Fairview is an established SE Calgary community between Macleod Trail SE on the west and Blackfoot Trail SE on the east, with Glenmore Trail forming the north edge and Heritage Drive the south. Built form is squarely postwar — the average year of construction across its 1,258 assessed properties is 1959, putting Fairview in Calgary’s late-1950s and early-1960s bungalow belt alongside neighbouring postwar SE communities. Average lot size of 543 m² tracks the standard 50-foot postwar Calgary lot, and the inner-SE location places the community about 10 kilometres south of downtown via the Macleod Trail SE corridor. Property values have moved with Calgary’s broader cycle: the average assessed value sits at $687K, up 15.6% year-over-year and slightly ahead of the citywide assessment trend at +15.2%. Fairview’s spot in the postwar bungalow belt is part of the broader picture inside Calgary’s 219 community profiles.
What the data says
Property Values
Average assessed value of $687K — below the city average of $732K.
Value Trend
Property values grew 15.6% year-over-year, tracking the city average.
Lower Disorder Rate
49.5 events per 1,000 residents — below the city average of 53.5. A relatively quiet community.
Demographics
3,675 residents call Fairview home, with 28.8% aged 20-39.
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Property Values in Fairview
| Year | Year-End Assessment Roll | Properties | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $534,235 | 1,258 | — |
| 2024 | $566,033 | 1,258 | +6% |
| 2025 | $654,137 | 1,258 | +15.6% |
Why two numbers?
Assessment-roll averages in Fairview have climbed 22.4% over the last 3 years, from $534,235 in the 2023 roll to $654,137 in the 2025 roll. The Average Property Assessment in the snapshot above ($687K) 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 Fairview
Community Safety in Fairview
In 2024, Fairview recorded 182 disorder events — 49.5 events per 1,000 residents, below the city average of 53.5.
| Year | Events | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 224 | — |
| 2023 | 255 | +13.8% |
| 2024 | 180 | -29.4% |
| New methodology & data source (see note below) | ||
| 2024 | 182 | — |
| 2025† | 158 | — |
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 Fairview
Fairview's resident base sits squarely in the established-adult-with-some-kids pattern of Calgary's postwar bungalow belt. The 2021 census recorded 3,675 residents across the community, and the 40-to-64 share is the largest of any age band at 36% — the structural marker of a postwar community where the original 1960s buyers cycled out and a second wave of established-career and family households cycled in. The 20-to-39 share sits at 29% and the 0-to-19 share at 20%, with the 65-plus share at 15% reflecting some retained ownership from the earlier wave. The composition tracks what the postwar bungalow homes and inner-SE catchment schools would predict: established detached owners with school-age children rather than the renter-heavy young-adult skew of the inner-city walk-up belt. For a SE comparison set with a different age and density profile at a similar distance from downtown, the Albert Park / Radisson Heights profile is the closest reference point inside the same quadrant.
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Living in Fairview
Fairview reads as one of Calgary’s established postwar SE communities with the slow infill turnover that comes with sixty-plus years of build-out. The dominant built form is detached postwar bungalows on standard 50-foot lots — the 1959 average year built sits squarely in the late-1950s wave of SE Calgary development, and the canopy has had decades to fill in. Fairmount Drive SE runs through the community as the residential spine, and most of the street life sits on lower-traffic interior streets rather than on a commercial strip inside the community itself. The retail and food draw is on the Macleod Trail SE corridor immediately west, where Chinook Centre sits in the Chinook Park area just north of the boundary and carries the closest large-format retail node. Transit is Red Line CTrain access at Heritage Station on the south edge along Heritage Drive, putting downtown reachable in roughly 15 minutes by rail and 15 to 20 minutes by car off-peak via Macleod Trail. The southern boundary at Heritage Drive is also one of Calgary’s busiest signalised intersections on the Macleod Trail corridor, and rush-hour commute times stretch out considerably when the Heritage and Glenmore Trail interchanges back up. Most blocks here have the deep front yards and full mature canopy of a community that has had decades for the original landscaping to fill out, with the typical streetscape running detached single-family on standard postwar lot spacing. The postwar bungalow homes and the slow infill cadence place the community in the broader Calgary postwar bungalow belt — the Maple Ridge profile covers a SE-quadrant peer at a similar build era and value tier.
Things to do in Fairview
The day-to-day amenity layer leans on its schools, its interior park, and the Macleod Trail corridor immediately west. Fairview Park sits inside the community alongside the Fairview Community Association Hall and is the named interior greenspace where local programming and seasonal events run. Calgary Board of Education catchment seats are anchored by Fairview School at 7840 Fairmount Drive SE, a K-to-9 elementary and junior high inside the community, with Le Roi Daniels Elementary serving an additional CBE catchment in the wider area. West Island College, a private grade 5-to-12 school, sits inside the boundaries and draws students from across SE and SW Calgary. Beyond the residential interior, the Macleod Trail SE retail corridor handles daily-needs shopping — Chinook Centre is the closest large-format mall on the corridor, with the smaller Acadia and Heritage retail nodes covering closer-trip needs and a strip of restaurants and services running along Macleod Trail itself. Heritage Station on the Red Line at Heritage Drive sits on the south boundary, putting downtown trips on rail in roughly 15 minutes and adding Stampede grounds access during the ten-day July festival without a car. The Macleod Trail corridor and the Heritage Drive intersection mean the community is one of the more transit-and-retail accessible SE postwar pockets despite no walkable commercial strip inside its own footprint. For a comparable SE Calgary postwar community at a similar value tier, the Acadia profile covers the larger eastern neighbour, and the Glendale profile is the SW-quadrant variant of the same postwar bungalow template.
The Fairview real-estate read
Average assessed value of $687K places Fairview at a moderate SE Calgary entry point relative to the broader citywide average, with the 15.6% year-over-year run-up sitting slightly ahead of the city’s +14.0% trend across the same cycle. The historical curve in the Property Values section above tells the story: the average climbed from $534K in 2023 to $566K in 2024, then jumped to $654K in 2025 and on to the current $687K reading, with most of the recent gain landing in the last two assessment cycles. Building Activity is modest by SE standards — 81 new-construction permits since 2024 against zero demolitions, with the bulk of the building permits being smaller-scale work and 15 secondary-suite permits signalling that established owners are converting basement and laneway space for rental or family use. The 1959 average year built means the renovation pipeline is real even if it does not show as headline permits, and the standard 543 m² lot footprint is consistent with the postwar 50-foot pattern that has held its value through the broader Calgary cycle. The full assessed-value distribution is tight at the low end and runs to roughly $34M at the maximum, a single high-value outlier against a much narrower interquartile band — the typical detached owner is paying close to the $687K average rather than seeing a wide spread driven by luxury infill. For comparable SE Calgary value tiers with a similar mid-band entry point, the Douglasdale-Glen profile covers the 1990s SE riverside variant at a similar price, and the Mahogany profile shows the deep-SE master-planned megasuburb counterpoint with a newer build era at the same upper-mid band. For a closer SE comparison at the more established build era, the Auburn Bay profile shows the lake-community SE template at a higher value tier and a different demographic skew.
Common Questions About Fairview
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 Fairview?
The average assessed value in Fairview is $687K. The housing is dominated by postwar detached bungalows on standard 50-foot lots, with an average year built of 1959; values climbed from $534K in 2023 to $654K in 2025 before reaching the current reading, with most of the recent gain landing in the last two assessment cycles.
How is the Fairview real estate market?
Fairview's assessed values rose 15.6% year-over-year, slightly ahead of Calgary's broader +15.2% assessment trend. Building Activity is modest with 81 new-construction permits since 2024 and no demolitions, though 15 secondary-suite permits signal that established owners are converting basement and laneway space for rental or family use.
Is Fairview safe?
Fairview records 49.5 disorder events per 1,000 residents, essentially at Calgary's roughly 50-per-1,000 baseline — neither notably quieter nor busier than the city average. The disorder count fell 15.6% year-over-year in the latest data. The Safety section above shows the trend and how Fairview compares with its SE quadrant peers.
Is Fairview a good place to live?
Fairview suits established-adult and family households comfortable with postwar detached bungalow living, Red Line CTrain access at Heritage Station, and the Macleod Trail SE retail corridor a few blocks west. The trade-off is the rush-hour congestion at the Heritage Drive and Glenmore Trail interchanges, which stretches commute times noticeably during peak periods.
What is Fairview known for?
Fairview is one of Calgary's late-1950s SE postwar communities, sitting between Macleod Trail SE and Blackfoot Trail SE south of Glenmore Trail. It is recognised locally for its postwar bungalow homes on standard 50-foot lots, Fairview School and West Island College inside the boundaries, and Red Line CTrain access at Heritage Station on the south edge.
How far is Fairview from downtown Calgary?
Fairview is about 10 kilometres south of downtown Calgary via Macleod Trail SE. Driving time runs roughly 15 to 20 minutes off-peak and considerably longer at rush hour given the Heritage Drive and Glenmore Trail interchanges. Heritage Station on the Red Line at the south boundary puts downtown reachable in about 15 minutes by CTrain.
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