Chaparral
Chaparral is a SE Calgary master-planned lake community bounded by Stoney Trail on the north, the Bow River valley on the east, 194 Avenue SE on the south, and Macleod Trail on the west. Established in 1995, it sits in the mid-1990s SE master-planned build wave and today spans 4,430 assessed properties and 12,500 residents at the 2021 census, with an average year of construction across the housing of 2003. The structural feature is Lake Chaparral, a 32-acre developer-built freshwater lake at the centre of the community operated as an HOA amenity, alongside a 21-acre park with two waterfalls that anchors the interior park network. Built form runs the master-planned megasuburb mix — detached single-family across the interior on standard master-planned lots, attached townhomes on the higher-density collector blocks, and a small share of estate-scale lots along the Bow valley bluff on the east edge. Average assessed value sits at $677K, up 15.2% year-over-year and slightly ahead of the broader citywide assessment trend at +15.2%. The 11.3 disorder events per 1,000 residents work out to well below the citywide baseline of roughly 50 per 1,000, marking Chaparral as one of the notably quiet SE Calgary communities. The community’s spot in the lake-community and master-planned-megasuburb cluster is part of the wider picture inside Calgary’s 219 community profiles.
What the data says
Property Values
Average assessed value of $677K — below the city average of $732K.
Value Trend
Property values grew 15.2% year-over-year, tracking the city average.
Lower Disorder Rate
11.3 events per 1,000 residents — below the city average of 53.5. A relatively quiet community.
Demographics
12,500 residents call Chaparral home, with 21.4% aged 20-39.
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Property Values in Chaparral
| Year | Year-End Assessment Roll | Properties | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $540,065 | 4,416 | — |
| 2024 | $593,584 | 4,429 | +9.9% |
| 2025 | $683,766 | 4,416 | +15.2% |
Why two numbers?
Assessment-roll averages in Chaparral have climbed 26.6% over the last 3 years, from $540,065 in the 2023 roll to $683,766 in the 2025 roll. The Average Property Assessment in the snapshot above ($677K) is drawn from the live current-year assessment feed, which uses a broader aggregation than the year-specific rolls in the table — small differences between the two are normal.
Building Activity in Chaparral
Community Safety in Chaparral
In 2024, Chaparral recorded 141 disorder events — 11.3 events per 1,000 residents, below the city average of 53.5.
| Year | Events | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 163 | — |
| 2023 | 159 | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 138 | -13.2% |
| New methodology & data source (see note below) | ||
| 2024 | 141 | — |
| 2025† | 102 | — |
CPS revised how disorder events are counted in 2024 and moved to a new data source. Pre-2024 numbers reflect the older definition and aren't directly comparable to 2024-onward.
† Partial year — coverage limited to months published by CPS to date.
Who Lives in Chaparral
Chaparral's resident base skews strongly family-formation, and the lake-and-school-anchored master-planned template is the structural reason. The 2021 census recorded 12,500 residents, and the 40-to-64 share is the largest of any age band at 38%, with the 0-to-19 share at 31% close behind. The 20-to-39 share sits at 21% and the 65-plus share at only 10%, well below the citywide average and consistent with a community that entered its first-ownership cycle in the late 1990s and early 2000s and has not yet accumulated a meaningful longer-tenure retirement layer. The composition tracks what a school-anchored, lake-and-park-adjacent master-planned SE community with a mix of detached and attached homes would predict: established-career and family households cycling through the larger detached lots. For a SE Calgary comparison at a similar family-formation demographic with an older inner-SE built form, the Applewood Park profile is the closest reference point inside the same quadrant.
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Living in Chaparral
Chaparral reads as one of SE Calgary’s mid-1990s-through-2000s master-planned lake communities at the fully-built-out steady-state stage. The structural anchor is Lake Chaparral at the community’s centre, a 32-acre developer-built freshwater lake operated by the community’s residents’ association as a private HOA amenity rather than a public park. Lake access is the lifestyle pitch the community sells: kayaking and paddleboarding through the summer, ice skating and outdoor hockey through the winter, and residents’ beach access at the Beach Club on the lake shore. Built form runs the full SE master-planned megasuburb mix — detached single-family across most of the interior, attached townhomes and rowhomes concentrated on the collector-street blocks, and estate-scale lots along the Bow valley bluff on the east side of the community. Chaparral Valley and Chaparral Ridge along the Bow bluff carry the pathway network connecting the community into the wider SE Bow River valley pathway system, and a 21-acre park with two waterfalls inside the community adds another named greenspace to the interior. Transit is bus-served with no LRT inside the community; the closest existing rail option is the Red Line at Somerset-Bridlewood Station across Macleod Trail to the west. Retail draws on Macleod Trail’s Shawnessy commercial corridor immediately west. The lake and build era place Chaparral in the broader lake-community and master-planned megasuburb cluster — for the SE-quadrant lake-community variant at a comparable value tier and later build era, see the Mahogany profile.
Things to do in Chaparral
The day-to-day amenity layer leans on Lake Chaparral, the Bow River valley pathway system, and the surrounding SE Calgary retail nodes. Lake Chaparral itself is the defining feature, with a beach, swim area, and pathway loop around the shoreline accessible to residents through the HOA. The 21-acre park with two waterfalls inside the community adds another anchor greenspace and connects into the interior pathway loop, and the Bow River valley pathway system reachable via Chaparral Valley and Chaparral Ridge along the east edge connects the community south toward Fish Creek Provincial Park and north through the wider SE Bow valley network. Schools inside the community include Chaparral Elementary under the Calgary Board of Education catchment and Saint Sebastian Elementary under the Calgary Catholic School District catchment, covering the primary catchment inside the boundaries. Beyond the community, the Shawnessy commercial corridor along Macleod Trail immediately west carries the closest large-format retail cluster with grocery, big-box stores, restaurants, and services. For a directly adjacent SE Calgary lake-community neighbour at a similar era with a Hopewell-era build template, the Auburn Bay profile covers the northern peer, and the Cranston profile shows the master-planned SE variant at a similar value tier with a different amenity mix.
The Chaparral real-estate read
Average assessed value of $677K places Chaparral in the moderate-to-upper band of SE Calgary master-planned value tiers, with the 15.2% year-over-year run-up slightly ahead of Calgary’s broader +15.2% assessment trend. The historical curve in the Property Values section above shows the path: the average climbed from $540K in 2023 to $594K in 2024, then to $684K in 2025 before settling at the current $675K reading, with most of the recent gain landing in the last two assessment cycles as the master-planned detached homes repriced through the broader market run-up. Building Activity is modest for a community of this size — 166 new-construction permits since 2024 sit alongside zero demolitions and 7 secondary-suite permits, signalling the community is essentially built out and cycles through steady-state ownership turnover rather than active infill. For a comparable SE Calgary value tier at a similar master-planned pattern with a different amenity setup, the Douglasdale-Glen profile covers the 1990s SE riverside variant at a similar entry point, the Acadia profile rounds out the inner-SE postwar reference set at a lower value tier, and the Albert Park / Radisson Heights profile shows the older inner-SE alternative at a fundamentally different built form and price band.
Common Questions About Chaparral
Why are there two average values on this page?
The page shows two related but distinct figures because they come from two different official City of Calgary datasets with different aggregation methods. The Average Property Assessment (in the snapshot at the top of the page and in the "vs Calgary Average" card) is drawn from the City's live current-year assessment feed, using a broad aggregation across all residential parcels. The Year-End Assessment Roll figures in the Property Values chart and table below come from a separate dataset that captures each year's official year-end roll, using a narrower per-year methodology. Both are official data — the small difference between them is normal and reflects the different aggregation windows. For an at-a-glance current value, use the Average Property Assessment; for authoritative year-over-year trends, use the Assessment Roll.
What's the average house price in Chaparral?
The average assessed value in Chaparral is $677K. The housing is dominated by post-1995 detached single-family with attached townhomes on collector blocks and estate-scale lots along the Bow valley bluff; values climbed from $540K in 2023 to $684K in 2025 before settling at the current reading, with most of the gain in the last two cycles.
How is the Chaparral real estate market?
Chaparral's assessed values rose 15.2% year-over-year, slightly ahead of Calgary's broader +15.2% assessment trend. Building Activity is modest with 166 new-construction permits since 2024, zero demolitions, and 7 secondary-suite permits — the community is essentially built out and now cycles through steady-state ownership turnover rather than active infill.
Is Chaparral safe?
Chaparral records 11.3 disorder events per 1,000 residents, well below Calgary's roughly 50-per-1,000 baseline — one of the notably quiet SE Calgary communities. The latest count fell 15.2% year-over-year. The Safety section above shows the trend and how Chaparral compares with its SE quadrant peers and the citywide baseline.
Is Chaparral a good place to live?
Chaparral suits family-formation households drawn by Lake Chaparral at the community's centre, the 21-acre park with two waterfalls inside the community, and Bow River valley pathway access via Chaparral Ridge. The trade-off is bus-served transit only — Somerset-Bridlewood Station on the Red Line across Macleod Trail is the closest existing rail option.
What is Chaparral known for?
Chaparral is known for its 32-acre developer-built Lake Chaparral at the community's centre, a 21-acre park with two waterfalls inside the community, and the Chaparral Valley and Chaparral Ridge pathway connections into the Bow River valley on the east side. It is one of Calgary's mid-1990s SE master-planned lake communities.
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