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Average Property Assessment
$539K
↓ Below city avg
YoY Value Change
+15.3%
≈ Near city avg
Properties
3,093
Permits Since 2024
235
Ogden Calgary is an established SE community with 1912 CPR-heritage roots, sitting on the west bank of the Bow River between Deerfoot Trail and the Canadian Pacific Ogden Shops industrial complex to the north. The community was named after I.G. Ogden, a former Canadian Pacific Railway vice-president, and the CP Rail connection is still material: in late 2012 CP Rail relocated its corporate head offices back to a new building inside the century-old Ogden rail yard. The average assessed value here sits at $539K — a bit under the citywide $731K — with values up 15.3% year-over-year against the citywide 15.2%. Ogden is part of Calgary’s 219 community profiles.
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Key Insights
What the data says
Property Values
Average assessed value of $539K — below the city average of $731K.
Value Trend
Property values grew 15.3% year-over-year, tracking the city average.
Lower Disorder Rate
54 events per 1,000 residents — below the city average of 59.1. A relatively quiet community.
Demographics
8,315 residents call Ogden home, with 27.8% aged 20-39.
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Property Data
Property Values in Ogden
Average Property Assessment
Pulled from the City of Calgary's live current-year assessment feed, using a broad aggregation across all residential parcels. Shown in the snapshot at the top of the page and in the "vs Calgary Average" card below.
Year-End Assessment Roll
Official year-end assessment roll for each year, using a narrower per-year methodology. Shown in the chart and table below. Authoritative for year-over-year trend comparisons.
| Year | Year-End Assessment Roll | Properties | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $412,741 | 3,084 | — |
| 2024 | $460,740 | 3,085 | +11.6% |
| 2025 | $531,110 | 3,092 | +15.3% |
vs Calgary Average
Ogden
$539K
City Average
$731K
-26.2% below city average
Why two numbers?
Assessment-roll averages in Ogden have climbed 28.7% over the last 3 years, from $412,741 in the 2023 roll to $531,110 in the 2025 roll. The Average Property Assessment in the snapshot above ($539K) 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.
Development
Building Activity in Ogden
87
New Construction
$14.5M invested
0
Renovations
$0 invested
22
Demolitions
$0 value
235
Total Permits
$23.9M total investment
Recent Permits
Latest building permits issued
The 10 most recently issued or completed building permits in this community. Sourced from the City of Calgary's Open Data portal. Some fields are blank when the city hasn't published them yet.
Address
Type
Est. cost
Date
Contractor / Applicant
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OGDEN RD SEResidential Improvement Project · New$39KOct 14, 2026CONTRIVE ENGINEERING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICE
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OGDEN RD SEResidential Improvement Project · New$39KOct 14, 2026CONTRIVE ENGINEERING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICE
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66 AV SEChange of Use - With Change to Site Plan—Oct 14, 2026URBAN SYSTEMS
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OGDEN DR SERelaxation - New - Accessory Building—Oct 14, 2026TOY BOX GARAGE
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18 ST SEResidential Improvement Project · New$56KOct 7, 2026C & J CONSTRUCTION
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GLENMORE CO SECommercial / Multi Family Project$2KOct 2, 2026PHOTON ELECTRIC
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OGDEN RD SECommercial / Multi Family Project$5KOct 2, 2026NOSE CREEK ELECTRICAL SERVICES
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21A ST SEResidential - Contextual Dwelling—Oct 2, 2026JOHN TRINH & ASSOCIATES
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GLENMORE CO SECommercial / Multi Family Project · Improvement$55KOct 1, 2026MEB COLLECTIVE
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66 AV SECommercial / Multi Family Project · New$1.1MOct 1, 2026SHINE HOMES/SHINYLIFE
Source: City of Calgary Open Data — Building Permits (c2es-76ed). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
Just Opened
Just opened in Ogden
New business licences issued in this community in the last 90 days. Renewals and home-based licences are excluded.
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Pets & AnimalsAug 13, 2026
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Retail & ShoppingJul 28, 2026
Source: City of Calgary Open Data — Business Licences (vdjc-pybd). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
Zoning
Rezoning Watch in Ogden
Miscellaneous
LOC2026-0129
R-C2
M-CG
Under Review
LOC2026-0108
R-C2
R-CG
TRICOR DESIGN GROUP
Under Review
LOC2025-0241
TRICOR DESIGN GROUP
Under Review
LOC2025-0207
GLOBAL DESIGN
Under Review
LOC2025-0173
HORIZON LAND SURVEYS
Show all 9 pending applications
Under Review
LOC2025-0174
HORIZON LAND SURVEYS
Under Review
LOC2025-0042
KTRAN DESIGN AND DRAFTING
Submitted
LOC2024-0143
DC
M-H1
Miscellaneous
LOC2009-0001
DC, R-C2 +3 more
S-R, S-CRI
BROWN & ASSOCIATES PLANNING GROUP
Recently closed (last 12 months)
- Approved — —
- Approved — —
- Approved — —
- Approved — —
- Approved R-CG R-CG
Source: Calgary Open Data Land Use Redesignations (33vi-ew4s) and Development / Building Permits. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
Housing
Housing Supply Pipeline in Ogden
47
Permitted
units, last 12 months
47
Under Construction
units, open permits
23
Completed
units, last 12 months
Active vs 12mo permitted
100%
12mo completion pace
48.9%
Monthly permitted units
Nov 2025
Oct 2026
Housing-unit counts sum housing_units across issued Development + Building Permits. Excludes non-residential permits. Source: Calgary Open Data. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
Quality
Recent Inspection Activity
6
Inspections
Last 30 days
100%
Pass Rate
6 of 6 passed
Issues by inspection stage
- Final 1 flag
- Framing 1 flag
Recent inspection notes
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Correct noted deficiencies. No further building inspections are required. Complete handrails to basement.
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NBC AE Division B 9.19.1.1. Required Venting Roof venting Required.
Classification follows the site's Contractor Inspection Record Methodology. Source: Calgary Open Data building / electrical / plumbing inspection records. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
Safety
Community Safety in Ogden
In 2025, Ogden recorded 449 disorder events — 54 events per 1,000 residents, below the city average of 59.1.
| Year | Events | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 712 | — |
| 2021 | 500 | -29.8% |
| 2022 | 418 | -16.4% |
| 2023 | 498 | +19.1% |
| 2024 | 372 | -25.3% |
| 2025 | 449 | +20.7% |
| 2026† | 343 | — |
† Partial year — coverage limited to months published by CPS to date.
Disorder Rate Comparison (2025)
Events per 1,000 residents
Demographics
Who Lives in Ogden
19.4%
Ages 0–19
1,615 residents
27.8%
Ages 20–39
2,310 residents
36.5%
Ages 40–64
3,035 residents
16.3%
Ages 65+
1,355 residents
Ogden holds 8,315 residents across 3,093 properties, and the age distribution skews older than most SE Calgary communities. Kids and teens under 19 come in at roughly 1,615, and the 20-to-39 band is 2,310 — a middling working-age share. But the biggest single group is the 40-to-64 band at 3,035, and residents 65 or older sit near 1,355 people, about 16% of the community. That combination reads on the ground as a community where a real share of buyers arrived decades ago and never left, alongside newer buyers picking up the older detached homes as they come up for sale. The community's total population is down from 8,702 in the 2012 municipal census, so Ogden is one of the SE communities where the count is drifting slowly rather than growing. The community's employment character is quietly shifting too — CP Rail's move back to its Ogden yard in 2012 for a new corporate headquarters brought office jobs back to the community alongside the older railway working base. For a similar established SE community with a comparable age profile, the Acadia profile is the closest reference.
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Living in Ogden
Ogden reads as one of Calgary’s oldest SE working-class communities at street level. Bounded by Glenmore Trail on the south, Deerfoot Trail and the Bow River on the west, and the CPR tracks and Ogden Shops industrial areas on the north and east, it’s a small community by area — about 1.6 square kilometres — packed onto the river bench above the Bow. Housing spans nearly a century: post-1912 originals, postwar bungalows, 1970s ranchers, and a real share of infill and secondary-suite conversions across the older lots. Two sub-communities sit inside the boundary: Lynnwood and Millican Estates. There’s no LRT inside Ogden; the future Green Line is planned to run down 8 Street SE but is not yet built. Buses feed the wider SE transit network and connect residents to the Red Line’s south leg and the Blue Line’s east leg from adjacent communities. The Bow River pathway runs the length of the western edge — a rare feature for a working-class inner-SE community — and the industrial-heritage backdrop of the Ogden Shops on the east and north sides gives the community a specific visual character (brick, steel, rail lines) most Calgary residential neighbourhoods don’t share. For a similar inner-SE community with a comparable age profile, the Albert Park / Radisson Heights profile is the closest reference across 17 Avenue SE.
Things to do in Ogden
Ogden’s most distinctive amenity is the Bow River along its western edge — pathway access, river views, and the visual contrast with the CPR industrial complex east form a working-river backdrop few SE communities share. The Ogden Off Leash Dog Park sits inside the community and is a well-used spot for residents with dogs. Day-to-day retail is thin inside Ogden itself; residents drive out to Chinook Centre a few minutes northwest via Glenmore Trail, or to the Greater Forest Lawn commercial strip along 17 Avenue SE for grocery, restaurants, and specialty retail. Schools are Banting & Best Elementary and Sherwood Community School on the public side under the Calgary Board of Education, plus St. Bernadette Elementary on the Catholic side under the Calgary Catholic School District. The Ogden Royal Legion — a long-standing community landmark — was damaged in a fire in October 2025 and is scheduled for demolition in 2026; the building’s absence is a real change to the streetscape residents notice. Any specific business inside Ogden itself is easiest to find through the Ogden business directory, which pulls current City of Calgary business-licence records for the community.
The Ogden real-estate read
Ogden’s average assessed value sits at $539K, slightly below the citywide $731K — a reflection of the older housing and inner-SE working-class character. Values rose 15.3% year-over-year against the citywide 15.2%, meaning Ogden is riding the same recent Calgary appreciation as the rest of the city. Building activity is meaningful: 235 permits filed since 2024, including active new-construction and demolition permits that show the postwar homes is being refreshed one lot at a time — a slow teardown-and-rebuild pattern typical of inner-SE communities where the land is worth more than the older houses sitting on it. The property values panel above shows the current distribution. On safety, disorder runs at 54 events per 1,000 residents — below the citywide baseline of 59 per 1,000 — and the direction is rose compared with the year before, one of the sharper year-over-year improvements in inner-SE Calgary. The declining disorder count lines up with visible signs of investment in the older postwar homes — new roofs, new fences, new garages showing up on blocks that hadn’t seen that level of upkeep in decades. For a similar-value SE community for reference, the Shawnessy profile is the closest match on price; for a different SE community at a comparable price point, the Deer Ridge profile is the closest inner-south reference.
FAQ
Common Questions About Ogden
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 Ogden?
The average assessed value in Ogden Calgary is $539K, slightly below the citywide average of $731K. Most of the housing is postwar bungalows, 1970s ranchers, and post-1912 originals across a mix of lot sizes, with active infill and secondary-suite work on the older properties.
How is the Ogden real estate market?
Ogden's assessed values rose 15.3% year-over-year against the citywide 15.2%, meaning Ogden is riding the same appreciation as the rest of the city. 235 permits filed since 2024, including demolition and new-construction, point to a slow teardown-and-rebuild pattern across the postwar homes.
Is Ogden safe?
Ogden records 54 disorder events per 1,000 residents, below the citywide baseline of 59 per 1,000, and the year-over-year direction is rose — one of the sharper improvements in inner-SE Calgary. The Safety section above shows current Calgary Police Service counts.
Are there schools in Ogden?
Yes. Ogden is served by Banting & Best Elementary and Sherwood Community School under the Calgary Board of Education, plus St. Bernadette Elementary under the Calgary Catholic School District. Older students in higher grades typically continue in the wider Greater Forest Lawn and Willow Park catchments north and south.
Are there parks in Ogden?
The community's biggest green amenity is the Bow River along its western edge — pathway access, river views, and the CPR industrial backdrop east form a distinctive working-river setting. The Ogden Off Leash Dog Park sits inside the community and is a well-used spot for residents with dogs.
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