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Whitehorn
Average Property Assessment
$501K
↓ Below city avg
YoY Value Change
+16.4%
↑ Above city avg
Properties
3,510
Permits Since 2024
145
Whitehorn Calgary is an established NE community built out in the 1970s, bounded by McKnight Boulevard to the north, 52 Street NE to the east, 32 Avenue NE to the south, and 36 Street NE to the west. The average assessed value here sits at $501K — well below the citywide $731K — and values are up 16.4% year-over-year, ahead of the citywide 15.2% run-up. What sets Whitehorn apart on the map is a combination that’s rare in Calgary at this price point: a Blue Line CTrain station inside the community and a resident mix where roughly half of residents were foreign-born as of the 2021 census, with Vietnamese and East Indian communities the two largest groups. Whitehorn is part of Calgary’s 219 community profiles.
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Key Insights
What the data says
Affordable Entry Point
At $501K average assessment, Whitehorn offers entry well below the city average of $731K.
Value Trend
Property values grew 16.4% year-over-year, outpacing the city average.
Lower Disorder Rate
37.3 events per 1,000 residents — below the city average of 59.1. A relatively quiet community.
Demographics
11,085 residents call Whitehorn home, with 29% aged 20-39.
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Property Data
Property Values in Whitehorn
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 | $383,725 | 3,508 | — |
| 2024 | $426,530 | 3,508 | +11.2% |
| 2025 | $496,390 | 3,510 | +16.4% |
vs Calgary Average
Whitehorn
$501K
City Average
$731K
-31.4% below city average
Why two numbers?
Assessment-roll averages in Whitehorn have climbed 29.4% over the last 3 years, from $383,725 in the 2023 roll to $496,390 in the 2025 roll. The Average Property Assessment in the snapshot above ($501K) 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 Whitehorn
48
New Construction
$4M invested
0
Renovations
$0 invested
2
Demolitions
$0 value
145
Total Permits
$23M 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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WHITLOCK WY NEResidential Improvement Project · Improvement$30KOct 13, 2026CDM DEVELOPMENTS
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WHITEHILL WY NEResidential Improvement Project · Improvement$52KOct 1, 2026H&R RENOVATIONS
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WHITERAM CL NEResidential Improvement Project · Improvement—Sep 23, 2026—
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WHITERAM CL NEResidential - Secondary Suite—Sep 16, 2026—
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WHITEMONT DR NEResidential - Secondary Suite—Sep 15, 2026—
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WHITERIDGE RD NEResidential - Secondary Suite—Sep 14, 2026—
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WHITEMONT DR NEResidential Improvement Project · Improvement$10KSep 11, 2026—
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WHITEWOOD RD NEResidential Improvement Project · Improvement$44KSep 10, 2026CONTRIVE ENGINEERING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICE
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WHITEFIELD CL NEResidential Improvement Project · New$72KSep 9, 2026—
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WHITERIDGE CR NERelaxation - Existing - Compliance Follow-Up—Sep 8, 2026GLOBAL RAYMAC SURVEYING & ENGINEERING
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 Whitehorn
New business licences issued in this community in the last 90 days. Renewals and home-based licences are excluded.
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Retail & ShoppingSep 10, 2026
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Restaurants & DiningJul 23, 2026
Source: City of Calgary Open Data — Business Licences (vdjc-pybd). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
Housing
Housing Supply Pipeline in Whitehorn
32
Permitted
units, last 12 months
28
Under Construction
units, open permits
22
Completed
units, last 12 months
Active vs 12mo permitted
87.5%
12mo completion pace
68.8%
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
4
Inspections
Last 30 days
100%
Pass Rate
4 of 4 passed
Issues by inspection stage
- Final 1 flag
- Framing 1 flag
Recent inspection notes
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NBC AE Division B 9.8.4.1. Dimensions for Risers - Code compliant steps are required at the garage man door.
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Correct noted deficiencies. No further building inspections are required. - Ensure deficiency is addressed and complete prior to occupancy.
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 Whitehorn
In 2025, Whitehorn recorded 413 disorder events — 37.3 events per 1,000 residents, below the city average of 59.1.
| Year | Events | Change |
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| 2020 | 628 | — |
| 2021 | 647 | +3% |
| 2022 | 567 | -12.4% |
| 2023 | 574 | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 487 | -15.2% |
| 2025 | 413 | -15.2% |
| 2026† | 431 | — |
† Partial year — coverage limited to months published by CPS to date.
Disorder Rate Comparison (2025)
Events per 1,000 residents
Demographics
Who Lives in Whitehorn
25%
Ages 0–19
2,775 residents
29%
Ages 20–39
3,210 residents
31.4%
Ages 40–64
3,480 residents
14.6%
Ages 65+
1,615 residents
Whitehorn holds 11,085 residents across 3,510 properties, and the age split is more mature than most NE communities. Kids and teens under 19 come in at roughly 2,775, and the 20-to-39 band is close behind at 3,210, but the biggest single group is the 40-to-64 band at 3,480 — the mid-career residents who bought here in the 1990s and 2000s and have stayed. Residents 65 or older sit near 1,615 people, about 15% of the community, which is a higher senior share than most inner-NE communities and reflects a first wave of residents that has aged in place. According to the 2021 census, roughly half of Whitehorn's residents were foreign-born, with Vietnamese and East Indian communities the two largest single groups — one of Calgary's most established multicultural NE neighbourhoods, with residents who came in the 1970s and 1980s alongside more recent arrivals. For a similar older NE community with a comparable age curve, the Temple profile is the closest reference across McKnight Boulevard.
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Living in Whitehorn
Whitehorn reads as established NE Calgary at street level. Most of the housing is late-1970s and early-1980s single-family detached on standard NE-suburb lots, with a real share of semi-detached and townhome runs along the collector streets and some older walk-up condos in pockets near 32 Avenue NE. The Whitehorn CTrain station sits inside the community on the Blue Line’s NE leg, and it’s the practical reason many residents stay: a rare Calgary community where you can commute to downtown by rail without driving to a park-and-ride first. The Blue Line ride from Whitehorn station to downtown takes under half an hour off-peak, which is faster than what many more central-looking neighbourhoods can offer by transit. Sunridge Mall butts up to the community’s southwest corner, and Peter Lougheed Centre — one of Calgary’s major hospitals — is a short drive on the same corner. McKnight Boulevard along the north edge carries traffic east-west toward Deerfoot Trail, and 32 Avenue NE on the south edge separates Whitehorn from Rundle. About 29% of housing here is rental, which is high for an outer NE community and gives Whitehorn a different pace than the more exclusively owner-occupied 1990s and 2000s Calgary builds. For a similar older NE community immediately southwest across the arterials, the Marlborough profile is the closest reference — same era, comparable multicultural character, and the same Blue Line access from a neighbouring station.
Things to do in Whitehorn
Whitehorn’s biggest single anchor is Sunridge Mall directly against the community’s southwest corner — one of Calgary’s larger NE shopping centres with a full mix of anchor retail, big-box stores, restaurants, and services. Peter Lougheed Centre sits on the same corner and is a major NE Calgary hospital, which shapes the neighbourhood’s traffic patterns during shift changes and after-hours emergency runs. Day-to-day retail runs along 32 Avenue NE and 52 Street NE, and the mix reflects the community’s multicultural residents — grocery stores, restaurants, and services with a Vietnamese and East Indian presence you don’t see in most NE Calgary communities. Schools cover a full public and Catholic catchment inside and adjacent: Annie Gale Junior High, Chief Justice Milvain Elementary, and Colonel J. Fred Scott Elementary on the public side under the Calgary Board of Education, plus St. Wilfrid Elementary on the Catholic side under the Calgary Catholic School District. Interior parks are neighbourhood-scale rather than large City-owned open space, and the closest large greenway is the Nose Creek pathway system a short drive west along McKnight Boulevard. Any specific business inside Whitehorn is easiest to find through the Whitehorn business directory, which pulls current City of Calgary business-licence records.
The Whitehorn real-estate read
Whitehorn’s average assessed value sits at $501K, well below the citywide $731K and reflecting the community’s older suburban housing and its established rental share. Values rose 16.4% year-over-year against the citywide 15.2% — a real gap that shows Whitehorn is catching up on the citywide run-up rather than falling behind. Building activity is steady rather than transformative: 145 permits filed since 2024, split across new-construction infill, secondary-suite additions, and renovation work on the late-1970s single-family homes. The property values panel above shows how the current distribution breaks across the community. On safety, disorder runs at 37.3 events per 1,000 residents — below the citywide baseline of 59 per 1,000 — and the year-over-year direction is fell compared with the year before. For a similar-value NE community on the N side, the Harvest Hills profile is the closest reference at a comparable price point; for a newer NE community for contrast, the Carrington profile shows what a post-2005 build looks like on the same side of the city.
FAQ
Common Questions About Whitehorn
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 Whitehorn?
The average assessed value in Whitehorn Calgary is $501K, well below the citywide average of $731K. Most of the housing is late-1970s and early-1980s single-family detached, with semi-detached and townhome runs along the collector streets and some walk-up condos near 32 Avenue NE.
How is the Whitehorn real estate market?
Whitehorn's assessed values rose 16.4% year-over-year, ahead of the citywide 15.2% gain. 145 permits filed since 2024 point to steady infill and secondary-suite work rather than a rapid teardown-and-rebuild pace across the older housing.
Is Whitehorn a good place to live?
Whitehorn works well for buyers who want a Blue Line CTrain station inside their community at a price a third below the Calgary average. The trade-off is an older housing and higher rental share than most outer suburbs; the payoff is transit access, hospital proximity, and Sunridge Mall on the doorstep.
Is Whitehorn safe?
Whitehorn records 37.3 disorder events per 1,000 residents, below the citywide baseline of 59 per 1,000. The Safety section above shows the current Calgary Police Service counts and how Whitehorn compares with its established-NE neighbours.
What is Whitehorn known for?
Whitehorn is known for three things: the Blue Line CTrain station inside the community, Sunridge Mall and Peter Lougheed Centre on the southwest corner, and a resident mix that's roughly half foreign-born, with Vietnamese and East Indian communities the two largest groups per the 2021 census.
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