | Southeast | 1995 | 32 acres |
| Coral Springs | Northeast | 1991 | : |
| Lake Bonavista | Southeast | 1967 | 52 acres |
| Mahogany | Southeast | 2007 | : |
| McKenzie Lake | Southeast | 1984 | 42 acres |
| Midnapore | Southeast | 1961 | 30 acres |
| Sundance | Southeast | 1982 | 33 acres |
Read the fees carefully. They are not comparable line by line. Arbour Lake and Sundance charge different amounts depending on whether a lot is a condo, a regular lot, lake-access or lakeshore, and Mahogany's association does not publish its figure openly. Every one of them is a legal encumbrance registered on title, which means it is not optional and it transfers with the house.