Signal Hill
Signal Hill Calgary is an SW escarpment community roughly 10 km southwest of the downtown core, bordered on the north by 17 Avenue SW, on the west by 69 Street SW, on the east by Sarcee Trail, and on the south by Stoney Trail. Average assessed value sits at $678K, up 17.5% year-over-year — running above the citywide average change of 15.2%, and a swing consistent with a well-located 1990s SW community that has become one of the most in-demand mid-price entry points on the western escarpment. Signal Hill was established in 1986 on land annexed to Calgary in 1956; the average year built across the 6,151 residential properties is 1996, which places most of the built form inside the late-1980s and 1990s master-planned cycle on Calgary’s western hillside. This CoC page summarizes the community at a high level. The deeper community read — local businesses, association events, real-estate updates, hyper-local news — lives at the Calgary Signal Hill website. The full comparative picture across Calgary sits inside Calgary’s 219 community profiles.
What the data says
Property Values
Average assessed value of $678K — below the city average of $732K.
Value Trend
Property values grew 17.5% year-over-year, outpacing the city average.
Lower Disorder Rate
29.5 events per 1,000 residents — below the city average of 53.5. A relatively quiet community.
Established Community
23.3% of residents are 65+, indicating a mature, established neighbourhood.
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Property Values in Signal Hill
| Year | Year-End Assessment Roll | Properties | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $530,365 | 6,089 | — |
| 2024 | $583,665 | 6,120 | +10% |
| 2025 | $685,746 | 6,096 | +17.5% |
Why two numbers?
Assessment-roll averages in Signal Hill have climbed 29.3% over the last 3 years, from $530,365 in the 2023 roll to $685,746 in the 2025 roll. The Average Property Assessment in the snapshot above ($678K) 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 Signal Hill
Community Safety in Signal Hill
In 2024, Signal Hill recorded 384 disorder events — 29.5 events per 1,000 residents, below the city average of 53.5.
| Year | Events | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 492 | — |
| 2023 | 437 | -11.2% |
| 2024 | 375 | -14.2% |
| New methodology & data source (see note below) | ||
| 2024 | 384 | — |
| 2025† | 341 | — |
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 Signal Hill
The census-2021 population is 13,000 across the 6,151 residential properties, giving Signal Hill Calgary the largest population of any community in this batch and a household size in line with the citywide detached-suburban average. The age composition tilts toward the older-established mature-suburb pattern: 38% aged 40 to 64, 23% aged 65 and over, 19% aged 20 to 39, and 19% aged 0 to 19. The 65-plus share is one of the largest in the batch, consistent with a 1980s-and-1990s community where the original first-generation family cohort has aged in place through the empty-nester and retirement years and where the retail-adjacent townhouses at the community's edge provides a downsizing option without leaving the neighbourhood. The under-19 share is meaningfully smaller than in the newer 2010s and 2020s SW communities, which reflects the community's completion of its family-formation cycle. That maturity is a defining feature of the daily community-life feel — the mix of first-generation empty-nesters, second-generation move-in families, and long-tenured retirees gives the neighbourhood the demographic breadth that newer far-SW communities have not yet accumulated. For a comparable older SW hillside age curve immediately north of the Bow, the Patterson profile is the closest reference; for the newer SW family-formation contrast west across 69 Street SW, the Strathcona Park profile picks up the younger cohort of the same escarpment.
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Living in Signal Hill
Signal Hill reads as a fully built-out 1990s SW escarpment community, defined by the western hillside geography that gives the community its Bow Valley outlook and, on the eastern blocks, its downtown-facing views. The dominant built form is 1990s two-storey detached on suburban lots that step up the escarpment, with attached townhouses and duplexes scattered along the internal collectors and closer to the retail edge. Because the community sits on the western hillside above Sarcee Trail, streetscapes carry a genuine slope-and-view character that inner-city SW communities on the valley floor cannot match. The 17 Avenue SW frontage on the north forms the boundary with Westgate and Glendale; Sarcee Trail on the east forms the boundary with Glenbrook and Glendale; 69 Street SW on the west forms the boundary with Springbank Hill and Aspen Woods; and Stoney Trail on the south wraps the SW-quadrant loop toward Discovery Ridge. Christie Park sits adjacent as well. Signal Hill has no LRT station inside the community; the nearest Blue Line stations (Sirocco / 45 Street SW) sit several kilometres east, so daily transit commuting into downtown runs by bus down to those stations or straight down Bow Trail and 17 Avenue SW into the core. For the deep local street-and-block character, the Calgary Signal Hill website carries the granular reads that this City of Calgary page keeps at a higher level. Because the community sits on the western hillside above Sarcee Trail and the retail district anchors on Signal Hill’s eastern edge, day-to-day traffic patterns route east-and-south into the retail district and west into Aspen Woods and Springbank Hill rather than through the interior residential collector network.
Things to do in Signal Hill
Battalion Park is the community’s defining heritage anchor: a memorial park inside Signal Hill commemorating the WWI-era 137th Battalion, with white-stone hillside numerals visible from the surrounding valley as the community’s most recognizable landmark. The Signal Hill Centre, Signal Hill Shopping Centre, Westhills Towne Centre, Westmarket Square, and Signature Park Plaza together form one of Calgary’s largest concentrated retail districts, immediately adjacent to the community and reached along the retail edge along Sarcee Trail and Bow Trail. The retail district anchors more than 50 stores and includes a public library branch, and it acts as the day-to-day amenity spine for the whole western-escarpment SW ring. Battalion Park School (K-6, public) serves the community’s elementary catchment inside Signal Hill, with an on-site playground and playing fields that also function as day-to-day community green space alongside the memorial park’s heritage hillside. For a similar hillside-ridge SW reference at a comparable build vintage, the Patterson profile picks up the escarpment character on the north side of the Bow. For a fuller local read on Signal Hill’s amenities, businesses, and community life, the Calgary Signal Hill sister site is the deeper resource in the Digified Media Calgary Community Sites Network. For the newer SW-edge master-planned comparison immediately west across 69 Street SW, Strathcona Park picks up the hillside-ridge cluster on the same escarpment.
The Signal Hill real-estate read
An average assessed value of $678K places Signal Hill in the mid-to-upper band of the SW ring and above most of the older postwar-and-1970s SW communities. The +17.5% year-over-year change runs above the citywide average of +15.2% — a pattern consistent with a well-located 1990s hillside community where the retail-adjacent character, the Battalion Park heritage anchor, and the escarpment views have supported strong first-time-buyer and move-up demand pushing values up sharply. Building Activity is modest relative to the community’s size: 166 new-construction permits since 2024, 1 demolition, and 7 suite permits, which reads as a settled infill-and-secondary-suite pattern rather than any large redevelopment cycle. The Property Values section above breaks the current distribution across the 6,099 properties, and the historical curve (from $530K in 2023 to $583K in 2024 to $685K in 2025) shows the acceleration into the current +17.5% band. For a comparable SW hillside-ridge reference at a similar build vintage, the Patterson profile is the closest same-cluster read; for the newer SW-edge post-2000 alternative immediately west, the Strathcona Park profile picks up the next-generation escarpment homes. For the SE developer-lake variant at a higher price point, the Mahogany profile rounds out the comparison set. Buyers looking for a deeper street-and-block-level read on Signal Hill’s real estate, community life, and local businesses should visit the Calgary Signal Hill sister site. The historical property count has held roughly flat between 6,089 in 2023 and 6,096 in 2025, confirming that the community has passed its main build-out phase and further changes in the housing will come from unit-level infill and secondary suites rather than any greenfield expansion.
Common Questions About Signal Hill
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 Signal Hill?
The average assessed value in Signal Hill is $678K across 6,151 residential properties, up 17.5% year-over-year from $583K in 2024. The dominant housing form is 1990s two-storey detached on suburban lots that step up the western escarpment, with attached townhouses and duplexes along the internal collectors.
How is the Signal Hill real estate market?
Signal Hill's assessed values rose 17.5% year-over-year, running above the citywide average of 15.2%. The retail-adjacent character, the Battalion Park heritage anchor, and the escarpment views have supported strong first-time-buyer and move-up demand pushing values up sharply across the 1990s hillside homes.
Is Signal Hill safe?
The Safety section above shows current Calgary Police Service disorder counts and how Signal Hill compares with the Calgary baseline. The most recent year on record shows 29.5 disorder events per 1,000 residents, well below the citywide baseline of about 50 per 1,000, with events down 17.5% year-over-year in the community.
Is Signal Hill a good place to live?
Signal Hill suits family and mid-career buyers looking for 1990s two-storey detached homes on a western-escarpment hillside with genuine Bow Valley outlooks and direct access to one of Calgary's largest retail districts. For a deeper street-level read, the Calgary Signal Hill sister site is the fuller resource.
What is Signal Hill known for?
Signal Hill is best known for Battalion Park, the memorial park with WWI-era 137th Battalion hillside numerals visible from the surrounding valley, and for the Signal Hill Centre retail district with more than 50 stores anchoring the western SW escarpment. The community was established in 1986 on land annexed to Calgary in 1956.
How far is Signal Hill from downtown Calgary?
Signal Hill sits roughly 10 km southwest of the downtown core via Bow Trail and 17 Avenue SW. There is no LRT station inside the community; the nearest Blue Line stations at Sirocco and 45 Street SW sit several kilometres east, so transit-based downtown commuting typically involves a feeder bus to those stations.
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