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Established · SE Calgary

Red Carpet

A manufactured-home community and apartments in the east

  • Owners on a budget
  • First-time buyers
  • Quiet streets
Map of Red Carpet and the neighbouring areas around it Forest LawnForest HeightsDoverPenbrooke MeadowsMarlborough ParkApplewood ParkAbbeydaleMarlboroughRed CarpetPenbrooke MeadowsApplewood Park1 km
Red Carpet in context. Neighbouring areas link to their guides. Boundaries: City of Calgary.

At a glance

A small east Calgary community made up of a manufactured-home park and apartment buildings. The median assessed value is below the city median, and the assessment for a manufactured home covers the home, not the land.

Median home value
$215K
2026 assessment, indexed to September 2026, all home types · city $566K
Residents
2,010
estimate for mid-2025, up from 1,745 at the 2021 census
Households renting
27%
city 34%
Permits per year
6
2021–2025 average

What the numbers mean

  • The median 2026 assessment is $219K (valued July 2025). Indexed to September 2026 with the Calgary MLS® Home Price Index (-2%), that is about $215K, 62% below the Calgary median of $566K. Property tax is still based on the assessment.
  • 27% of households rent, below the 34% city-wide.
  • Only 9% of residents are under 15, versus 18% 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: 44% apartments, with the rest townhouses, duplexes and houses.
  • Building activity is lighter than the city as a whole, at about 6 permits a year.

Who lives here

Share of residents by age, 2021 census.

0-149%
15-194%
20-246%
25-3411%
35-4413%
45-5415%
55-6423%
65-7413%
75+7%

Homes

Share of homes by type, 2019 civic census.

Single-family0%
Duplex0%
Townhouse0%
Apartment44%
Multi-plex & converted0%
Manufactured home56%

Assessed value by home type1

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

Detached house
—
too few in the Red Carpet roll to report
Semi-detached or row
—
too few in the Red Carpet roll to report
Condo or apartment
$242K
400 homes · city $295K

Estimated property tax2

What owning here costs each year in property tax at the median assessed value. Renters don’t pay it directly, but landlords pass it on.

Condo or apartment
$1,610 a year
about $135 a month on a $242K assessment

Upfront closing costs3

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
$270
on $215K

Typical apartment rent nearby4

Red Carpet sits in CMHC's Southeast survey zone. October 2025 average rent of purpose-built rental apartments in that zone:

Studio
$1,248
−$190 vs metro average
1 bedroom
$1,600
+$19 vs metro average
2 bedroom
$1,879
−$29 vs metro average
3 bedroom or more
$1,891
−$227 vs metro average

Flood and airport noise5

None of Red Carpet lies inside the City's regulatory flood map.

Red Carpet 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 for6

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

Safety7

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
25.9
per 1,000 · above the 13.7 median
Disorder calls
64.7
per 1,000 · above the 32.6 median
Violent crime
3.0
per 1,000 · median 2.4
Property crime
22.9
per 1,000 · median 10.8
  • Reported crime runs about 1.9× the median Calgary community: 25.9 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, versus 13.7.
  • The most common reported crime is theft from vehicles, 31% of the total. 88% of incidents are property crime.
  • Crime has fallen since 2020: 48 reported incidents in 2025 versus 58 in 2020.
  • So far in 2026 (January to September) there have been 36 incidents, 13% more than the same months of 2025.
  • Busy main streets, transit and nightlife bring in visitors, and incidents are counted where they happen, not where people live.

What gets reported

Top crime types in the rate, same period.

Theft from vehicles31%
Vehicle theft15%
Break-in: business12%
Break-in: home12%
Other violence12%

Disorder calls

Most common non-criminal calls to police.

Suspicious Person25%
Disturbance18%
Unwanted Guest18%
Mental Health Concern15%

Reported crime by year

*2026 is year to date.

Sources and notes

  1. 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. ↩
  2. 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. ↩
  3. 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. ↩
  4. 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 Red Carpet alone, and they are not asking rents. Red Carpet lies across a zone boundary, so nearby rents may differ. Houses, basement suites and condos rented out by owners are not included. Zones are large, so neighbouring communities can share one figure. ↩
  5. 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. ↩
  6. 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. ↩
  7. 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. ↩