Live in Queens Park Village
A small, almost entirely rented community of low-rise apartments beside Queen's Park Cemetery, which the City maps as its own district and Wikipedia treats as a corner of Highland Park.
Queens Park Village barely exists as its own place in the record. The City of Calgary maps it as a community district in its own right, comm_code QPK, with a profile from the 2021 Census and a boundary polygon of 0.61 km², and Wikipedia has no article for it: the title redirects to Highland Park, where a single sentence calls it a small community bordering Queen's Park Cemetery. At the 2021 census it held 375 people in 155 private households, and 150 of those 155 households rented. Every occupied dwelling in it is an apartment in a building under five storeys.
Highland Park's southeast corner, pressed against a cemetery
The City maps Queens Park Village as its own community district, in Ward 4 and the City's Centre sector, on a polygon of 0.61 km². Wikipedia places it in the southeast corner of Highland Park, bordering Queen's Park Cemetery, and gives Highland Park's own bounds as McKnight Boulevard to the north, Edmonton Trail to the east, 32 Avenue N to the south and 4 Street W to the west. The same article puts the cemetery in Highland Park's southwestern corner, so the two halves of its description do not sit together, and no publisher prints a street-by-street boundary for Queens Park Village itself. This site groups it with the northwest.
Queens Park Village barely exists as its own place in the record. The City of Calgary maps it as a community district in its own right, comm_code QPK, and publishes a 2021 census profile for it. Wikipedia has no article: the title redirects to Highland Park, where one sentence calls it a small community bordering Queen's Park Cemetery. The cemetery is the City's own, 55 hectares at 3219 4 Street N.W., established in 1940 and now holding over 65,000 interments.
At 0.6 km² it is one of the smallest communities on this site. Highland Park itself was established in 1946 on land annexed to the city in 1910, and Wikipedia bounds it by McKnight Boulevard to the north, Edmonton Trail to the east, 32 Avenue N to the south and 4 Street W to the west. The City puts Queens Park Village in Ward 4 and its Centre sector; this site groups it with the northwest. Wikipedia places it in Highland Park's southeast corner and the cemetery in the southwest corner, which is hard to reconcile, and nothing published draws a street-by-street boundary for Queens Park Village itself.
Housing mix. This is not a single-family community, and it is barely an ownership one. At the 2021 census all 155 occupied dwellings but five were apartments in buildings under five storeys, not one was a single-detached house, and 150 of the 155 households rented: 97%, against 31% across Calgary. The census reported no owner households at all here, and the 2019 civic census had recorded none either. 65% of the occupied stock was built between 1961 and 1980 and none of it after 2010.
Who lives here, and how many. The 2021 census counted 375 people in 155 private households, average size 2.4. The City's last civic census, in 2019, had counted 455 residents in 188 dwellings. Median household income was $66,000 in 2020, against $98,000 across Calgary, and 42% of households were spending 30% or more of income on shelter, against 23% citywide.
- Wikipedia treats it as a corner of Highland Park; the City maps it as its own district. Expect the first version from neighbours and the second from anything municipal
- 97% of households rent, and the census found no owner households at all. If you want to buy here, start by checking that anything is for sale
- 65% of the occupied stock dates from 1961 to 1980 and none from after 2010. Original systems in a building that age are at or past design life
- Living beside 55 hectares of cemetery is quiet green space, but be honest with yourself about whether that bothers you
- 42% of households spend 30% or more of income on shelter, against 23% citywide
- No publisher this audit opened names a Catholic school for the community, and the Catholic district's site refuses automated clients. Confirm with the board before you buy
How Queens Park Village got here
- 1910The North Hill lands that become Highland Park, and with it Queens Park Village, are annexed to the City of Calgary.
- 1940Queen's Park Cemetery is established at 3219 4 Street N.W. on 55 hectares. It now holds over 65,000 interments and Calgary's only indoor climate-controlled mausoleum.
- 1946Highland Park is established as a community. Wikipedia describes Queens Park Village as a small community in its southeast corner, bordering the cemetery.
- 1961The building period that produced most of what stands here: 100 of the 155 occupied dwellings counted in 2021, 65 per cent, date from 1961 to 1980, and none from 2011 or later.
- 2019The last year the City ran its annual civic census: 455 residents in 188 dwellings, 177 of them occupied and none owner-occupied.
- 2021The federal census counts 375 people in 155 private households, 150 of them renting. The City publishes a community profile for Queens Park Village from that data, so the small scale is no obstacle to a federal count.
A cemetery for a backyard, and Confederation Park and Nose Hill within reach
The community's own green space is unusual: Queen's Park Cemetery, 55 hectares at 3219 4 Street N.W., established in 1940, with a scattering garden, memorial walls, a Field of Honour and Calgary's only indoor climate-controlled mausoleum. It is a genuine draw for walkers even though it is not a park in the ordinary sense. Confederation Park is a short drive southwest, and Nose Hill Park is north of the community.
What the map does not show: a cemetery next door is not for everyone, but the trade-off is real quiet, mature trees and low traffic on that side of the community. Closer to a park than most people expect before they visit.
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22 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.
Showing 1–12 of 22 places, nearest first.
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. This is an inner-city, north-central address: downtown, SAIT and Confederation Park are close, while the northeast's big recreation centres and the ring road are a genuine drive away.
Every gym within reach
Nothing on the City's indoor pools and leisure centres list is close. The nearest large facility is Vivo, which is a registered charity rather than a City site, and the nearest City one is Village Square, well into the northeast. Confirm hours before you count on any of them.
- Vivo is a registered Canadian charity at 11950 Country Village Link N.E., not a City facility, and it lists no indoor running track
- Village Square, at 2623 56 St. N.E., is the nearest City leisure centre: wave pool, dive tank, water slides, weights and cardio, a gymnasium and two arenas
- Genesis Centre is the northeast's other large hub, but genuinely far from this address, and this audit opened no publisher page for it
- The free option is real: the community's own streets, the cemetery's paths, and Nose Hill Park's trails
| Facility | What it is | Drive |
|---|---|---|
| Vivo for Healthier Generations open | A registered charity rather than a City facility, at 11950 Country Village Link N.E.: leisure and lane pools, hot tub, sauna and steam room, a fitness centre with three studios, arenas, gymnasiums, sport courts, climbing walls and a library branch. | 12–18 min |
| Village Square Leisure Centre open | Wave pool, dive tank, hot tub, steam room, water slides, weights and cardio, a fitness studio, a gymnasium and two arenas at 2623 56 St. N.E. | 13–20 min |
| Genesis Centre open | The northeast's anchor recreation facility: gymnasiums, fitness centre, indoor courts and programming. | 13–20 min |
| North Hill fitness clubs open | Private clubs near SAIT and North Hill Centre are the closest paid option. This audit found no publisher page listing them, so treat the count and the hours as unverified. | 7–11 min |
| Queens Park Village and cemetery pathways open | Free option: the community's own streets and the paths through Queen's Park Cemetery, 55 hectares of it. | 1–3 min |
| Nose Hill Park open | Free option: extensive off-leash and walking trails across one of the city's largest natural parks. | 8–11 min |
The free option is a good one here. Queen's Park Cemetery and Nose Hill Park between them cover a lot of ground for walking and running, at no cost and a short drive or walk from the community.
Three CBE schools in Highland Park, and an unverified Catholic side
Wikipedia names three public schools in Highland Park: Buchanan Elementary, 169 students from kindergarten to grade 6; Georges P. Vanier Junior High, 474 students in grades 6 to 9; and James Fowler High School, 1,332 students in grades 10 to 12, all as of 2023. Nothing published prints an attendance area, so treat them as the nearby schools rather than the designated ones. This audit opened no publisher naming a Calgary Catholic school for a community this small.
| School | Board | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Buchanan Elementary School | Calgary Board of Education | Public elementary inside Highland Park, 169 students from kindergarten to grade 6 as of 2023. Wikipedia names it as a Highland Park school; nothing published prints an attendance area for Queens Park Village. |
| Georges P. Vanier Junior High School | Calgary Board of Education | Public junior high, 474 students in grades 6 to 9 as of 2023. |
| James Fowler High School | Calgary Board of Education | Public senior high at Highland Park's north end, 1,332 students in grades 10 to 12 as of 2023. |
| Calgary Catholic School District options | Calgary Catholic | No publisher opened for this audit names a Catholic school for Queens Park Village, and the district's own site refuses automated clients. Confirm the current designation for a specific address with the board before you buy. |
| SAIT and University of Calgary | Post-secondary | Nearest post-secondary options, a few kilometres south and southwest. |
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 designated schools for a specific address with both boards before you buy. The Calgary Catholic School District's site refuses automated clients, so nothing on the Catholic side here was read from the district itself.
Month by month, what living here looks like
Not a highlights reel: the actual annual rhythm, including the dates residents have to remember.
- Chinooks reach this side of the city faster and stronger than the far east or south of Calgary
- Centre Street N's bus routes get priority plowing over the cemetery-side residential streets
- Queen's Park Cemetery's paths are quiet and often icy: good for a walk, not a run
- Vivo and Village Square carry the indoor recreation season
- Family Day long weekend brings Vivo and the Genesis Centre their busiest crowds of the month
- Coldest snaps still tend to break with a chinook arch visible over the mountains to the west
- Nose Hill Park's trails stay walkable most days thanks to wind scouring the ridge
- James Fowler and Buchanan both run mid-winter break the same week as the rest of the CBE
- Melt and refreeze on the older side streets around the cemetery
- Confederation Park's pathways reopen as the snowpack goes
- Spring break empties the local schools for a week
- First bare grass shows on the cemetery's south-facing slopes
- Last hard frosts: planting still waits for the May long weekend
- SAIT's winter semester wraps up, and Centre Street traffic eases with it
- Geese and other migratory birds return to Confederation Park's ponds
- Cemetery grounds crews begin spring cleanup
- Long evenings return: sunset past 9pm by month's end
- Community league and school sport seasons start at Buchanan and Vanier
- Nose Hill's wildflowers come into bloom
- Hail season begins across the city
- Peak daylight at the solstice: over 16 hours
- School year ends at Buchanan, Vanier and James Fowler
- Thunderstorm season is fully under way, tracking in from the west
- SAIT's campus quiets down between semesters
- Calgary Stampede, about ten minutes south: Centre Street sees parade-week traffic
- Confederation Park's shade is at a premium on the hottest afternoons
- Evening thunderstorms roll in off the foothills
- The cemetery's mature trees offer some of the best shaded walking nearby
- Warmest month, with North Hill Centre's parking lots at their busiest
- Quiet weeks before the school year returns
- Nose Hill Park's grasses turn gold
- Wildfire smoke can settle over the city on windless days
- School year restarts at Buchanan, Vanier and James Fowler
- First frost typically arrives late in the month
- SAIT traffic picks up again on Centre Street and Crowchild
- Aspens turn along the cemetery's edges and through Confederation Park
- First snow is normal, and normally melts within days on this side of the city
- Snow tires go on before Thanksgiving
- Shorter evenings noticeable by mid-month
- Cemetery grounds close earlier as daylight shortens
- Dark by 5pm
- Indoor recreation season restarts at Vivo and Village Square
- First real snow usually sticks by month's end
- Chinooks, when they come, arrive quickly on this side of the city
- Zoolights at the Calgary Zoo, a short drive southeast
- Holiday quiet settles over the Centre Street retail strip
- Shortest days of the year, with sunrise past 8:30am
- Cemetery paths are peaceful but best walked in daylight
30 more photographs of Calgary and the region
Drawn from the site's shared, freely licensed Calgary photo library, not photographs of Queens Park Village itself. Filter by category.
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Honesty note. This page uses only the general Calgary, seasonal, Alberta-wildlife and day-trip photography from the site's shared library: the Fish Creek and Midnapore-specific images used on the southeast pages are deliberately excluded, because this community is in the inner-city northwest and those are not its surroundings. Nothing here is presented as a photograph of Queens Park Village itself.