Cougar Ridge

At a glance

A 2000s west-side community of about 7,000 residents, mostly detached houses. About 86% of homes are detached, 89% of households own, and the median assessed value is about $780K. Police data shows crime well below the city median and disorder calls well below it, per resident.

Median assessed home

$780K

2026 assessment, all home types · city $575K

Residents

7,820

estimate for mid-2025, up from 7,150 at the 2021 census

Households renting

11%

city 34%

Permits per year

41

2021–2025 average

What the numbers mean

• The median assessed home is $780K, 36% above the Calgary median of $575K.
• That median blends very different homes. By type, the medians are detached $808K, semi-detached or row $522K (city: $718K detached, $478K semi or row, $295K condo). Compare like with like.
• 11% of households rent, well below the 34% city-wide. Most people here own and stay a while.
• 26% of residents are under 15, versus 18% city-wide. Expect busy schools, parks and playgrounds.
• 86% of homes are single-family houses, versus 55% city-wide.
• Building activity is lighter than the city as a whole, at about 41 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

• Downtown18 min drive · 43 min bike
• Foothills and UCalgary16 min drive · 20 min bike
• Airport30 min drive · 58 min bike
• SE industrial29 min drive · 1 h 22 min bike

Transit times aren't included yet. Check Calgary Transit's trip planner for a weekday 8:00 a.m. trip.

Daily errands on foot²

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

2

city median 4

Pharmacies and clinics

1

city median 4

Playgrounds and dog parks

13

city median 15

Assessed value by home type³

The overall median mixes house types, so it can match none of them. Split by type, 2026 assessments:

Detached house

$808K

1,946 homes · city $718K

Semi-detached or row

$522K

297 homes · city $478K

Condo or apartment

—

too few in the Cougar Ridge roll to report

Estimated property tax⁴

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

$5,370 a year

about $445 a month on a $808K assessment

Semi-detached or row

$3,470 a year

about $290 a month on a $522K assessment

Upfront closing costs⁵

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

$830

on $780K

Household income and housing costs⁶

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

Median household income

$149,400

2020, before tax

Spend 30%+ on housing

17%

of owner and tenant households

Owners' monthly cost

$2,080

median shelter cost

Tenants' monthly cost

$2,080

median shelter cost

Typical apartment rent nearby⁷

Cougar Ridge sits in CMHC's Southwest survey zone. October 2025 average rent of purpose-built rental apartments in that zone:

Studio

—

not reported

1 bedroom

$1,641

+$60 vs metro average

2 bedroom

$2,069

+$161 vs metro average

3 bedroom or more

$2,128

+$10 vs metro average

Flood and airport noise⁸

None of Cougar Ridge lies inside the City's regulatory flood map.

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

Schools⁹

• No public, Catholic, French-language or charter school is located inside Cougar Ridge. From the middle of the community, the nearest elementary school is about 1.6 km away, the nearest junior high 1.6 km and the nearest high school 2.4 km. 4 other elementary schools lie within 2 km.

2 private schools are also located here.

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 access¹⁰

Cougar Ridge is about 3.0 km from the nearest LRT station, 69 Street SW (Blue 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 for¹¹

Teardowns and infill

0.2 a year

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

Secondary suites

1.8 a year

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

Home improvements

30 a year

Renovations, additions and decks: owners investing in homes they plan to keep

Safety¹²

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

4.1

per 1,000 · below the 13.5 median

Disorder calls

8.4

per 1,000 · below the 32.1 median

Violent crime

0.5

per 1,000 · median 2.3

Property crime

3.6

per 1,000 · median 10.6

• Reported crime runs about 70% below the median Calgary community: 4.1 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, versus 13.5.
• The most common reported crime is break-in: home, 31% of the total. 88% of incidents are property crime.
• Crime has fallen since 2020: 28 reported incidents in 2025 versus 60 in 2020.
• So far in 2026 (January to September) there have been 24 incidents, 20% more than the same months of 2025.

Reported crime by year

*2026 is year to date.