| Quadrant | Active listings | Median asking, all types | Median asking, detached only | Avg $/sq ft, detached | Median days on market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NorthwestNW addresses | — | — | — | — | — |
| NortheastNE addresses | — | — | — | — | — |
| SouthwestSW addresses | — | — | — | — | — |
| SoutheastSE addresses | — | — | — | — | — |
Pulled live from the Calgary MLS® feed each time this page loads — nothing here is typed in by hand. The two median columns are deliberately separate: the all-types figure counts a different mix of apartments, townhouses and houses in each quadrant, so only the detached column compares like with like. Individual sold prices and full property history are governed by MLS® Virtual Office Website rules — create a free account to see them per property.
Read the two median columns separately
The all-types median and the detached median answer different questions, and mixing them up is the single most common error in a quadrant comparison. A quadrant with a large apartment and townhouse inventory shows a low blended median even where its houses are expensive. That is not a discount — it is a different basket of housing being counted.
The blended medians can sit almost on top of each other while the detached medians are far apart. If you are buying a house, only the detached column tells you anything.
Why some stock costs less
Where housing is cheaper in Calgary, it is cheaper for reasons you can name and check:
- Build era. A well-kept 1978 bungalow costs less than a 2019 two-storey of the same size, because the buyer is taking on the roof, furnace, windows and kitchen. Quadrants holding more 1960s to 1980s stock read cheaper for that reason alone.
- Density and housing type. More apartments and townhouses in the mix means a lower blended median. An apartment in any quadrant costs less than a detached house in any quadrant — property type moves the number far more than the compass does.
- Distance from centre. Land costs less further out, in every direction. Some of that saving is spent again on fuel and time.
- Lot size and frontage. Narrower lots and smaller footprints price lower, whatever the era.
Every quadrant in Calgary has an entry point and every quadrant has expensive streets. The quadrant is not the unit of affordability — the community and the property type are.
Price is not the same as cost
A cheaper purchase price with a large monthly condo fee, an annual lake or homeowners’ association fee, ageing mechanical systems and a longer commute is not necessarily cheaper to live in. Before you compare two quadrants, compare two full monthly carrying costs — and note that Alberta charges no land transfer tax, which is a real advantage on the buy side regardless of where in the city you land.
See what specific budgets buy: $500,000 · $600,000 · $700,000. And read how the quadrant system works before you set a search area.