Short answer: From Montgomery, the Alberta Children's Hospital is about 1.0 km away, nearer than from any other community in these guides, and Shouldice Park's pool, arena and fields are within the community. For infill development permit applications it ranks fourth in Calgary: 43 since March 2025.
Why live in Montgomery?
Montgomery has a village feel, with its own main streets along Bowness Road and 16 Avenue NW and the Bow River at its edge. About 8 km of regional pathway runs through it, and 4,175 people lived here in 2021.
What is there to do outdoors in Montgomery?
Shouldice Athletic Park, one of the City's regional parks, sits in the community with the Shouldice Aquatic Centre, Shouldice Arena and a seasonal dome beside it, so a swim or a skate is a short trip from home.
Montgomery also has two off-leash areas. Down by the river, the 1910 Hextall (Shouldice) Bridge is on the City's list of historic resources.
Where do you shop and eat in Montgomery?
Local businesses along Bowness Road and 16 Avenue NW make up the Montgomery on the Bow business improvement area: 21 licensed places to eat with seating and 39 retailers.
What schools are in or near Montgomery?
Terrace Road School and the FFCA High School Campus are in Montgomery. River Valley School sits about 50 metres beyond the boundary, and the Francophone École Terre des Jeunes about 450 metres.
- Terrace Road School: public, elementary, inside Montgomery
- FFCA High School Campus: charter, junior high and senior high, inside Montgomery
- River Valley School: independent, elementary, about 50 metres past the edge
- École Terre des Jeunes: Francophone public, elementary, about 450 metres past the edge
How far is Montgomery from downtown?
Montgomery is about 7.9 km from downtown (City Hall) in a straight line.
| Straight-line distance to | km |
|---|---|
| Downtown (City Hall) | 7.9 km |
| University of Calgary | 2.3 km |
| Foothills Medical Centre | 2.4 km |
| SAIT | 5.1 km |
| Mount Royal University | 7.3 km |
| Alberta Children's Hospital | 1.0 km |
What are the homes like in Montgomery?
More than two-thirds of Montgomery's detached houses are older homes. Of 826, 570 were built before 1970, on a median lot of 5,997 sq ft, with a median 2026 assessment of $659,000; houses built since 2000 carry a median of $1,335,000.
An assessment isn't a sale price. To see what a builder might pay for an older home's lot, read What Is My Calgary Lot Worth to a Builder?
What is Montgomery zoned?
Montgomery is mainly R-C2 and R-C1: 38% and 29% of the 1,535 low-density residential lots in Montgomery, on the City's land use map after the repeal of citywide R-CG zoning took effect on 4 August 2026. 264 lots, about one in six, are still R-CG.
| Zoning | Lots | Share |
|---|---|---|
| R-C2 | 586 | 38% |
| R-C1 | 443 | 29% |
| R-CG | 264 | 17% |
| M-CG | 127 | 8% |
| Other | 115 | 7% |
- R-C2 (Residential, Contextual One/Two Dwelling): Single-detached, semi-detached and duplex homes, with suites allowed.
- R-C1 (Residential, Contextual One Dwelling): Single-detached homes, with secondary or backyard suites allowed.
- R-CG (Residential, Grade-Oriented Infill): A range of homes: single-detached, semi-detached, rowhouses and townhouses, with suites allowed.
- M-CG (Multi-Residential, Contextual Grade-Oriented): Multi-residential homes of low height and low density, with some or all units opening directly to grade.
To check a single address, use the zoning lookup, and for what reverted and why, see what the repeal changed.
How much infill is being built in Montgomery?
From 1 March 2025 to 25 October 2026, Montgomery had 43 infill development permit applications, and building permit applications for 144 new infill homes naming 28 different builders. 38 demolition permits were filed over the same period.
Rowhouses lead, with 101 of the 144 homes.
| New infill homes on permits | Units |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 7 |
| Semi-detached | 36 |
| Rowhouse and townhouse | 101 |
| Total | 144 |
Questions about living in Montgomery
Is Montgomery a good place to live?
Montgomery suits anyone who works at the Alberta Children's Hospital, about 1.0 km away, the closest of the 11 communities in these guides.
What's at Shouldice Park?
Shouldice Athletic Park has the Shouldice Aquatic Centre, Shouldice Arena and a seasonal dome, all in Montgomery.
Sources: City of Calgary open data, pulled 25 October 2026: building permits, development permits, 2026 assessments, land use districts, community boundaries, parcel addresses, schools, parks, pathways, off-leash areas, CTrain stations, libraries, recreation facilities, community services, business licences, business improvement areas, historic resources, public trees, 2021 federal census by community and annexation history. District descriptions from Land Use Bylaw 1P2007, Part 5 and Part 6. The repeal date is from the City of Calgary. Business counts include licences that are current or up for renewal. Low-density residential lots are detached, semi-detached, rowhouse and vacant parcels in the residential class of the 2026 assessment roll, each counted in the district covering most of it; some sit in multi-residential districts. Distances are straight-line from the middle of the community. Infill development permit applications are those for semi-detached, rowhouse, townhouse and multi-residential homes and for contextual single-detached homes; other new single-detached houses are not counted. They are counted as filed, whatever their later status; building and demolition permits leave out cancelled, refused and expired ones.
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