Live in Copperfield
A 2002 Hopewell-built community boxed in by 52 Street SE and Stoney Trail, with no private lake and its recreation run out of a community hall on Copperstone Way.
Copperfield was launched by Hopewell Residential Communities in 2002 and largely built out within about four years: close to 4,000 homes, roughly 2,800 of them single-family, on 4.4 km² between 52 Street SE and Stoney Trail. It is now one of the larger southeast communities by population: 14,095 residents in 5,050 private households at the 2021 census, 80 per cent of them owners, at an average household size of 2.8 people. There is no private lake and no fee to use anything here: the community's own recreation is the association hall at 6 Copperstone Way SE, with tennis courts and outdoor skating and hockey rinks the association runs itself.
Boxed in by 52 Street SE and Stoney Trail, and built out in four years
Bounded west by 52 Street SE, north by McIvor Boulevard toward 130 Avenue SE, and south and east by Stoney Trail, with New Brighton, McKenzie Towne and Mahogany adjacent. Ward 12, inside the City of Calgary, Alberta.
Copperfield was launched by Hopewell Residential Communities in 2002 and largely built out within about four years: roughly 4,000 homes, including some 2,800 single-family houses, on 4.4 km² between 52 Street SE and Stoney Trail.
Housing and income. At the 2021 census it held 14,095 residents in 5,050 private households, with a median household income of $110,000 for 2020 against $98,000 citywide, and homeownership at 80%. 30% of residents are immigrants. It is young: 25% of residents are under 15 against 18% across Calgary, and only 4% are 65 or over.
There is no private lake here, and no fee attached to the community's own recreation. What Copperfield has instead is the hall at 6 Copperstone Way SE, licensed for 50 with two meeting rooms and an indoor fireplace, plus tennis courts and outdoor skating and hockey rinks the association runs itself. The association is the Marquis de Lorne Community Association, operating publicly as the Copperfield Community Association, registered on 11 July 2005.
Transit and schools. There is no CTrain station in the community, and the nearest terminus, Somerset-Bridlewood at the Red Line's southern end, is a bus transfer away. 86% of employed residents drive to work and 5% take transit, against 77% and 9% citywide. Copperfield School sits inside the boundaries; for senior high this guide has carried Lord Beaverbrook, but the board's own page prints no attendance area and does not mention Copperfield, so that designation is unconfirmed here.
- No private lake and no membership fee on the water: nothing in the community carries a lake levy
- No CTrain station inside the community; the nearest is Somerset-Bridlewood, the Red Line's southern end, and it is a bus transfer
- No board page read for this guide prints an attendance area for Copperfield at any level. Confirm the current designation with both boards before you buy
- The 130th Avenue SE big-box strip covers everyday shopping, but it sits on the community's own boundary rather than a short walk in
- 49% of the occupied stock dates from 2001 to 2010. Original furnaces, roofs and windows are approaching replacement age on the earliest phases
- Getting to the mountains means crossing the whole city. Budget well over an hour to Kananaskis
How Copperfield got here
- 2002Hopewell Residential Communities launches Copperfield in Calgary's southeast, on land between 52 Street SE and what becomes Stoney Trail.
- 2005The Marquis de Lorne Community Association, operating as the Copperfield Community Association, is registered on 11 July. Its hall is at 6 Copperstone Way SE, licensed for 50, with two meeting rooms, and it runs tennis courts and outdoor skating and hockey rinks.
- 2006The homebuilding push finishes: close to 4,000 homes, about 2,800 of them single-family houses.
- 2001 to 201049 per cent of the occupied stock goes up, with a further 36 per cent between 2011 and 2015 and 12 per cent between 2016 and 2021: the census shows the community filling in for a decade after the first push.
- 2012The civic census counts 7,834 residents in 3,043 dwellings, 9.4 per cent up on 7,162 in 2011, at a density of 1,780 per km².
- 2019The last civic census the City ran counts 13,822 residents in 5,012 dwellings, 4,902 of them occupied and 3,966 owner-occupied.
- 2021The federal census counts 14,095 residents in 5,050 private households, with a median household income of $110,000 for 2020 and 25 per cent of residents under 15 against 18 per cent citywide.
A community rink and courts, not a private lake
Copperfield's own outdoor life runs through the community association: tennis courts and outdoor skating and hockey rinks at 6 Copperstone Way SE, run by the association rather than the City. None of it carries the levy a private lake community's amenities do; it comes with association membership.
What the map does not show: Fish Creek Provincial Park, 13.48 km² and the second largest urban park in Canada, is a genuine drive rather than a walk from here, about fourteen to nineteen minutes via Stoney Trail and Bow Bottom Trail. That is the honest trade-off against communities built directly along the Bow or Fish Creek valleys.
Elsewhere in Calgary, not Copperfield
19 places, with real drive times
Road-adjusted distance and drive time from the centre of the community to each destination, nearest first. Filter by category.
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Method: distances and drive times are estimated from the centre of the community to each destination using Calgary's road grid, and are rounded to honest ranges rather than presented as precise figures. The 130th Avenue SE big-box strip and Stoney Trail are both close because they sit on Copperfield's own boundary; the mountains and the nearest CTrain station are both a genuine haul.
Every gym within reach
The community hall covers the basics that come with association membership, an outdoor rink and tennis courts, and the Brookfield Residential YMCA at Seton is the anchor facility for everything else, with chain gyms and studios clustered in McKenzie Towne and Seton.
- A YMCA Calgary health and fitness branch at 4995 Market Street SE, the largest facility within easy reach
- A Calgary Public Library branch sits inside the same building
- GoodLife and Anytime Fitness are both closer, in McKenzie Towne's retail centre
- The community association hall at 6 Copperstone Way SE covers the basics: outdoor skating and hockey rinks and tennis courts
| Facility | What it is | Drive |
|---|---|---|
| Brookfield Residential YMCA at Seton open | YMCA Calgary health and fitness branch at 4995 Market Street SE, with a Calgary Public Library branch in the same building. | 9–14 min |
| Copperfield Community Association Hall open | Free with association membership: tennis courts and outdoor skating and hockey rinks at 6 Copperstone Way SE, run by the association itself. | 2–5 min |
| GoodLife Fitness, McKenzie Towne Centre open | National chain club in the neighbouring community's retail centre. | 6–10 min |
| Anytime Fitness, McKenzie Towne open | 24-hour access chain gym on McKenzie Towne Drive SE. | 6–10 min |
| Orangetheory Fitness, Seton open | Heart-rate-based group interval training studio at Seton. | 9–13 min |
| F45 Training, Seton open | Functional group training studio, 45-minute classes. | 9–13 min |
The free option is a real one. Community association membership covers the outdoor rink and both courts; everything else on this list is a paid facility, so confirm current rates before you plan a routine around one.
One school inside the community, and a senior high nobody will confirm
Copperfield School sits inside the community, and its page carries neither a grade range nor an attendance area. This guide names no Catholic school for Copperfield: Wikipedia names none, and the Calgary Catholic School District's site refuses automated clients entirely. For senior high the guide has carried Lord Beaverbrook, a real Calgary Board of Education school with Advanced Placement and four Career and Technology Studies streams, but its page does not mention Copperfield.
| School | Board | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Copperfield School | Calgary Board of Education | Inside the community. The board's page prints no grade range and no attendance area, so confirm the designation for a specific address. |
| Lord Beaverbrook High School | Calgary Board of Education | Senior high with Advanced Placement, Knowledge and Employability, English as an Additional Language, French and Spanish and four Career and Technology Studies streams. Its page prints no attendance area and does not mention Copperfield, so treat the designation as unconfirmed and check it with the board. |
Alberta funds Catholic education the same way it funds public education, so there is no tuition for a resident student at either board. Confirm the current designation at every level for a specific address with both boards before you buy: designations in this corridor are still being adjusted as the southeast fills in, and the only notice on Lord Beaverbrook's own page is dated 16 June 2026 and concerns non-residential areas.
Month by month, what living here looks like
Not a highlights reel: the actual annual rhythm, including the dates residents have to remember.
- Copperfield's outdoor rink at the community hall runs through the coldest stretch
- The association's outdoor skating and hockey rinks at 6 Copperstone Way SE open when the freeze holds
- Priority snow routes and Stoney Trail carry the commute; 86 per cent of employed residents drive
- 130th Avenue SE's big-box stores are the default for winter errands
- Family Day weekend brings extra programming to the community hall
- Outdoor rink and skating season near its peak
- A chinook can turn the rink to slush within a day, then it refreezes
- Seton YMCA's indoor pool and gym fill up
- The association rinks close as the melt sets in
- Spring break sends families to the Seton cinema and YMCA
- Community pathways reopen as the snow clears
- Meltwater pools on Copperfield's flat streets before the storm drains catch up
- Waterfowl return to the community's stormwater wetlands
- Community association tennis and basketball courts reopen
- Last hard frosts typically pass by month's end
- Copperfield School wraps up spring break
- May long weekend brings the first patio evenings at McKenzie Towne and Seton
- Community league and school sports seasons start
- Hail season begins, as it does across the southeast
- Community pathways green up fast
- School year ends at Copperfield School
- Longest evenings of the year: light past 10pm
- Thunderstorm season fully under way
- Ponds and community pathways at their busiest of the year
- Calgary Stampede: ten days, about 25 minutes north via Deerfoot Trail
- The community hall's outdoor courts see their heaviest use of the year
- Evening thunderstorms roll in from the west
- Hottest month, with little shade along Stoney Trail's edge
- Back-to-school shopping fills 130th Avenue SE's big-box stores
- Warmest stretch for evening walks on the community pathways
- Quiet weeks before the school year restarts
- Spruce Meadows Masters, about 35 minutes west
- School year restarts at Copperfield School
- First frost typically arrives late in the month
- 130th Avenue SE retail is busiest of the year with back-to-school traffic
- School designations here change often: confirm the current one with both boards before the year starts
- First snow is normal, and normally melts within days
- Snow tires go on
- Community pathways quiet down for the season
- Shorter evenings noticeable by mid-month
- Dark by 5pm
- The community hall's rink crew starts prepping the ice
- 130th Avenue SE's holiday retail season begins
- The freeze sets in and the association prepares its outdoor ice
- The community rink opens for the season once the ice holds
- Holiday quiet settles across the community
- Chinooks, when they come, can strip the snow overnight and bring it right back
- Stoney Trail carries the holiday driving on the community's own south and east edges
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