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Lakeside community · Chestermere, Calgary

Chestermere Lakeside

Detached homes on the shore of Chestermere Lake

  • Lake lovers
  • Long-term owners
  • Families with kids
Map of Chestermere Lakeside and the neighbouring areas around it West Creek and Rainbow FallsKinniburghWestmere and HawkmereChesterview and Chestermere EstatesChestermere LakesideWestmere and HawkmereWest Creek and Rainbo…KinniburghChesterview and Chest…5 km
Chestermere Lakeside in context. Neighbouring areas link to their guides. Boundaries: City of Calgary and Statistics Canada.

At a glance

Chestermere Lakeside is the lakeshore strip of larger detached homes, with the pocket parks and beaches that make the lake the focus of summer. About 98% of homes are detached and 0% are apartments, 6% of households rent, and owners valued the median home at about $676K in the 2021 census.

Median home value (est.)
$846K*
* est.: 2021 census, indexed to September 2026 · city $543K
Residents
2,280
scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 1,921 at the 2021 census
Households renting
6%
city 34%
Homes that are apartments
0%
city 23%

What the numbers mean

  • Owners valued the median home at $676K in the 2021 census. Indexed to September 2026 prices with the Calgary MLS® Home Price Index (+25% since then), that is about $846K, 56% above the Calgary-area towns median of $543K. It is an estimate: the index tracks the whole region, not this neighbourhood.
  • 6% of households rent, well below the 34% city-wide. Most people here own and stay a while.
  • 98% of homes are single-family houses, versus 55% city-wide.

Who lives here

Share of residents by age, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 1,921 at the 2021 census.

0-1417%
15-198%
20-246%
25-347%
35-4414%
45-5415%
55-6417%
65+16%

Homes

Share of homes by type, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 1,921 at the 2021 census.

Single-detached98%
Semi-detached2%
Row house0%
Duplex flat0%
Apartment under 5 storeys0%
Apartment 5+ storeys0%

Upfront closing costs1

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: This uses the census home value indexed to September 2026 prices, so treat it as an estimate.

Land title transfer fee
$900
on $846K

How it's changing

These municipalities don't publish building permits by neighbourhood, so we can't chart construction here yet.

Safety

Neighbourhood-level crime figures aren't available for Chestermere. Policing there is by the RCMP or a municipal police department, and neither publishes open crime counts by neighbourhood. Check Statistics Canada's crime tables for municipality-wide trends, and the local police website for crime maps. Why this is missing.

Sources and notes

  1. Source: Government of Alberta, Land Titles and Surveys fee schedule. 2026 rules, applied to this neighbourhood's median census home value, indexed to September 2026 with the MLS® HPI. A mortgage adds its own registration fee on the loan amount on the same $50 + $5 per $5,000 scale. Legal fees, title insurance, inspection and adjustments are extra. ↩

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