West Valley and West Terrace

At a glance

West Valley and West Terrace are quiet western subdivisions of detached houses, with pathways and parks like Mitford Park. About 77% of homes are detached and 3% are apartments, 13% of households rent, and owners valued the median home at about $445K in the 2021 census.

Median home value (est.)

$558K^*

* est.: 2021 census, indexed to September 2026 · city $543K

Residents

5,280

scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 4,441 at the 2021 census

Households renting

13%

city 34%

Homes that are apartments

3%

city 23%

What the numbers mean

• Owners valued the median home at $445K in the 2021 census. Indexed to September 2026 prices with the Calgary MLS® Home Price Index (+25% since then), that is about $558K, close to the Calgary-area towns median of $543K. It is an estimate: the index tracks the whole region, not this neighbourhood.
• 13% of households rent, well below the 34% city-wide. Most people here own and stay a while.
• 24% are 65 or older, versus 13% city-wide, a sign of long-time residents and a settled pace.
• 77% of homes are single-family houses, versus 55% city-wide.

Who lives here

Share of residents by age, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 4,441 at the 2021 census.

Homes

Share of homes by type, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 4,441 at the 2021 census.

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

$610

on $558K

Schools²

• 3 public schools are mapped in West Valley and West Terrace.
• Elementary grades at 3.
• 7 public schools lie within 2 km of its edge.

• Cochrane Christian AcademyElementary and junior high · The Rocky View School Division
• Mitford SchoolElementary and junior high · The Rocky View School Division
• École Notre-Dame des ValleesElementary and junior high · The Southern Francophone Education Region

The school nearest the house may not be the school your child is assigned to. School boards assign a designated school by street address, and a neighbourhood can be split across several or have none inside its boundary. Use your school board’s school locator with the exact address before you rely on a school.

We don’t rate schools: test results are not comparable across provinces, so a school’s quality is something to ask about on a visit.

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 Cochrane. 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.