At a glance
An inner south-west community of about 600 residents, with a mix of detached homes and apartments. About 38% of homes are detached and 55% are apartments, 75% of households own, and the median assessed value is about $475K. Police data shows crime above the city median and disorder calls above it, per resident.
- Median assessed home
- $475K 2026 assessment, all home types · city $575K
- Residents
- 740 estimate for mid-2025, up from 675 at the 2021 census
- Households renting
- 25% city 34%
- Permits per year
- 10 2021–2025 average
What the numbers mean
- The median assessed home is $475K, 17% below the Calgary median of $575K.
- That median blends very different homes. By type, the medians are detached $1.95M, semi-detached or row $1.30M, condo or apartment $365K (city: $718K detached, $478K semi or row, $295K condo). Compare like with like.
- 25% of households rent, well below the 34% city-wide.
- Only 8% of residents are under 15, versus 18% city-wide.
- 37% are 65 or older, versus 13% city-wide, a sign of long-time residents and a settled pace.
- 55% of homes are apartments (23% city-wide), so a condo is the usual way in.
- Building activity is in line with the city as a whole, at about 10 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 · 21 min bike
- Foothills and UCalgary15 min drive · 41 min bike
- Airport23 min drive · 1 h 10 min bike
- SE industrial15 min drive · 42 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.
Daily errands on foot3
Places within the community or a 5-minute walk of its edge, compared with the typical community in Calgary.
- Supermarkets
- 1 city median 2
- Cafés and bakeries
- 2 city median 4
- Pharmacies and clinics
- 2 city median 4
- Playgrounds and dog parks
- 7 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
- $1.95M 132 homes · city $718K
- Semi-detached or row
- $1.30M 46 homes · city $478K
- Condo or apartment
- $365K 270 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
- $12,930 a year about $1,080 a month on a $1.95M assessment
- Semi-detached or row
- $8,640 a year about $720 a month on a $1.30M assessment
- Condo or apartment
- $2,420 a year about $200 a month on a $365K 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
- $530 on $475K
Household income and housing costs7
What households here earn and how much of it housing takes, 2021 Census.
- Median household income
- $118,000 2020, before tax
- Spend 30%+ on housing
- 15% of owner and tenant households
- Owners' monthly cost
- $1,550 median shelter cost
- Tenants' monthly cost
- $1,460 median shelter cost
Typical apartment rent nearby8
Rideau Park sits in CMHC's Southwest survey zone. October 2025 average rent of purpose-built rental apartments in that zone:
- Studio
- — not reported
- 1 bedroom
- $1,641 +$60 vs metro average
- 2 bedroom
- $2,069 +$161 vs metro average
- 3 bedroom or more
- $2,128 +$10 vs metro average
Flood and airport noise9
About 52% of Rideau Park's land area lies inside the City's regulatory flood map (floodway 6%, flood fringe 46%). 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.
Rideau Park is outside the airport's noise forecast contours (NEF 25 and above).
Schools10
- 1 school is located in Rideau Park.
- There is no high school inside the community. From the middle of Rideau Park, the nearest high school is about 1.3 km away.
- Rideau Park
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 Rideau Park is 0.8 km from 39 Avenue station (Red Line). Only the edge of the community is within an easy 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
- 0.2 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
- 3 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
- 21.6 per 1,000 · above the 13.5 median
- Disorder calls
- 43.2 per 1,000 · above the 32.1 median
- Violent crime
- 0.0 per 1,000 · median 2.3
- Property crime
- 21.6 per 1,000 · median 10.6
- Reported crime runs about 1.6× the median Calgary community: 21.6 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, versus 13.5.
- The most common reported crime is theft from vehicles, 38% of the total. 100% of incidents are property crime.
- Crime has fallen since 2020: 8 reported incidents in 2025 versus 26 in 2020.
- So far in 2026 (January to September) there have been 12 incidents, 200% 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.