At a glance
A hillside inner-city community just south-west of the Beltline. Apartments and condos are the majority of homes, which keeps the median assessed value low (about $265,000), while detached homes on the slopes are worth far more. Roughly three in four households rent.
- Median assessed home
- $265K 2026 assessment, all home types · city $575K
- Residents
- 6,190 estimate for mid-2025, up from 5,125 at the 2021 census
- Households renting
- 74% city 34%
- Permits per year
- 40 2021–2025 average
What the numbers mean
- The median assessed home is $265K, 54% below the Calgary median of $575K.
- That median blends very different homes. By type, the medians are detached $700K, semi-detached or row $553K, condo or apartment $215K (city: $718K detached, $478K semi or row, $295K condo). Compare like with like.
- 74% of households rent, well above the 34% city-wide, so expect a younger, more mobile mix of neighbours.
- Only 9% of residents are under 15, versus 18% city-wide.
- 41% of residents are 20 to 34, versus 21% city-wide. It skews young-professional.
- 69% of homes are apartments (23% city-wide), so a condo is the usual way in.
- Building activity is lighter than the city as a whole, at about 40 permits a year.
Who lives here
Share of residents by age, 2021 census.
Homes
Share of homes by type, 2019 civic census.
Getting to work1
Drive, no traffic Bike
- Downtown8 min drive · 20 min bike
- Foothills and UCalgary9 min drive · 25 min bike
- Airport24 min drive · 57 min bike
- SE industrial20 min drive · 52 min bike
Transit times aren't included yet. Check Calgary Transit's trip planner for a weekday 8:00 a.m. trip.
Off-leash dog parks2
1 off-leash area inside the community. 1 more area within 150 m of the boundary.
- Bankview, fenced in part or with other fencing
Daily errands on foot3
Places within the community or a 5-minute walk of its edge, compared with the typical community in Calgary.
- Supermarkets
- 1 city median 2
- Cafés and bakeries
- 7 city median 4
- Pharmacies and clinics
- 2 city median 4
- Playgrounds and dog parks
- 13 city median 15
Assessed value by home type4
The overall median mixes house types, so it can match none of them. Split by type, 2026 assessments:
- Detached house
- $700K 422 homes · city $718K
- Semi-detached or row
- $553K 380 homes · city $478K
- Condo or apartment
- $215K 1,327 homes · city $295K
Estimated property tax5
What owning here costs each year in property tax at the median assessed value of each home type. Renters don’t pay it directly, but landlords pass it on.
- Detached house
- $4,650 a year about $390 a month on a $700K assessment
- Semi-detached or row
- $3,670 a year about $305 a month on a $553K assessment
- Condo or apartment
- $1,430 a year about $120 a month on a $215K assessment
Upfront closing costs6
Alberta has no land transfer tax; the Land Titles transfer fee is about 0.1% of the price. Government fees at the median home price:
- Land title transfer fee
- $320 on $265K
Household income and housing costs7
What households here earn and how much of it housing takes, 2021 Census.
- Median household income
- $59,600 2020, before tax
- Spend 30%+ on housing
- 33% of owner and tenant households
- Owners' monthly cost
- $1,730 median shelter cost
- Tenants' monthly cost
- $1,070 median shelter cost
Typical apartment rent nearby8
Bankview sits in CMHC's Beltline survey zone. October 2025 average rent of purpose-built rental apartments in that zone:
- Studio
- $1,369 −$69 vs metro average
- 1 bedroom
- $1,581 same as the metro average
- 2 bedroom
- $2,074 +$166 vs metro average
- 3 bedroom or more
- $2,553 +$435 vs metro average
Flood and airport noise9
None of Bankview lies inside the City's regulatory flood map.
Bankview is outside the airport's noise forecast contours (NEF 25 and above).
Schools10
- No public, Catholic, French-language or charter school is located inside Bankview. From the middle of the community, the nearest elementary school is about 0.5 km away, the nearest junior high 0.5 km and the nearest high school 0.5 km. 8 other elementary schools lie within 2 km.
The school nearest the house may not be the school your child is assigned to. Boards assign a designated school by street address, and a community can be split across several, or have none inside its boundary. The boards don’t publish these attendance areas as open data, only an address lookup: use the CBE Find a School tool (including French Immersion and IB) or contact the Calgary Catholic School District with the exact address before you rent or buy. Capped schools can also place new students elsewhere.
We don’t rate schools: test results are not open data, so a school’s quality is something to ask about on a visit.
LRT access11
The closest part of Bankview is 0.8 km from Sunalta station (Blue Line). Only the edge of the community is within an easy walk, so it depends on the street.
How it's changing
Building permits issued each year, a leading signal of new homes and renovations.
*2026 is year to date.
What the building permits are for12
- Teardowns and infill
- 6.2 a year Demolitions plus new semis, rowhouses and townhouses: construction noise, dumpsters and change on the street
- Secondary suites
- 2.8 a year New basement, garage and garden suites: more rental homes and more cars on the street
- Home improvements
- 6.4 a year Renovations, additions and decks: owners investing in homes they plan to keep
Safety13
Reported incidents in the last 12 months (October 2025 to September 2026), per 1,000 residents, compared with the median of 177 Calgary communities.
- Reported crime
- 33.6 per 1,000 · above the 13.5 median
- Disorder calls
- 127.9 per 1,000 · above the 32.1 median
- Violent crime
- 4.2 per 1,000 · median 2.3
- Property crime
- 29.4 per 1,000 · median 10.6
- Reported crime runs about 2.5× the median Calgary community: 33.6 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, versus 13.5.
- The most common reported crime is theft from vehicles, 46% of the total. 88% of incidents are property crime.
- Crime has fallen since 2020: 160 reported incidents in 2025 versus 213 in 2020.
- So far in 2026 (January to September) there have been 174 incidents, 38% more than the same months of 2025.
- Busy main streets, transit and nightlife bring in visitors, and incidents are counted where they happen, not where people live.
Crime per 1,000 residents
Disorder calls per 1,000 residents
What gets reported
Top crime types in the rate, same period.
Disorder calls
Most common non-criminal calls to police.
Reported crime by year
*2026 is year to date.