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Established · NW Calgary

MacEwan Glen

A quiet northwest neighbourhood of detached homes beside Nose Hill Park

  • Families with kids
  • Long-term owners
  • Quiet streets
Map of MacEwan Glen and the neighbouring areas around it EdgemontBeddington HeightsSandstone ValleyDalhousieHuntington HillsCountry HillsHidden ValleyKincoraHamptonsPanorama HillsSherwoodEvanstonMacEwan GlenHidden ValleyEdgemontHamptons1 km
MacEwan Glen in context. Neighbouring areas link to their guides. Boundaries: City of Calgary.

At a glance

A northwest neighbourhood built in the 1980s and 1990s, mostly detached houses with some townhouses and a few duplexes. The median assessed home is well above the Calgary median and most households own.

Median home value
$615K
2026 assessment, indexed to September 2026, all home types · city $566K
Residents
5,160
estimate for mid-2025, up from 4,740 at the 2021 census
Households renting
14%
city 34%
Permits per year
27
2021–2025 average

What the numbers mean

  • The median 2026 assessment is $625K (valued July 2025). Indexed to September 2026 with the Calgary MLS® Home Price Index (-2%), that is about $615K, close to the Calgary median of $566K. Property tax is still based on the assessment.
  • That median blends very different homes. By type, the medians are detached $637K, semi-detached or row $472K (city: $718K detached, $478K semi or row, $295K condo). Compare like with like.
  • 14% of households rent, well below the 34% city-wide. Most people here own and stay a while.
  • 18% are 65 or older, versus 13% city-wide, a sign of long-time residents and a settled pace.
  • 85% of homes are single-family houses, versus 55% city-wide.
  • Building activity is lighter than the city as a whole, at about 27 permits a year.

Who lives here

Share of residents by age, 2021 census.

0-1416%
15-196%
20-245%
25-3411%
35-4412%
45-5413%
55-6419%
65-7413%
75+5%

Homes

Share of homes by type, 2019 civic census.

Single-family85%
Duplex4%
Townhouse10%
Apartment0%
Multi-plex & converted1%

Getting to work1

Drive, no traffic Bike

  • Downtown21 min drive · 49 min bike
  • Foothills and UCalgary18 min drive · 39 min bike
  • Airport16 min drive · 34 min bike
  • SE industrial23 min drive · 1 h 18 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

No off-leash area inside the community. 2 more areas within 150 m of the boundary.

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
$637K
1,515 homes · city $718K
Semi-detached or row
$472K
177 homes · city $478K
Condo or apartment
—
too few in the MacEwan Glen 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
$4,230 a year
about $355 a month on a $637K assessment
Semi-detached or row
$3,140 a year
about $260 a month on a $472K 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
$670
on $615K

Typical apartment rent nearby6

MacEwan Glen sits in CMHC's Northwest survey zone. October 2025 average rent of purpose-built rental apartments in that zone:

Studio
$1,501
+$63 vs metro average
1 bedroom
$1,646
+$65 vs metro average
2 bedroom
$1,816
−$92 vs metro average
3 bedroom or more
$2,216
+$98 vs metro average

Flood and airport noise7

None of MacEwan Glen lies inside the City's regulatory flood map.

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

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 for8

Teardowns and infill
0 a year
Demolitions plus new semis, rowhouses and townhouses: construction noise, dumpsters and change on the street
Secondary suites
3.2 a year
New basement, garage and garden suites: more rental homes and more cars on the street
Home improvements
19 a year
Renovations, additions and decks: owners investing in homes they plan to keep

Safety9

Reported incidents in the last 12 months (October 2025 to September 2026), per 1,000 residents, compared with the median of 185 Calgary communities.

Reported crime
8.1
per 1,000 · below the 13.7 median
Disorder calls
19.8
per 1,000 · below the 32.6 median
Violent crime
1.2
per 1,000 · median 2.4
Property crime
7.0
per 1,000 · median 10.8
  • Reported crime runs about 41% below the median Calgary community: 8.1 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, versus 13.7.
  • The most common reported crime is theft from vehicles, 24% of the total. 86% of incidents are property crime.
  • Crime has fallen since 2020: 48 reported incidents in 2025 versus 62 in 2020.
  • So far in 2026 (January to September) there have been 34 incidents, 15% fewer than the same months of 2025.

What gets reported

Top crime types in the rate, same period.

Theft from vehicles24%
Vehicle theft24%
Break-in: home10%
Other violence10%
Break-in: business10%

Disorder calls

Most common non-criminal calls to police.

Disturbance22%
Suspicious Person20%
Suspicious Vehicle14%
Unwanted Guest12%

Reported crime by year

*2026 is year to date.

Sources and notes

  1. Source: road-network routing from OpenStreetMap-based OSRM servers (car and bike profiles), pulled October 2026, from the centre of the community's boundary (City of Calgary) to each destination. Drive times assume free-flowing roads with no traffic, so weekday rush hour can take noticeably longer; bike times follow cycling-suitable roads and paths at an average speed and ignore hills and winter. Transit times are not included because we don't yet have a schedule-based calculation. Destinations: Downtown (Stephen Avenue); Foothills Medical Centre and University of Calgary; Calgary International Airport; Southeast industrial (Barlow Trail and 50 Ave SE). ↩
  2. Source: City of Calgary, Parks Off Leash Areas, matched to the community boundary by location, pulled October 2026. "Inside" means the area overlaps the community; "nearby" means within 150 m. Fencing comes from the City's fencing note: fully fenced, fenced in part (some sides or sections), or no fencing recorded. The City's shared park names sometimes cover several communities. ↩
  3. Source: Current Year Property Assessments. Assessments estimate market value on July 1, 2025, so they trail current sale prices, and they are not MLS benchmark prices (CREB benchmarks are not open data). Types are grouped from the City's property-use codes; see About. ↩
  4. Source: City of Calgary 2026 tax rates. 2026 residential rate 0.665% of assessed value (City 0.38906% + provincial education 0.27593%), applied to this community's median assessment for each home type. Homeowners pay tax on the assessed value, not the sale price. Excludes utility bills, local improvement charges, grants and credits, and anything above or below the median. ↩
  5. Source: Government of Alberta, Land Titles and Surveys fee schedule. 2026 rules, applied to this community's median assessment, 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. ↩
  6. Source: CMHC Rental Market Survey, Housing Market Information Portal. These are zone averages across all units in apartment buildings of three or more units, not a figure for MacEwan Glen alone, and they are not asking rents. Houses, basement suites and condos rented out by owners are not included. Zones are large, so neighbouring communities can share one figure. ↩
  7. Sources: City of Calgary Open Data, Regulatory Flood Map (the version now in the Land Use Bylaw; a proposed update is still under review) and Noise Exposure Forecast Contours. Percentages are shares of the community's land area, not of homes, from a grid sample. They don't cover groundwater or sewer backup flooding. Hail and wildfire smoke affect the whole city; see the Calgary page. ↩
  8. Source: City of Calgary Building Permits, permits issued 2021–2025, averaged per year, pulled October 2026. Teardowns and infill: residential demolition permits (house or semi-detached) plus new semi-detached, rowhouse, townhouse and attached-unit permits. Secondary suites: below-grade suites, garage dwelling units and garden suites. Home improvements: residential alterations, additions, repairs, decks and basement development, excluding suites, garages and apartment work. Each unit of a semi-detached pair has its own permit. New detached houses and commercial permits are not in these three groups, and a permit is not proof that work was finished. ↩
  9. Source: Calgary Police Service, Community Safety Data (2020 to Q3 2026). Rates use estimated mid-2025 population. Incidents are counted where they occur. Counts of 1 to 5 are rounded by CPS. How we calculate this. ↩