Shepard Industrial
Shepard Industrial Calgary is a large SE industrial community on the outer eastern edge of Calgary — 4.2 km² of predominantly industrial land use with a very small residential pocket in the northwest corner. The residential base holds 265 residents across 19 properties on the assessment roll’s residential portion — the smallest per-community residential population on any Calgary neighbourhood page. Average assessed value for the residential portion runs at $916K against the citywide $732K, reflecting the community’s mix of single-family detached homes and mobile-home-park addresses on the residential NW-corner pocket. The community’s average build year sits around , reflecting the older residential pocket alongside the wider industrial base. Shepard Industrial is part of Calgary’s 219 community profiles.
What the data says
Property Values
Average assessed value of $916K — above the city average of $732K.
Slower Growth
Year-over-year growth of 0% trails the city average of 15.2%.
Higher Activity
577.4 disorder events per 1,000 residents, above the city average of 53.5.
Established Community
20.8% of residents are 65+, indicating a mature, established neighbourhood.
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Property Values in Shepard Industrial
| Year | Year-End Assessment Roll | Properties | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $794,800 | 20 | — |
| 2024 | $834,675 | 20 | +5% |
| 2025 | $911,289 | 19 | +9.2% |
Why two numbers?
Assessment-roll averages in Shepard Industrial have climbed 14.7% over the last 3 years, from $794,800 in the 2023 roll to $911,289 in the 2025 roll. The Average Property Assessment in the snapshot above ($916K) 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 Shepard Industrial
Community Safety in Shepard Industrial
In 2024, Shepard Industrial recorded 153 disorder events — 577.4 events per 1,000 residents, above the city average of 53.5.
| Year | Events | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 139 | — |
| 2023 | 130 | -6.5% |
| 2024 | 138 | +6.2% |
| New methodology & data source (see note below) | ||
| 2024 | 153 | — |
| 2025† | 101 | — |
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 Shepard Industrial
Shepard Industrial's residential population is very small — only 265 residents live inside the community across 19 residential properties on the current assessment roll. The small residential base reflects the community's predominantly industrial land-use pattern — warehousing, logistics, and industrial-park addresses take up almost all of the 4.2 km² community footprint, leaving only the northwest corner residential pocket with single-family detached homes and mobile-home-park addresses. The daytime workforce inside the community is many times the overnight residential population as workers commute in from across the metro region to the industrial employers, and the resident base is largely long-tenured households in the small NW-corner pocket rather than newcomers.
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Living in Shepard Industrial
Housing in Shepard Industrial’s tiny residential pocket is a mix of single-family detached homes and mobile-home-park addresses concentrated in the community’s northwest corner. The wider 4.2 km² community footprint is predominantly industrial land use — warehousing, logistics, light manufacturing, and industrial-park addresses make up almost all of the community’s built form, giving it one of the lowest population densities of any Calgary community at roughly 60 residents per square kilometre. The community is more commonly known by the informal names “Shepard” or “South Hill” among longer-tenured residents. Deerfoot Trail runs along the community’s western side as the primary freeway connector into the wider SE and NE Calgary road network, and the industrial-park street grid inside the community is laid out for truck and light-industrial vehicle traffic rather than for residential foot traffic. There is no CTrain station inside; the community is served by feeder buses from the wider SE transit network, and residents rely primarily on personal vehicles for daily travel given the industrial character of the surrounding land use. The community shares its name with the historical hamlet of Shepard on the eastern outer edge of the metro region, and both names remain in use across the wider SE-industrial land parcel and the adjacent rural land beyond Calgary’s boundary. For a same-batch peer community immediately southwest along the Bow River corridor, the Douglasdale/Glen profile is the direct SW neighbour with a much larger residential population and a similar Bow-River-adjacent character.
Things to do in Shepard Industrial
Things to do inside Shepard Industrial are limited by the industrial land-use pattern — the community is oriented around industrial-park addresses, warehousing, and logistics activity rather than around residential amenities. Residents lean heavily on retail and services in neighbouring shipped-out communities to the southwest along the Bow River corridor and to the south along the wider SE new-build corridor. The Riverbend profile covers the direct SW peer along the Bow River corridor with its established retail and services network. Deerfoot Trail on the west side connects north into the wider SE and central Calgary retail networks. Any specific business inside or near the community — including the many industrial-park addresses — is easiest to find through the Shepard Industrial business directory, which pulls current City of Calgary business-licence records. Because the community’s built form is predominantly industrial rather than retail-oriented, the directory reflects the industrial-park character of the wider community — warehousing, logistics, light-manufacturing, and trades-services addresses take up most of the community’s business layer rather than restaurants or retail plazas typical of residential communities.
The Shepard Industrial real-estate read
Shepard Industrial’s average assessed value for the residential portion sits at $916K against the citywide $732K, reflecting the community’s mixed detached and mobile-home-park residential pocket alongside the wider industrial base. Year-over-year assessment change reads at 0% against the citywide 15.2% pace — for very small residential rolls, per-year percentage swings often reflect roll composition changes rather than per-home market moves. Building activity sits at 49 permits filed since 2024, weighted toward industrial-development permits on the wider community footprint alongside occasional residential renovation work in the NW-corner pocket. On safety, disorder runs at 577.4 events per 1,000 residents against the citywide baseline of 54 per 1,000 — well above the citywide baseline, a reflection of the community’s very small residential denominator alongside the large daytime industrial workforce base rather than a per-resident risk read. Year-over-year, the community’s disorder rate held roughly steady compared with the year before. For a comparable SE community along the same Bow River corridor, the Dover profile is a close reference on scale and mix.
Common Questions About Shepard Industrial
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.
Is Shepard Industrial a good place to live?
Shepard Industrial's residential character is limited to a very small northwest-corner pocket of single-family detached homes and mobile-home-park addresses inside a predominantly industrial community. The fit for buyers depends heavily on tolerance for industrial-park surroundings — those wanting acreage-style detached or mobile-home housing on the SE outer edge alongside industrial employment access tend to land here.
Is Shepard Industrial safe?
Disorder in Shepard Industrial runs at 577.4 events per 1,000 residents against the citywide baseline of 54 per 1,000 — well above the citywide baseline. The elevated rate reflects the community's very small residential denominator alongside a large daytime industrial workforce base rather than a per-resident risk read for local residents themselves.
What's the average house price in Shepard Industrial?
The average assessed value for the residential portion of Shepard Industrial sits at $916K against the citywide $732K, reflecting the community's mixed detached and mobile-home-park residential pocket alongside the wider industrial base. Assessed value is a property-tax measure and differs from a market sale price.
What is Shepard Industrial known for?
Shepard Industrial is known as one of Calgary's larger SE industrial communities — 4.2 km² of predominantly industrial land use with warehousing, logistics, and industrial-park addresses across most of the footprint. The community is more informally known as Shepard or South Hill, and holds a small residential pocket in the northwest corner.
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