Calgary Homes Near Off-Leash Dog Parks
Every guide says Calgary has 150+ off-leash parks. Only 12 are fully enclosed. Search live listings by distance to the ones that actually work for your dog.
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Calgary has 160 off-leash areas covering 1,151.9 hectares — one of the most dog-friendly cities in Canada. Every guide will tell you that.
Here is what they leave out: only 12 of those 160 are recorded by the City as fully enclosed. If your dog does not recall reliably, that is the only number that matters — and it changes which neighbourhoods actually work for you.
So this page does the thing a list of parks cannot: it searches live MLS listings by how close they are to an off-leash area, and lets you restrict that to the fenced ones.
Find homes near an off-leash area
Live Calgary listings, filtered by straight-line distance to the nearest City of Calgary off-leash area.
Distances are straight-line to the centre of each off-leash area, not a routed walk. A river, a rail line or Deerfoot between you and the park will not show up in that number — check the map before you rely on it.
The 12 fully enclosed off-leash areas in Calgary
Straight from the City's own fencing records. If you have a dog that bolts, this is your shortlist — and it is a lot shorter than "150+ parks" suggests.
| Off-leash area | Where | Size | City's fencing note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn Bay | AUBURN BAY DOG PARK | 8.51 ha | FULLY FENCED CHAIN LINK ADJACENT TO MARQUIS DE LORNE TR SE |
| Falconridge | FALWOOD WY NE & FALSBURY CR NE | 5.1 ha | FULLY FENCED |
| Braeside | BRAESIDE BUFFER -SW CORNER ANDERSON RD & 14 ST SW | 4.92 ha | FULLY FENCED CHAIN LINK |
| Taradel Off Leash Area - Large and Small Dogs | TARINGTON PA NE | 4.11 ha | FULLY FENCED WITH FENCED AREA FOR SMALL DOGS |
| Confluence Park - West Nose Creek | 300 BEDDINGTON TR NE | 2.47 ha | FULLY FENCED |
| Silver Springs (Bowmont Park) | 5520 NOSE HILL DR NW | 1.64 ha | FULLY FENCED |
| Mount Pleasant | 615 20 AV NW | 0.23 ha | COMPLETELY ENCLOSED |
| Greenbriar (unnamed in City data; identified by address) | 130 GREENBRIAR DR NW | 0.19 ha | FULLY FENCED |
| Killarney | 2609 19 AV SW | 0.15 ha | FULLY FENCED |
| Downtown East Village | 660 6 AV SE | 0.13 ha | FULLY FENCED |
| Yorkville (unnamed in City data; identified by address) | 121 YORKVILLE PA SW, N SIDE OF PARK | 0.12 ha | FULL CHAIN LINK |
| Beltline - Connaught Park | 1135 14 AV SW | 0.11 ha | FULLY FENCED |
Read the fencing note, not just the label. "Fully fenced chain link adjacent to Marquis de Lorne Tr SE" still means a busy road on one boundary. And 72 of the 160 areas have no fencing recorded — that means the City did not log it, not that the area is open. Walk it before you trust it.
The big regional areas
The destination parks — where people drive to, not walk to. Larger, more interesting for the dog, and almost all unfenced.
| Off-leash area | Size | Enclosure |
|---|---|---|
| Nose Hill Park Natural Area | 354.75 ha | Not recorded |
| Edgemont | 74.14 ha | Partial barrier only |
| Maple Ridge & Acadia (Southland Natural Area) | 31.37 ha | Partial barrier only |
| Silver Springs &Varsity (Bowmont Park) | 28.56 ha | Not recorded |
| Renfrew & Bridgeland Riverside (Tom Campbell's Hill) | 26.81 ha | Not recorded |
| Rosedale & Sunnyside (Mchugh Bluff) | 24.03 ha | Not recorded |
| Wildwood (Edworthy Park) | 23.94 ha | Partial barrier only |
| River Park 001 | 15.48 ha | Not recorded |
| Oakridge (Right of Way) | 11.64 ha | Partial barrier only |
| Cedarbrae | 5.73 ha | Partial barrier only |
Buying with a dog? Two things worth knowing before you offer
If it is a condo or townhouse, the bylaws decide, not the listing. Calgary condo boards commonly cap dogs at 20–35 lbs, limit the number of pets, and restrict guardian breeds — and under Alberta's Condominium Property Act a board can change those bylaws by majority vote. Existing pets are usually grandfathered, but only with proof. I pull and read the bylaws before you write an offer, not after.
If it is freehold, check the fence, the yard grade and the gate. A "fenced yard" in a listing can mean three-foot chain link a determined dog clears in one go. It is a five-minute check at the showing that saves a five-figure landscaping bill.
Off-leash area data: City of Calgary Open Data — Off Leash Dog Area Locations. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Last synced August 8, 2026. Listing data from the Pillar 9™ MLS® System via CREA's DDF®, updated daily.
Last updated 2026-08-19 · Written by Mohammad Emon, REALTOR® (SRES®) & Licensed Property Manager, KO Realty · RECA licence LIC-00666633