Centre sector · Established 1884
Downtown West End
A 0.4 km² centre city community in Calgary’s Centre sector, served by one CTrain station and a business improvement area.
About
9% of the ground is under tree canopy and 11% is parkland; canopy is below the Calgary community median and parkland close to it.
Getting around
One CTrain station (Downtown West - Kerby Station) and 15 bus stops sit inside the boundary.
Parks, paths and trees
1.9 km of pathways and trails and 0.9 km of bike routes. The city counts 857 public trees here.
When it was built
- 1880s
Established 1884
- 1910s
- Elsworth (Gosnik) Residence · Queen Anne Revival1911
- Mewata Armoury · Gothic Revival1917
- 1940s
- Kerby Memorial Building · International1948
- 1950s
- Smalley's Radio Ltd. · International1953
- 1960s
- Centennial Planetarium · Brutalist1967
5 resources on the City of Calgary inventory, by construction decade.
Public art
- Ascension · Incipio ModoPoetic Park (Fourth Avenue S.W. and Ninth Street S.W.)
- Our Window · AJA Louden1009 Seventh Ave. S.W. (east wall) Downtown Calgary Mosque
- The Others · Jordi Bonet11th Street S.W. and Seventh Avenue S.W.
Community association
Downtown West Community Association · Calgary Downtown Association (CDA) BIA
Compared with Calgary
- 8.8%Tree canopyBelow city median 14.6%
- 11.3%ParklandNear city median 11.9%
- 3.4%Natural areaAbove city median 2%
- 1.9 kmPathways and trailsBelow city median 4.1 km
- 0.9 kmBike routesBelow city median 1.7 km
Permits and housing
Building permits
22 building permits and 5 development permits in the last twelve months, with a declared building value of $14.2M.
Housing stock
The city lists 3 licensed short-term rentals.
Downtown West End — common questions
- Which part of Calgary is Downtown West End in?
- Downtown West End is in the Centre sector of Calgary.
- Is Downtown West End on the CTrain?
- Yes. Downtown West - Kerby Station sits inside the Downtown West End boundary.
- How big is Downtown West End?
- Downtown West End covers about 0.4 square kilometres.
- Which communities border Downtown West End?
- Downtown West End borders Beltline, Downtown Commercial Core, Eau Claire, Hillhurst, Sunalta, and Sunnyside.
- Does Downtown West End have a Business Improvement Area?
- Yes — Downtown West End is served by the Calgary Downtown Association (CDA) BIA.
- How many historic resources are in Downtown West End?
- Downtown West End has 5 historic resources on the City of Calgary's heritage inventory.
- Is Downtown West End good for walking and cycling?
- Downtown West End has 0.9 km of bike routes and 1.9 km of pathways and trails.
- Does Downtown West End have public art?
- Downtown West End has 3 public artworks.
- What is for sale in Downtown West End?
- Every home for sale in Downtown West End 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.