Centre sector · Established 1914

Sunnyside

A 1 km² inner city community in Calgary’s Centre sector, served by one CTrain station and a business improvement area.

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About

22% of the ground is under tree canopy and 27% is parkland, both above the Calgary community median.

Getting around

One CTrain station (Sunnyside Station) and 12 bus stops sit inside the boundary.

Schools

  • Sunnyside School · PublicElementary

Parks, paths and trees

7.6 km of pathways and trails, 4.9 km of bike routes and one off-leash area. The city counts 1,970 public trees here.

When it was built

  1. 1900s
    • Brower House · Queen Anne Revival1907
    • Upton Residence · Edwardian Cottage1908
  2. 1910s

    Established 1914

    • 118-120 9 Street NW · Craftsman1910
    • Smalley Residence1910
    • Palfreyville Apartments (Demolished - 2014) · Craftsman1911
    • Sunnyside Grocery (Demolished - 2018) · Vernacular1911
    • Wellington Terrace · Arts and Crafts1911

    +11 more

  3. 1920s
    • Memorial Drive1922
    • Lough & Elaine Apartments · Classic Revival1923
    • Glenwood Manor · Georgian Revival1928
  4. 1930s
    • Donegal Mansions · Renaissance Revival1930
    • 1037 2 Avenue NW (Demolished - 2013) · Vernacular1939

23 resources on the City of Calgary inventory, by construction decade.

Community association

Hillhurst / Sunnyside Community Association · Kensington BRZ

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Compared with Calgary

  • 22.5%Tree canopyAbove city median 14.6%
  • 26.5%ParklandAbove city median 11.9%
  • 18%Natural areaAbove city median 2%
  • 7.6 kmPathways and trailsAbove city median 4.1 km
  • 4.9 kmBike routesAbove city median 1.7 km
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Permits and housing

Building permits

31 building permits, 20 development permits and 1 land-use redesignation in the last twelve months, with a declared building value of $18.6M.

Housing stock

The city lists 10 registered secondary suites and 31 licensed short-term rentals.

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Neighbours

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Sunnyside — common questions

Which part of Calgary is Sunnyside in?
Sunnyside is in the Centre sector of Calgary.
Is Sunnyside on the CTrain?
Yes. Sunnyside Station sits inside the Sunnyside boundary.
What schools are in Sunnyside?
Sunnyside has 1 school inside its boundary: Sunnyside School.
How big is Sunnyside?
Sunnyside covers about 1 square kilometres.
Which communities border Sunnyside?
Sunnyside borders Chinatown, Crescent Heights, Downtown West End, Eau Claire, Hillhurst, and Rosedale.
Does Sunnyside have a Business Improvement Area?
Yes — Sunnyside is served by the Kensington BRZ.
How many historic resources are in Sunnyside?
Sunnyside has 23 historic resources on the City of Calgary's heritage inventory.
Is Sunnyside good for walking and cycling?
Sunnyside has 4.9 km of bike routes and 7.6 km of pathways and trails.
What is for sale in Sunnyside?
Every home for sale in Sunnyside 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://www.calgary.ca/planning/water/sunnyside-flood-barrier.html — City of Calgary project page for the Sunnyside Flood Barrier (length, cost, design standard)
  • https://newsroom.calgary.ca/calgary-enters-2026-river-flood-season-with-new-barrier-protecting-sunnyside-and-hillhurst/ — City newsroom announcement of 2026 functional completion
  • https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/sunnyside-flood-barrier-spring-completion-1.7577955 — CBC News on spring 2026 completion expectation
  • https://globalnews.ca/news/10631973/construction-begins-sunnyside-flood-barrier-calgary/ — Global News on $50M groundbreaking
  • https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/sunnyside-community-calgary-2013-flood-neighbor-day-1.6880448 — CBC retrospective on 2013 flood, 10 years on
  • https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/residents-return-to-calgary-s-soggy-sunnyside-neighbourhood-1.1333584 — CBC contemporaneous 2013 evacuation reporting
  • https://www.calgary.ca/water/flooding/history-calgary.html — City of Calgary 2013 flood history
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunnyside,_Calgary — Wikipedia community article (architecture, history, boundaries)
  • https://www.heritageinspiresyyc.org/heritage-places/communities-hillhurst-sunnyside/ — Heritage Inspires YYC for Hillhurst-Sunnyside
  • https://calgaryheritage.org/wp/calgarys-early-residences-brower-house/ — Calgary Heritage Initiative on Brower House (1907, Inventory 2010)
  • https://www.calgary.ca/parks/trees/memorial-drive-history.html — City of Calgary on Memorial Drive trees / Road of Remembrance
  • https://www.hsca.ca — Hillhurst Sunnyside Community Association (shared CA for SSD + HIL)
  • https://farmersmarket.hsca.ca — HSCA year-round farmers' market (Wednesdays 3-7 PM)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_and_Salsa_Festival — Sun and Salsa Festival background
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunnyside_station_(Calgary) — Sunnyside C-Train station (Red Line, opened 1987)
  • https://www.walkscore.com/CA-AB/Calgary/Sunnyside — Walk Score for Sunnyside community (75)
  • https://sunnyside.cbe.ab.ca — Sunnyside School (CBE, K-6, ~185 students, 211 7 St NW)
  • https://www.calgary.ca/content/dam/www/programs-services/for-business/business-improvement-areas/bias-in-calgary/kensington-bia-profile.pdf — Kensington BIA profile (boundaries across HIL + SSD)
  • https://www.zolo.ca/calgary-real-estate/sunnyside/trends — Zolo aggregator Sunnyside market snapshot (April 2026; directional only)