Community guides
South Calgary, community by community
Schools, amenities, boundaries and live listings for the south-end communities I know best — written by someone who lives here.
SEEst. 2005Auburn BayA lake community next door to the South Health Campus.SWEst. 1997BridlewoodA southwest community beside the Bridlewood Creek wetland, south of Evergreen.SWEst. 1963Canyon MeadowsAn established 1960s–70s community on the bluffs above Fish Creek Park, with CTrain along Macleod Trail.SEEst. 1995ChaparralA lake community above the Bow River valley, south of Stoney Trail.SEEst. 2002CopperfieldBetween New Brighton and Stoney Trail, with public and Catholic schools inside the community.SEEst. 1999CranstonRidge views over Fish Creek and the Bow River, with Century Hall at its centre.SEEst. 1978Deer RidgeA late-1970s community between Bow Bottom Trail and the Bow River escarpment, with Fish Creek Park to the east.SEEst. 1978Deer RunA late-1970s community in a bend of the Bow River, bordered on two sides by Fish Creek Park.SEEst. 1989Diamond CoveA small estate community of about 260 detached homes beside the Bow River.SEEst. 1986Douglasdale/GlenOn the east bank of the Bow River, with a public golf course and bridges across to Fish Creek Park.SWEst. 1986EvergreenA large southwest community on the edge of Fish Creek Provincial Park.SEEst. 1968Lake BonavistaCalgary’s original lake community, built from 1968 around a 52-acre lake south of Anderson Road.SELegacyEscarpment views, a big environmental reserve, and shopping on the doorstep.SEEst. 2007MahoganyCalgary’s largest lake community, with beaches, wetlands and an urban village.SEEst. 1982McKenzie LakeAn established community between Fish Creek Park and Deerfoot Trail.SEEst. 1995McKenzie TowneWalkable, front-porch neighbourhoods — including Inverness — around High Street.SEEst. 1977MidnaporeA lake community wrapped by Fish Creek Provincial Park, built around the 30-acre Lake Midnapore.SWEst. 1982MillriseJust south of Fish Creek Park, with the CTrain and Shawnessy shopping nearby.SENew BrightonA private residents’ club and a Bell Tower landmark, just off 52 Street SE.SEEst. 1974ParklandA 1970s neighbourhood on the edge of Fish Creek Provincial Park, with its own residents’ park.SEEst. 1973QueenslandAn established 1970s neighbourhood above the Bow River, with Fish Creek Park along its east side.SERangeviewA new “garden-to-table” community near Seton and Mahogany.SEEst. 2018SetonThe south end’s urban district: hospital, YMCA, library and shops in one place.SWEst. 1981ShawnessyAn established southwest community next to Shawnessy Town Centre and the CTrain.SWEst. 2005SilveradoA 2000s community on Calgary’s southern edge, next to the Spruce Meadows equestrian grounds.SWEst. 1995SomersetCTrain access on the doorstep at the south end of the Red Line.SEEst. 1982SundanceAn established lake community beside Fish Creek Provincial Park.SEEst. 2007WaldenNewer homes on Calgary’s southern edge, next to the Bow River valley.SWEst. 1979WoodbineA mature southwest community on the edge of Fish Creek Provincial Park.