Centre sector · Established 1875
Downtown East Village
A 0.5 km² centre city community in Calgary’s Centre sector, served by a business improvement area.
About
8% of the ground is under tree canopy and 31% is parkland; canopy is below the Calgary community median and parkland above it.
Getting around
13 bus stops inside the boundary; no CTrain station.
Parks, paths and trees
2.0 km of pathways and trails, 1.6 km of bike routes and one off-leash area. The city counts 885 public trees here.
When it was built
- 1870s
Established 1875
- Fort Calgary Archaeological Site1875
- 1900s
- Sanders Residence (Demolished - 2019)1901
- King Edward Hotel · Edwardian Commercial1905
- Alberta Hide & Fur Co. Building · Edwardian Commercial1907
- East Calgary (Inglewood) Bridge (Demolished - 2019)1908
- 1910s
- Hillier Block · Edwardian Commercial1910
- Hotel Cecil (Cecil Hotel) (Demolished - 2015) · Commercial1911
- Max Block (Demolished - 2013) · Edwardian Commercial1912
- Simmons Factory Warehouse · Edwardian Commercial1912
- St. Louis Hotel · Commercial1913
10 resources on the City of Calgary inventory, by construction decade.
Public art
- Fish · Christian MoellerNew Central Library, 800 Third St. S.E.
- Trio · Christian MoellerNew Central Library, 800 Third St. S.E.
Community association
East Village Neighbourhood Association · Chinatown BIA
Compared with Calgary
- 7.7%Tree canopyBelow city median 14.6%
- 30.7%ParklandAbove city median 11.9%
- 3.1%Natural areaNear city median 2%
- 2.0 kmPathways and trailsBelow city median 4.1 km
- 1.6 kmBike routesNear city median 1.7 km
Permits and housing
Building permits
39 building permits, 18 development permits and 2 land-use redesignations in the last twelve months, with a declared building value of $112.6M.
Housing stock
The city lists 25 licensed short-term rentals.
Downtown East Village — common questions
- Which part of Calgary is Downtown East Village in?
- Downtown East Village is in the Centre sector of Calgary.
- Is Downtown East Village on the CTrain?
- No CTrain station sits inside the Downtown East Village boundary; the nearest stations are in neighbouring communities.
- How big is Downtown East Village?
- Downtown East Village covers about 0.5 square kilometres.
- Which communities border Downtown East Village?
- Downtown East Village borders Beltline, Bridgeland/Riverside, Chinatown, Crescent Heights, Downtown Commercial Core, Inglewood, and Ramsay.
- Does Downtown East Village have a Business Improvement Area?
- Yes — Downtown East Village is served by the Chinatown BIA.
- How many historic resources are in Downtown East Village?
- Downtown East Village has 10 historic resources on the City of Calgary's heritage inventory.
- Is Downtown East Village good for walking and cycling?
- Downtown East Village has 1.6 km of bike routes and 2.0 km of pathways and trails.
- Does Downtown East Village have public art?
- Downtown East Village has 2 public artworks.
- What is for sale in Downtown East Village?
- Every home for sale in Downtown East Village 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.