Town centre · Strathmore, Calgary

Downtown and Westmount

Strathmore's main street, a historic cinema and the water park

Families with kids
Owners on a budget
Seniors

Downtown and Westmount in context. Neighbouring areas link to their guides. Boundaries: City of Calgary and Statistics Canada.

At a glance

Downtown and Westmount hold Strathmore's main street, municipal building and Joyland Theatre, the outdoor water park and the golf course, with a mix of older houses and apartments. About 52% of homes are detached and 22% are apartments, 30% of households rent, and owners valued the median home at about $374K in the 2021 census.

Median home value (est.): $468K^*
Residents: 7,030
Households renting: 30%
Homes that are apartments: 22%

What the numbers mean

Owners valued the median home at $374K in the 2021 census. Indexed to September 2026 prices with the Calgary MLS® Home Price Index (+25% since then), that is about $468K, 14% below the Calgary-area towns median of $543K. It is an estimate: the index tracks the whole region, not this neighbourhood.
30% of households rent, below the 34% city-wide.
19% are 65 or older, versus 13% city-wide, a sign of long-time residents and a settled pace.
Housing is a mix: 22% apartments, with the rest townhouses, duplexes and houses.

Who lives here

Share of residents by age, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 5,914 at the 2021 census.

0-1420%

15-197%

20-245%

25-3411%

35-4414%

45-5413%

55-6412%

65+19%

Homes

Share of homes by type, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 5,914 at the 2021 census.

Single-detached53%

Semi-detached12%

Row house10%

Duplex flat2%

Apartment under 5 storeys22%

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: $520

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 Strathmore. 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.