The top of the Hillhurst market is renovated heritage homes and premium infills on the blocks near the river and Kensington, alongside a small number of larger apartment homes in the newer concrete buildings. What it trades on is walkability and position rather than land — this is a community where the premium attaches to being able to leave the car at home and still reach a restaurant, a river pathway and downtown on foot. several homes are listed at or above one million dollars here right now.
Very little of Calgary offers this combination: an established shopping and dining district in the middle of the community, the Bow River and Riley Park at the bottom of it, a pedestrian bridge to downtown, and two post-secondary institutions minutes away. At the upper end that produces carefully restored character homes on the tree-lined streets and architect-driven infills built to face the river or the downtown skyline from the higher ground. The best of the apartment stock competes at the same level in a different way, through concrete construction, secure titled parking and outlooks the character streets do not have.
On a restored character home, ask what was done, when, by whom and under what permits, and have the foundation, structure, wiring, plumbing, insulation, windows, roof and drainage assessed by someone used to older buildings. On a premium infill, ask about the builder and the remaining warranty. If an outlook is part of the price, confirm it from inside the home in more than one season and ask what could be built in front of it. And be honest with yourself about the district: Kensington Road, Memorial Drive and 10 Street carry traffic and evening activity, which is inseparable from the walkability you are paying for.
Measured over September 2025 to August 2026 from MLS® data, on 36 sales at or above one million dollars. These are historical figures for a stated window; the listing counts elsewhere on this page are read live.
36 of the 111 Hillhurst sales in the window cleared a million dollars.
Current $1M+ listings divided by the monthly pace of $1M+ sales. Under two months is a seller’s market, around three is balanced, past four gives buyers room.
The Hillhurst market as a whole ran 29 days over the same window, so the upper end moved faster than the community around it.
98.0% across the whole Hillhurst market. This is measured against the last asking price, so it understates what a seller gave up if the price was reduced on the way.
At this level buyers are usually paying for renovated heritage character homes, premium infill construction near Kensington and the river, river and downtown outlooks from the upper floors and the hill and walkability to Kensington and across the Peace Bridge.
The higher-priced streets and pockets include the Kensington district blocks around 10 Street NW and Kensington Road, the blocks nearest the Bow River, Riley Park and the Peace Bridge, the tree-lined character-home streets, the infill blocks where character homes have turned over and the northern and western blocks nearer SAIT and the university.
One million dollars and up, on any property type. It is a flat floor rather than a moving one, which has a consequence worth stating plainly in the inner city: a million dollars buys a new half duplex on one street and a large character house on the next, and in several of these communities it is close to the going rate rather than an extraordinary number. The figure is the figure; what it buys is what the rest of this page is about.
Nearby amenities include the Kensington shopping and dining district, Riley Park and its wading pool, the Bow River pathways and the Peace Bridge to downtown. Access is via Memorial Drive, 10 Street NW and Kensington Road NW.
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