Bonavista Downs

At a glance

A 1960s–70s south community of about 900 residents, nearly all detached houses. About 97% of homes are detached, 80% of households own, and the median assessed value is about $634K. Police data shows crime below the city median and disorder calls well above it, per resident.

Median assessed home

$634K

2026 assessment, all home types · city $575K

Residents

900

estimate for mid-2025, up from 830 at the 2021 census

Households renting

20%

city 34%

Permits per year

10

2021–2025 average

What the numbers mean

• The median assessed home is $634K, 10% above the Calgary median of $575K.
• 20% of households rent, well below the 34% city-wide. Most people here own and stay a while.
• Only 13% of residents are under 15, versus 18% city-wide.
• 18% are 65 or older, versus 13% city-wide, a sign of long-time residents and a settled pace.
• 97% of homes are single-family houses, versus 55% city-wide.
• Building activity is in line with the city as a whole, at about 10 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

• Downtown20 min drive · 1 h bike
• Foothills and UCalgary25 min drive · 1 h 24 min bike
• Airport26 min drive · 1 h 46 min bike
• SE industrial15 min drive · 46 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

2 off-leash areas inside the community. 3 more areas within 150 m of the boundary.

• Bonavista Downs, fenced in part or with other fencing
• Lake Bonavista, 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

0

city median 2

Cafés and bakeries

0

city median 4

Pharmacies and clinics

0

city median 4

Playgrounds and dog parks

7

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

$633K

366 homes · city $718K

Semi-detached or row

—

too few in the Bonavista Downs roll to report

Condo or apartment

—

too few in the Bonavista Downs roll to report

Estimated property tax⁵

What owning here costs each year in property tax at the median assessed value. Renters don’t pay it directly, but landlords pass it on.

Detached house

$4,210 a year

about $350 a month on a $633K 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

$680

on $634K

Household income and housing costs⁷

What households here earn and how much of it housing takes, 2021 Census.

Median household income

$104,100

2020, before tax

Spend 30%+ on housing

21%

of owner and tenant households

Owners' monthly cost

$1,590

median shelter cost

Tenants' monthly cost

$1,920

median shelter cost

Typical apartment rent nearby⁸

Bonavista Downs sits in CMHC's Fish Creek survey zone. October 2025 average rent of purpose-built rental apartments in that zone:

Studio

$1,222

−$216 vs metro average

1 bedroom

$1,549

−$32 vs metro average

2 bedroom

$1,738

−$170 vs metro average

3 bedroom or more

$1,844

−$274 vs metro average

Flood and airport noise⁹

None of Bonavista Downs lies inside the City's regulatory flood map.

Bonavista Downs is outside the airport's noise forecast contours (NEF 25 and above).

Schools¹⁰

• No public, Catholic, French-language or charter school is located inside Bonavista Downs. From the middle of the community, the nearest elementary school is about 0.7 km away, the nearest junior high 1.6 km and the nearest high school 3.9 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

Bonavista Downs is about 2.5 km from the nearest LRT station, Canyon Meadows (Red Line). Most people here drive or take a bus to reach the train.

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

0.4 a year

Demolitions plus new semis, rowhouses and townhouses: construction noise, dumpsters and change on the street

Secondary suites

0.4 a year

New basement, garage and garden suites: more rental homes and more cars on the street

Home improvements

5.6 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

8.9

per 1,000 · below the 13.5 median

Disorder calls

55.6

per 1,000 · above the 32.1 median

Violent crime

0.0

per 1,000 · median 2.3

Property crime

8.9

per 1,000 · median 10.6

• Reported crime runs about 34% below the median Calgary community: 8.9 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, versus 13.5.
• The most common reported crime is vehicle theft, 50% of the total. 100% of incidents are property crime.
• Crime has fallen since 2020: 2 reported incidents in 2025 versus 12 in 2020.
• So far in 2026 (January to September) there have been 6 incidents, Infinity% more than the same months of 2025.

Reported crime by year

*2026 is year to date.