South Calgary community guides
Southeast Calgary
Mahogany
Mahogany is a master planned lake community in southeast Calgary, built around a 63 acre freshwater lake with private beaches, wetlands and a village style shopping area. Homes are newer, and Seton and the South Health Campus are next door.
Read the guide →Auburn Bay
Auburn Bay is a southeast Calgary lake community established in 2005, next to Seton and the South Health Campus. It has a private freshwater lake, a residents' facility called Auburn House, and a big network of parks and pathways.
Read the guide →McKenzie Towne
McKenzie Towne is a southeast Calgary community designed to feel like a small town, with a walkable street grid, front porches and its own High Street. It was built from the late 1990s and has four areas: Prestwick, Elgin, Inverness and the High Street district.
Read the guide →McKenzie Lake
McKenzie Lake is an established southeast lake community built mostly in the late 1980s and 1990s, beside Fish Creek Provincial Park and the Bow River. It has a 43 acre private lake, ridge homes with views and mature trees.
Read the guide →Cranston
Cranston is a large southeast community started in 1999, with Upper Cranston on the escarpment and Cranston Riverstone down in the Bow River valley. It has close to 21,000 residents and Seton's shops and hospital next door.
Read the guide →Seton
Seton is southeast Calgary's urban hub, home to the South Health Campus, one of the largest YMCAs in the world, a public library, a cinema and plenty of shops and restaurants. Housing is newer and still growing.
Read the guide →New Brighton
New Brighton is a family focused southeast community started around 2002, with a residents' club, a 20 acre central park and a 12 acre pond.
Read the guide →Copperfield
Copperfield is a southeast community that grew quickly after 2002, with about 4,000 homes, lots of parks and ponds, and easy access to Stoney Trail and South Trail Crossing.
Read the guide →Douglasdale
Douglasdale is an established southeast community from 1986, on the east bank of the Bow River, with a golf course winding through it and Fish Creek Provincial Park next door.
Read the guide →Quarry Park
Quarry Park is a live, work and play community built on a former gravel pit along the Bow River, with homes, offices, shops, a YMCA and a 50 acre nature reserve.
Read the guide →Inverness (McKenzie Towne)
Inverness is one of the four areas of McKenzie Towne, with traditional style homes, front porches and narrow walkable streets.
Read the guide →Legacy
Legacy is a growing community on Calgary's southern edge, with a 300 acre environmental reserve, about 15 km of pathways and a dozen playgrounds.
Read the guide →Wolf Willow
Wolf Willow is one of Calgary's newest communities, along the Bow River valley south of Stoney Trail, with parks, pathways, a dog park and two planned school sites.
Read the guide →Riverbend
Riverbend is an established southeast community from 1982 along the Bow River, with mature trees, parks and a pedestrian bridge to the river pathways.
Read the guide →Deer Run
Deer Run is a quiet southeast community from 1978, tucked into a bend of the Bow River and bordered by Fish Creek Provincial Park.
Read the guide →Lake Bonavista
Lake Bonavista, started in 1967, was the first community in Canada built around a man made lake. It's a mature southeast community with lake privileges, big trees and its own shopping promenade.
Read the guide →Sundance
Sundance is a south Calgary lake community from the 1980s, built around the 33 acre Lake Sundance and bordering Fish Creek Provincial Park.
Read the guide →Chaparral
Chaparral is a south Calgary lake community started in 1995, with a 32 acre private lake and a 21 acre park with waterfalls.
Read the guide →Walden
Walden is a south Calgary community started in 2008, known for green design, parks and 7 km of trails around Walden Pond.
Read the guide →Parkland
Parkland is a mature south Calgary community from the 1970s, wrapped by Fish Creek Provincial Park on two sides, with big lots and lots of trees.
Read the guide →Southwest Calgary
Silverado
Silverado is a southwest community started in 2005, right beside Spruce Meadows, with newer homes and easy access to Stoney Trail.
Read the guide →Belmont
Belmont is a new southwest community started in 2018, with new homes from several builders and plans for schools, a recreation centre, library and future transit.
Read the guide →Shawnessy
Shawnessy is an established southwest community from 1981, next to Fish Creek Park and Shawnessy Town Centre, one of south Calgary's main shopping areas.
Read the guide →Evergreen
Evergreen is a southwest community south of Fish Creek Park, with the older Evergreen Estates area and newer phases, close to the mountains via Stoney Trail.
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