Calgary Homes at 700 Square Feet and Up
Seven hundred square feet is the working size of a Calgary one-bedroom. Buyers at this size are single professionals and couples without children, downsizers who want to stop maintaining a yard, and investors who have learned that a well-laid-out one-bedroom rents faster than a badly laid-out two-bedroom.
Be aware of what this filter does and does not do. 700 sq ft is below most Calgary homes: 5,524 of the 6,069 active listings that report a size clear it, about 91.0%. Use it as a floor to exclude the very smallest units, then narrow with price, community and home type in the search above — or step up to 1,000+ sq ft for a tighter set.
What This Size Costs in Calgary
Across the 5,524 active Calgary listings at 700 square feet or larger on 16 September 2026, the median asking price was $589,900 and the median asking price per square foot was $395. The middle half of those listings sat between $410,000 and $795,000, and between $337 and $510 per square foot. Asking prices ran from $850 to $10,750,000.
Narrowing to the 700–999 sq ft slice — the 1,280 listings in that range and no larger — the median asking price was $335,000, the median size 862 sq ft, and the median asking price per square foot $390. That is the tighter answer to “what does a 700 sq ft home cost in Calgary”, because it strips out the much larger homes that the 700-and-up filter also returns.
- $589,900Median asking price
- $395Median per square foot
- 5,524Active listings at this size
- 27 daysMedian time on market
Price Per Square Foot Across the Size Ladder
Square footage is not priced evenly in Calgary. Between roughly 700 and 2,250 square feet the median asking price per square foot barely moves — it sits in the high $300s across every one of those bands. Above 2,250 it climbs steeply, because at that size you are paying for lot, location, view and finish rather than for floor area. That is the single most useful thing to understand before you decide whether to buy more space.
| Size floor | Active listings | Median asking price | Median $/sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500+ sq ft | 6,066 | $559,900 | $399 |
| 700+ sq ft | 5,524 | $589,900 | $395 |
| 1,000+ sq ft | 4,244 | $659,900 | $396 |
| 1,250+ sq ft | 3,167 | $725,000 | $388 |
| 1,500+ sq ft | 2,365 | $798,800 | $386 |
| 1,750+ sq ft | 1,734 | $864,450 | $392 |
| 2,000+ sq ft | 1,195 | $925,000 | $390 |
| 2,250+ sq ft | 756 | $1,099,900 | $421 |
| 3,000+ sq ft | 177 | $2,100,000 | $617 |
| 3,500+ sq ft | 67 | $3,250,000 | $727 |
| 4,000+ sq ft | 34 | $3,762,500 | $810 |
What Homes at This Size Actually Are
The 700–999 sq ft slice is where apartments meet the first stacked and row townhomes. You start to see a real second bedroom or a den worth the name, in-suite laundry as the norm rather than the exception, and balconies big enough for a table.
Of the 5,524 active listings at 700 square feet and above, 50% were detached houses. The rest broke down as Apartment 22%, Row/Townhouse 18%, Semi Detached (Half Duplex) 10%.
Where to Find Them in Calgary
The communities with the most active listings at this size on 16 September 2026 were Beltline (169); Saddle Ridge (138); Mahogany (108); Panorama Hills (91); Cranston (84); Seton (81). Inventory at a given size moves with new-phase releases in the newer communities and with turnover in the established ones, so this is a place to start a search, not a fixed ranking.
Buying at This Size — What We Tell Clients
Layout beats raw area at this size. A 760 sq ft unit with a proper entry, a galley kitchen and two separated bedrooms lives larger than an 880 sq ft unit built around a long dark hallway. Walk both before you decide the bigger number is the better home.
If you want to be told the moment a home at this size comes to market in a community you care about, we can set up a saved search that does exactly that — or you can book a call and we will walk through what is available now.