Northwest sector · Established 1911
Bowness
A 5.6 km² 1950s community in Calgary’s Northwest sector, served by a business improvement area.
About
23% of the ground is under tree canopy and 12% is parkland; canopy is above the Calgary community median and parkland close to it.
Getting around
63 bus stops inside the boundary; no CTrain station.
Schools
- Belvedere Parkway School · PublicElementary
- Bowcroft School · PublicElementary
- Bowness High School · PublicSenior High
- Calgary German Language School SocietyJunior High/Senior High
- Our Lady of the Assumption School · SeparateElementary/Junior High
- River Valley SchoolElementary
- Start Outreach · PublicSenior High
- Thomas B. Riley School · PublicJunior High
- Wood's Homes School · PublicJunior High/Senior High
Parks, paths and trees
15 km of pathways and trails and 18 km of bike routes. The city counts 6,388 public trees here.
When it was built
- 1910s
Established 1911
- Bowness Park1912
- Hamblin House · Bungalow1912
- Hextall House · Bungalow1912
- Cross Residence (Hextall Home) · Arts and Crafts1913
- Wallace Resdence (Hextall home) · Tudor Revival1913
- 1920s
- Hoare Residence · Bungalow1928
- Phillips Residence · American Colonial Revival1928
- 1950s
- Bowness Town Hall · Modern1956
- 1960s
- Electric Substation #14 · Modern1961
9 resources on the City of Calgary inventory, by construction decade.
Community association
Bowness Community Association · Mainstreet Bowness BIA
Compared with Calgary
- 23%Tree canopyAbove city median 14.6%
- 12.1%ParklandNear city median 11.9%
- 1.8%Natural areaNear city median 2%
- 15 kmPathways and trailsAbove city median 4.1 km
- 18 kmBike routesAbove city median 1.7 km
Permits and housing
Building permits
246 building permits, 144 development permits and 8 land-use redesignations in the last twelve months, with a declared building value of $52.7M.
Housing stock
The city lists 426 registered secondary suites and 52 licensed short-term rentals.
Bowness — common questions
- Which part of Calgary is Bowness in?
- Bowness is in the Northwest sector of Calgary.
- Is Bowness on the CTrain?
- No CTrain station sits inside the Bowness boundary; the nearest stations are in neighbouring communities.
- What schools are in Bowness?
- Bowness has 9 schools inside its boundary: Belvedere Parkway School, Bowcroft School, Bowness High School, Calgary German Language School Society, Our Lady of the Assumption School, River Valley School, Start Outreach, Thomas B. Riley School, and Wood's Homes School.
- How big is Bowness?
- Bowness covers about 5.6 square kilometres.
- Which communities border Bowness?
- Bowness borders Greenwood/Greenbriar, Medicine Hill, Montgomery, Patterson, Scenic Acres, Silver Springs, Valley Ridge, Varsity, and Wildwood.
- Does Bowness have a Business Improvement Area?
- Yes — Bowness is served by the Mainstreet Bowness BIA.
- How many historic resources are in Bowness?
- Bowness has 9 historic resources on the City of Calgary's heritage inventory.
- Is Bowness good for walking and cycling?
- Bowness has 18 km of bike routes and 15 km of pathways and trails.
- What is for sale in Bowness?
- Every home for sale in Bowness is on the listings map, with prices and photos, scoped to this community.
Sources and notes
- City of Calgary Open Data: community boundaries and classes, permits, parks and off-leash areas, urban forest, pathways and bikeways, historic resources, public art, schools, transit stops, secondary suites, short-term rentals, land supply. Permits, suites and short-term-rental licences refresh daily to weekly.