At a glance
A mostly residential community northeast of downtown, with older detached homes, infill and townhouses and a main street along Edmonton Trail. It sits near the Bow River pathways.
- Median assessed home
- $522K 2026 assessment, all home types · city $575K
- Residents
- 7,490 estimate for mid-2025, up from 6,580 at the 2021 census
- Households renting
- 46% city 34%
- Permits per year
- 129 2021–2025 average
What the numbers mean
- The median assessed home is $522K, close to the Calgary median of $575K.
- That median blends very different homes. By type, the medians are detached $742K, semi-detached or row $465K, condo or apartment $305K (city: $718K detached, $478K semi or row, $295K condo). Compare like with like.
- 46% of households rent, well above the 34% city-wide.
- 26% of residents are 20 to 34, versus 21% city-wide. It skews young-professional.
- Housing is a mix: 26% apartments, with the rest townhouses, duplexes and houses.
- Building activity is in line with the city as a whole, at about 129 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
- Downtown7 min drive · 15 min bike
- Foothills and UCalgary13 min drive · 35 min bike
- Airport14 min drive · 38 min bike
- SE industrial13 min drive · 41 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
3 off-leash areas inside the community. 1 more area within 150 m of the boundary.
- Renfrew & Bridgeland_riverside (Bottomlands Park), no fencing recorded
- Renfrew, no fencing recorded
- Renfrew & Bridgeland Riverside (Tom Campbell's Hill), no fencing recorded
Daily errands on foot3
Places within the community or a 5-minute walk of its edge, compared with the typical community in Calgary.
- Supermarkets
- 3 city median 2
- Cafés and bakeries
- 5 city median 4
- Pharmacies and clinics
- 3 city median 4
- Playgrounds and dog parks
- 17 city median 15
Assessed value by home type4
The overall median mixes house types, so it can match none of them. Split by type, 2026 assessments:
- Detached house
- $742K 1,286 homes · city $718K
- Semi-detached or row
- $465K 1,121 homes · city $478K
- Condo or apartment
- $305K 745 homes · city $295K
Estimated property tax5
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
- $4,930 a year about $410 a month on a $742K assessment
- Semi-detached or row
- $3,090 a year about $255 a month on a $465K assessment
- Condo or apartment
- $2,020 a year about $170 a month on a $305K assessment
Upfront closing costs6
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
- $570 on $522K
Household income and housing costs7
What households here earn and how much of it housing takes, 2021 Census.
- Median household income
- $96,800 2020, before tax
- Spend 30%+ on housing
- 20% of owner and tenant households
- Owners' monthly cost
- $1,770 median shelter cost
- Tenants' monthly cost
- $1,310 median shelter cost
Typical apartment rent nearby8
Renfrew sits in CMHC's North Hill survey zone. October 2025 average rent of purpose-built rental apartments in that zone:
- Studio
- $1,382 −$56 vs metro average
- 1 bedroom
- $1,463 −$118 vs metro average
- 2 bedroom
- $1,869 −$39 vs metro average
- 3 bedroom or more
- $2,408 +$290 vs metro average
Flood and airport noise9
About 6% of Renfrew's land area lies inside the City's regulatory flood map (floodway 2%, flood fringe 4%). The floodway is where river water moves fastest and building is most restricted; the flood fringe floods more shallowly, and building there needs flood-proofing; overland flow areas are low ground that can flood when the river overtops its banks. Flood barriers and upstream storage built since 2013 reduce the risk, but the land is still mapped, so ask your insurer about overland flood coverage and check the address on the City's river flood map before you buy.
Part of Renfrew sits under the Calgary International Airport noise forecast: NEF 25–30 26% of its land area, NEF 30–35 6% of its land area. At NEF 30 and above, the airport-protection rules restrict new homes and denser redevelopment (existing homes are not affected, and some exceptions apply). The contours are planning forecasts, not measured noise, so listen at the address at different times of day.
Schools10
- 3 schools are located in Renfrew.
- There is no high school inside the community. From the middle of Renfrew, the nearest high school is about 1.9 km away.
- Enrolment is steady, up 9% since 2019-20 across 3 schools.
- Colonel Macleod
- St. Alphonsus Elementary Junior High
- Stanley Jones
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 access11
The closest part of Renfrew is 0.6 km from Zoo station (Blue Line). About 6% of the community is inside an 800 m walk, so it depends on the street.
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 for12
- Teardowns and infill
- 33 a year Demolitions plus new semis, rowhouses and townhouses: construction noise, dumpsters and change on the street
- Secondary suites
- 10 a year New basement, garage and garden suites: more rental homes and more cars on the street
- Home improvements
- 21 a year Renovations, additions and decks: owners investing in homes they plan to keep
Safety13
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
- 21.1 per 1,000 · above the 13.5 median
- Disorder calls
- 48.7 per 1,000 · above the 32.1 median
- Violent crime
- 2.1 per 1,000 · median 2.3
- Property crime
- 19.0 per 1,000 · median 10.6
- Reported crime runs about 1.6× the median Calgary community: 21.1 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, versus 13.5.
- The most common reported crime is theft from vehicles, 35% of the total. 90% of incidents are property crime.
- Crime has fallen since 2020: 149 reported incidents in 2025 versus 269 in 2020.
- So far in 2026 (January to September) there have been 123 incidents, 8% 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.
Crime per 1,000 residents
Disorder calls per 1,000 residents
What gets reported
Top crime types in the rate, same period.
Disorder calls
Most common non-criminal calls to police.
Reported crime by year
*2026 is year to date.