NW Calgary Communities and Homes
The quadrant people mean when they say "good schools and quick access to the mountains". It spans 1912 inner-city infills and 2026 showhomes, which is why "NW Calgary" on its own tells you almost nothing about price.
Northwest Calgary is not one market — the inner-city streets around Kensington, the university and hospital belt, the established family communities west of Shaganappi, the new north beyond Stoney Trail, and the Centre Street corridor price and behave differently, and the spread between them is wider than the gap between quadrants. Across every NW address on the live feed today there are 1,569 active listings, a median detached ask of $779,900, 13 detached homes listed under $500,000, and 44 median days on market.
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Northwest Calgary is not one market. Asking what homes cost here is like asking what a car costs — the honest answer starts with which part. These are the groupings I actually use with buyers, and the count beside each name is live listings today.
Every name links to its own guide where the site has one, and to a filtered search of the live feed where it does not.
Inner-city northwest
Kensington and the streets around it — walkable, river-adjacent, and the part of the quadrant where infill duplexes now set the price rather than the bungalows they replaced.
Bowness · 77 West Hillhurst · 56 Greenwood/Greenbriar · 42 Montgomery · 39 Hillhurst · 32 Sunnyside · 31 Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill · 20 Parkdale · 16 Point McKay · 10 Rosedale · 6 St Andrews Heights · 5
The university and hospital belt
Walking and short-transit distance to the University of Calgary, Foothills Medical Centre and the Alberta Children’s Hospital. Rental demand here is structural rather than cyclical, which is why the condo stock behaves differently from the rest of the city.
Varsity · 61 University District · 33 Brentwood · 30 Dalhousie · 28 Capitol Hill · 23 Banff Trail · 22 Charleswood · 10 Collingwood · 6 University Heights · 2
Established family northwest
Built out, schools in place, no construction dust. Arbour Lake is the quadrant’s only lake community with deeded access; the ridge communities west of Stoney Trail trade on mountain views and the commute west.
Arbour Lake · 41 Tuscany · 39 Rocky Ridge · 37 Royal Oak · 34 Edgemont · 31 Hidden Valley · 30 Citadel · 25 Hawkwood · 23 Beddington Heights · 22 Silver Springs · 20 Hamptons · 16 Scenic Acres · 16 Country Hills · 16 Valley Ridge · 12 Ranchlands · 11 MacEwan Glen · 11 Sandstone Valley · 8
The new north
2015-onward construction north of Stoney Trail, where standing builder inventory means real negotiating room. This is where most of the quadrant’s new supply is, and where incentives move fastest.
Sage Hill · 93 Panorama Hills · 73 Evanston · 67 Nolan Hill · 44 Carrington · 42 Glacier Ridge · 30 Moraine · 29 Haskayne · 27 Kincora · 26 Sherwood · 14 Royal Vista · 7 Ambleridge · 5
The Centre Street corridor
Mid-century bungalows on wide lots, minutes from downtown, on the west side of Centre Street. The corridor’s communities sit on both sides of that line — the addresses on this page are the NW half.
Mount Pleasant · 45 Highwood · 17 Thorncliffe · 10 Cambrian Heights · 8 North Haven · 5 Rosemont · 2 North Haven Upper
The NW Calgary market right now
CREB® October 2026 report · live feed as of 2026-11-12
| NW Calgary today | |
|---|---|
| Active listings with a NW address | 1,569 |
| Detached — count and median ask | 713 · $779,900 |
| Townhome & apartment — count and median ask | 584 · $369,900 |
| Detached under $500,000 | 13 |
| Median days on market | 44 |
| City detached benchmark (CREB®) | $735,100 · 3.3 months of supply |
The city number is one number and NW Calgary is not. A benchmark tracks a consistent notional home over time; a median asking price is simply the middle of what is listed right now. They are different measurements, so they are quoted separately here rather than blended into one figure that would be neither.
Live-feed counts are read from the CREA DDF® feed — the same feed Realtor.ca uses — as of 2026-11-12, and are regenerated every time the feed syncs. Benchmark prices, months of supply and days-on-market come from the CREB® October 2026 report and update monthly. The two measure different things and are labelled separately throughout. Quadrant is taken from each listing's street address, so a community that sits on both sides of Centre Street is counted on whichever side each address falls.
Community by community
Live inventory, median asking price and median days on market, grouped as above. Communities with fewer than five active listings are linked above but carry no median here — below that, a median is noise rather than information.
| Community | Active | Median ask | Median days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inner-city northwest | |||
| Bowness | 77 | $789,900 | 47 |
| West Hillhurst | 56 | $837,450 | 54 |
| Greenwood/Greenbriar | 42 | $502,450 | 64 |
| Montgomery | 39 | $825,000 | 49 |
| Hillhurst | 32 | $1,299,900 | 51 |
| Sunnyside | 31 | $309,900 | 61 |
| Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill | 20 | $887,400 | 54 |
| Parkdale | 16 | $699,450 | 48 |
| Point McKay | 10 | $494,400 | 50 |
| Rosedale | 6 | $2,693,944 | 49 |
| St Andrews Heights | 5 | $3,200,000 | 55 |
| The university and hospital belt | |||
| Varsity | 61 | $439,900 | 36 |
| University District | 33 | $549,900 | 32 |
| Brentwood | 30 | $624,450 | 49 |
| Dalhousie | 28 | $432,450 | 37 |
| Capitol Hill | 23 | $959,900 | 55 |
| Banff Trail | 22 | $962,000 | 88 |
| Charleswood | 10 | $849,750 | 78 |
| Collingwood | 6 | $787,450 | 57 |
| University Heights | 2 | — | — |
| Established family northwest | |||
| Arbour Lake | 41 | $488,888 | 48 |
| Tuscany | 39 | $660,000 | 38 |
| Rocky Ridge | 37 | $599,000 | 44 |
| Royal Oak | 34 | $654,850 | 52 |
| Edgemont | 31 | $699,999 | 37 |
| Hidden Valley | 30 | $624,950 | 41 |
| Citadel | 25 | $499,900 | 40 |
| Hawkwood | 23 | $714,900 | 34 |
| Beddington Heights | 22 | $493,950 | 35 |
| Silver Springs | 20 | $720,000 | 13 |
| Hamptons | 16 | $895,250 | 43 |
| Scenic Acres | 16 | $649,900 | 58 |
| Country Hills | 16 | $477,400 | 22 |
| Valley Ridge | 12 | $837,500 | 22 |
| Ranchlands | 11 | $399,000 | 41 |
| MacEwan Glen | 11 | $534,900 | 63 |
| Sandstone Valley | 8 | $559,358 | 62 |
| The new north | |||
| Sage Hill | 93 | $389,000 | 49 |
| Panorama Hills | 73 | $559,000 | 41 |
| Evanston | 67 | $585,000 | 43 |
| Nolan Hill | 44 | $686,500 | 53 |
| Carrington | 42 | $653,900 | 34 |
| Glacier Ridge | 30 | $661,655 | 41 |
| Moraine | 29 | $759,600 | 54 |
| Haskayne | 27 | $679,000 | 54 |
| Kincora | 26 | $386,450 | 44 |
| Sherwood | 14 | $782,450 | 58 |
| Royal Vista | 7 | $775,000 | 76 |
| Ambleridge | 5 | $569,900 | 12 |
| The Centre Street corridor | |||
| Mount Pleasant | 45 | $950,000 | 43 |
| Highwood | 17 | $899,900 | 28 |
| Thorncliffe | 10 | $584,900 | 60 |
| Cambrian Heights | 8 | $899,400 | 64 |
| North Haven | 5 | $649,900 | 38 |
| Rosemont | 2 | — | — |
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The other three quadrants
Calgary's quadrants price and behave differently enough that comparing them is usually the fastest way to work out where your budget actually goes furthest.
Questions
How much are homes in NW Calgary?
Right now there are 1,569 active listings with a NW street address: 713 detached at a median ask of $779,900, and 584 row, townhouse and apartment listings at a median ask of $369,900. Median days on market is 44. Those are asking prices on the live feed as of 2026-11-12, not sold prices — the citywide detached benchmark in the CREB® October 2026 report is $735,100.
Is NW Calgary a good place to buy?
It depends entirely on which part, which is the honest answer rather than the useful-sounding one. Northwest Calgary covers the inner-city streets around Kensington, the university and hospital belt, the established family communities west of Shaganappi, the new north beyond Stoney Trail, and the Centre Street corridor — 5 groups that price and behave differently, with live counts for each in the table above. What I can tell you without knowing your budget: there are 13 detached homes listed under $500,000 in NW today, and that single number moves more buying decisions than any quadrant-level average.
How many homes are for sale in NW Calgary right now?
1,569 active listings carry a NW street address as of 2026-11-12, of which 1,485 are in the communities listed on this page. The gap is industrial, commercial and rural-route addresses, plus communities too small to list. Counts come from the CREA DDF® feed and change daily.
What is the difference between the quadrants in Calgary?
Calgary is divided by Centre Street (east/west) and the Bow River (north/south), and every street address carries its quadrant. It matters for more than navigation: the four quadrants have genuinely different housing stock, build eras and price bands. Some communities sit on both sides of a dividing line — Livingston, Crescent Heights and Beltline all do — so on this site a listing is counted by its own address rather than by which quadrant its community is usually called.
Sources
- Calgary Real Estate Board (CREB®): Monthly statistics and media releases
- Calgary Real Estate Board (CREB®): Housing statistics
Figures cited from CREB® and City of Calgary sources reflect the reporting period stated on each page. Rules, fees and programs change. Confirm current details with the issuing authority before acting.
Last updated 2026-11-12 · Written by Mohammad Emon, REALTOR® (SRES®) & Licensed Property Manager, KO Realty · RECA licence CON-00133897
