Montgomery

Living in Montgomery

At street level, Montgomery is a small pre-amalgamation community in the middle of a rebuild boom. The assessment roll shows an average year built of 1989, but that number keeps sliding forward as older houses come down and new ones go up. The community is compact — the river bend on the south and west and Shaganappi Trail on the east keep it from spreading — so redevelopment happens block-by-block rather than in a subdivision push. Walk one street and you’ll see original 1960s and 70s detached homes still standing next to newly finished semi-detached pairs, with lots mid-teardown or mid-frame in between. The Bow River pathway runs along the community’s south and west edges, which gives Montgomery direct river-valley access that neighbours like Varsity and Brentwood don’t have. Bowness Road NW runs east-west through the community as a main-street collector with small local retail rather than big-box arterial retail. Shaganappi Trail on the east side connects north to Market Mall and the wider NW retail catchment along 32 Avenue NW. There’s no LRT station inside Montgomery — the nearest Red Line stops are east across the Shaganappi Trail/University axis — so most people drive. For a community across the river to the west, the Bowness profile is the closest match.

Things to do in Montgomery

Montgomery’s day-to-day amenities lean on the Bow River corridor and a small handful of nearby anchors. The Bow River pathway along the south and west edges is the biggest draw — cyclists and walkers can pick up the wider inner-NW pathway network without leaving the community, and Montgomery has more river frontage than most inner-NW neighbourhoods this size. Market Mall sits right at the north boundary along 32 Avenue NW, which puts a regional shopping centre with department stores and specialty retail effectively at the community’s doorstep. Alberta Children’s Hospital is nearby and gives the area a health-services employment anchor. Bowness Road NW runs through the community as a low-key main street with small independent businesses rather than a chain-store strip — coffee shops, restaurants, and services that fit the small-community feel. Schools serving Montgomery are Terrace Road Elementary under the Calgary Board of Education, alongside Foundations for the Future Charter School, which occupies the old Montgomery Junior High building. That’s a much smaller school roster than a bigger NW community, but it fits Montgomery’s 1,873-property footprint. Buyers typically compare Montgomery against Bowness across the Bow River or Brentwood to the north-east across Shaganappi Trail.

The Montgomery real-estate read

Montgomery’s average assessed value of $730K is about 5% below the citywide average of $732K, which puts it in the mid-band NW range. That average hides a lot, though — the spread is wide. Two houses on adjacent lots can carry very different assessments depending on whether the older one has been through the rebuild cycle yet. A pre-1963 detached home on a small lot might sit at one number, and the semi-detached pair that replaced its neighbour might sit meaningfully higher. That makes the community-scale average a rougher signal than it would be in a subdivision where every house was built in the same year. The 15.4% year-over-year climb is just above the citywide 15.2% swing, and the reason is the rebuild pace — every new build pulled the roll higher. Building activity is heavy for the community’s size: 261 new-construction permits since 2024 alongside 60 demolition permits across 251 total permits on a 1,873-property base. Per-property, that’s among the highest teardown rates in the inner NW, and it’s the single most defining thing about Montgomery today. The Property Values section above breaks down what homes cost across the 1,875 properties. Buyers weighing Montgomery typically also look at Bowness across the Bow River, which is going through a similar rebuild cycle, or Highland Park further east.