Centre sector · Established 1929
Inglewood
A 2.5 km² inner city community in Calgary’s Centre sector, served by a business improvement area.
About
23% of the ground is under tree canopy and 46% is parkland, both above the Calgary community median.
Getting around
19 bus stops inside the boundary; no CTrain station.
Schools
- Colonel Walker School · PublicElementary
- The Gilbertine AcademyElementary/Junior High/Senior High
Parks, paths and trees
16 km of pathways and trails, 5.6 km of bike routes and three off-leash areas. The city counts 4,827 public trees here.
When it was built
- 1870s
- Calgary Brewing & Malting Co. Site1875
- 1880s
- Hunt House · Vernacular1881
- Colonel Walker Residence and Homestead Lands1882
- Major Stewart House · Queen Anne Revival1885
- 1890s
- Knight House (Van Wort) · Vernacular1890
- Cross Residence · Queen Anne Revival1891
- 1900s
- Rutherford Hardware Store · Commercial1901
- Broatch Residence · Queen Anne Revival1902
- William J. Shields Residence · Edwardian Cottage1903
- Gerlitz Residence · Edwardian Cottage1904
- People's Meat Market · Edwardian Commercial1909
+12 more
- 1910s
- John Coventry Residence · Vernacular1911
- New Place Cottage - No. 4 · Edwardian Cottage1911
- New Place Cottage - No. 6 · Edwardian Cottage1911
- New Place Cottage - No. 8 · Edwardian Cottage1911
- Oscar England Residence · Vernacular1911
+21 more
- 1920s
Established 1929
- Blyth Block · Spanish Colonial Revival1923
- 1930s
- 9 Avenue SE Boulevards1930
- Garry Theatre · Art Deco1936
- Inglewood Lawn Bowling Club · Vernacular1936
- British American Oil Company Refinery1939
- 1940s
- Commercial Body Works Building (Demolished - 2015) · Art Moderne1946
- Economy Cleaners & Tailors Building · Commercial1946
- Lyon's Confectionary Building · Commercial1946
- 1950s
- Oddfellows Hall · Art Moderne1950
- Fire Hall No. 3 (1952) · Modern1952
- 1960s
- Blackfoot Texaco Service Station · Modern1966
60 resources on the City of Calgary inventory, by construction decade.
Public art
- Bow Passage Overlook · Lorna JordanPearce Estate Park (1440 17A St. S.E.)
- Ripple · Sky Spirit12th Street S.E. by Eighth Avenue S.E. (parklet)
- The Blind Jam Crossing · Tim KnowlesThe Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, 2425 Ninth Ave. S.E.
- Wolfe and the Sparrows · Brandon VickerdSouthwest corner of 12th Street S.E. Bridge
Community association
Inglewood Community Association · Inglewood BIA
Compared with Calgary
- 22.6%Tree canopyAbove city median 14.6%
- 46.5%ParklandAbove city median 11.9%
- 32.6%Natural areaAbove city median 2%
- 16 kmPathways and trailsAbove city median 4.1 km
- 5.6 kmBike routesAbove city median 1.7 km
Permits and housing
Building permits
116 building permits, 56 development permits and 3 land-use redesignations in the last twelve months, with a declared building value of $36.6M.
Housing stock
The city lists 88 registered secondary suites and 45 licensed short-term rentals.
Inglewood — common questions
- Which part of Calgary is Inglewood in?
- Inglewood is in the Centre sector of Calgary.
- Is Inglewood on the CTrain?
- No CTrain station sits inside the Inglewood boundary; the nearest stations are in neighbouring communities.
- What schools are in Inglewood?
- Inglewood has 2 schools inside its boundary: Colonel Walker School and The Gilbertine Academy.
- How big is Inglewood?
- Inglewood covers about 2.5 square kilometres.
- Which communities border Inglewood?
- Inglewood borders Albert Park/Radisson Heights, Beltline, Bridgeland/Riverside, Dover, Downtown East Village, Ramsay, and Southview.
- Does Inglewood have a Business Improvement Area?
- Yes — Inglewood is served by the Inglewood BIA.
- How many historic resources are in Inglewood?
- Inglewood has 60 historic resources on the City of Calgary's heritage inventory.
- Is Inglewood good for walking and cycling?
- Inglewood has 5.6 km of bike routes and 16 km of pathways and trails.
- Does Inglewood have public art?
- Inglewood has 4 public artworks.
- What is for sale in Inglewood?
- Every home for sale in Inglewood 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.
- https://lsgslertatrfxovznkpt.supabase.co/rest/v1/community_boundaries?comm_code=eq.ING — Calgary Open Data community boundary (geometry, sector, structure)
- https://lsgslertatrfxovznkpt.supabase.co/rest/v1/community_census?community_code=eq.ING — Calgary civic-census population, dwellings, occupancy
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inglewood,_Calgary — community overview and adjacency
- https://www.inglewoodyyc.ca/ — Inglewood BIA homepage
- https://www.inglewoodyyc.ca/the-bia — BIA history (established 1988), mission, 9 Avenue SE coverage
- https://www.inglewoodyyc.ca/heritage — Inglewood Community Association heritage page (seven designated Municipal Historic Resources)
- https://www.heritagecalgary.ca/explore-inventory — Heritage Calgary Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources
- https://www.heritagecalgary.ca/heritage-calgary-blog/jandesignations2024 — recent Inglewood Municipal Historic Resource designations (Cross Residence 1240 8 Av SE, Lawless Residence 2326 15A St SE)
- https://www.icacalgary.com — Inglewood Community Association
- https://www.icacalgary.com/families — community association families/programs page
- https://www.calgary.ca/communities/profiles/inglewood.html — City of Calgary community profile
- https://www.calgary.ca/green-line/stations/ramsay-inglewood.html — Ramsay/Inglewood Green Line station details
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Line_(Calgary) — Green Line Phase 1 groundbreaking June 26, 2025
- https://www.calgary.ca/parks/inglewood-bird-sanctuary.html — Inglewood Bird Sanctuary park profile
- https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/migratory-bird-sanctuaries/locations/inglewood.html — federal Migratory Bird Sanctuary designation (1929)
- https://www.alltrails.com/trail/canada/alberta/bow-river-pathway-pearce-estate-park — Bow River Pathway / Pearce Estate Park
- https://www.walkscore.com/CA-AB/Calgary/Inglewood — Walk Score 44 for Inglewood (verified 2026-05-18)
- https://www.creb.com/News/CREBNow/2020/April/my_neighbourhood_inglewood_and_ramsay/ — CREB Now Inglewood and Ramsay profile
- https://www.zolo.ca/calgary-real-estate/inglewood — Inglewood condo and townhouse listing averages (retrieved 2026-05-18)
- https://colonelwalker.cbe.ab.ca — Colonel Walker K-6 school (CBE) at 1921 9 Avenue SE
- https://cbe.ab.ca/schools/find-a-school/Pages/default.aspx — CBE school finder (Rideau Park JH, Western Canada HS designated)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Alberta_floods — 2013 flood impact in Inglewood, riverbank erosion near 8 Avenue SE
- https://www.calgary.ca/water/flooding/history-calgary.html — City of Calgary flood history reference
- https://maps.calgary.ca/riverflooding/ — City of Calgary Regulatory Flood Map (floodway, flood fringe)
- https://www.alberta.ca/final-flood-maps — Province of Alberta Bow and Elbow River Flood Study (March 2013)
- https://www.visitcalgary.com/things-to-do/stories-from-calgary/inglewood-neighbourhood-guide — Tourism Calgary Inglewood guide
- https://www.avenuecalgary.com/Shopping-Style/Shopping-in-Calgary/Best-Places-to-Shop-in-Inglewood/ — Avenue Magazine shopping list
- https://www.deanehouse.com/awards — Deane House Avenue Magazine Calgary's Best Restaurant recognition
- https://inglewoodsunfest.ca/ — Inglewood Sunfest official site
- https://www.visitcalgary.com/things-to-do/arts-and-culture/inglewood-sunfest — Sunfest July 25, 2026 listing
- https://dailyhive.com/calgary/oldest-neighbourhood-history-calgary — Daily Hive history of Calgary's oldest neighbourhood
- https://www.heritageinspiresyyc.org/heritage-places/communities-inglewood/ — Heritage Inspires YYC Inglewood community page
- https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d8ce4980ed4467c0bc04947/t/612e738fc8056f45dfff1e97/1630434215940/Inglewood+Brochure+-+web.pdf — Heritage Calgary Inglewood walking-tour brochure