Town centre · Airdrie, Calgary

Old Town Airdrie

The original townsite, with City Hall, the library and Towerlane Mall

Owners on a budget
First-time buyers
Seniors

Old Town Airdrie in context. Neighbouring areas link to their guides. Boundaries: City of Calgary and Statistics Canada.

At a glance

Old Town is Airdrie's original centre: older bungalows and low-rise apartments around City Hall, the public library and Towerlane Mall, with the most affordable homes in the city. About 44% of homes are detached and 24% are apartments, 34% of households rent, and owners valued the median home at about $266K in the 2021 census.

Median home value (est.): $333K^*
Residents: 4,230
Households renting: 34%
Homes that are apartments: 24%

What the numbers mean

Owners valued the median home at $266K in the 2021 census. Indexed to September 2026 prices with the Calgary MLS® Home Price Index (+25% since then), that is about $333K, 39% below the Calgary-area towns median of $543K. It is an estimate: the index tracks the whole region, not this neighbourhood.
34% of households rent, close to the 34% city-wide.
17% are 65 or older, versus 13% city-wide, a sign of long-time residents and a settled pace.
Housing is a mix: 24% apartments, with the rest townhouses, duplexes and houses.

Who lives here

Share of residents by age, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 3,555 at the 2021 census.

0-1417%

15-194%

20-246%

25-3416%

35-4414%

45-5411%

55-6414%

65+17%

Homes

Share of homes by type, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 3,555 at the 2021 census.

Single-detached50%

Semi-detached3%

Row house19%

Duplex flat1%

Apartment under 5 storeys27%

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: $380

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 Airdrie. 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.