Centre sector · Established 1929
Tuxedo Park
A 1.3 km² inner city community in Calgary’s Centre sector, served by a business improvement area.
About
17% of the ground is under tree canopy and 3% is parkland; canopy is above the Calgary community median and parkland below it.
Getting around
24 bus stops inside the boundary; no CTrain station.
Schools
- Balmoral School · PublicElementary/Junior High
- Chinook Learning Services · PublicSenior High
- St. Isidore Online School · SeparateElementary/Junior High/Senior High
Parks, paths and trees
0.6 km of pathways and trails and 3.5 km of bike routes. The city counts 1,440 public trees here.
When it was built
- 1900s
- Unitarian Church of Calgary · Tudor Revival1908
- 1910s
- Balmoral Workers Cottages · Edwardian Cottage1912
- Hicks Block · Edwardian Commercial1912
- Balmoral Bungalow School · Prairie1913
- Parker Residence · Edwardian Cottage1913
- Balmoral School · Edwardian Classical1914
- 1920s
Established 1929
- Tuxedo Park School · Bungalow1920
- 1930s
- Balmoral Circus1934
8 resources on the City of Calgary inventory, by construction decade.
Community association
Tuxedo Park Community Association · Crescent Heights Village BIA
Compared with Calgary
- 17.4%Tree canopyAbove city median 14.6%
- 3.5%ParklandBelow city median 11.9%
- 0%Natural areaBelow city median 2%
- 0.6 kmPathways and trailsBelow city median 4.1 km
- 3.5 kmBike routesAbove city median 1.7 km
Permits and housing
Building permits
112 building permits, 41 development permits and 6 land-use redesignations in the last twelve months, with a declared building value of $59.8M.
Housing stock
The city lists 189 registered secondary suites and 26 licensed short-term rentals.
Tuxedo Park — common questions
- Which part of Calgary is Tuxedo Park in?
- Tuxedo Park is in the Centre sector of Calgary.
- Is Tuxedo Park on the CTrain?
- No CTrain station sits inside the Tuxedo Park boundary; the nearest stations are in neighbouring communities.
- What schools are in Tuxedo Park?
- Tuxedo Park has 3 schools inside its boundary: Balmoral School, Chinook Learning Services, and St. Isidore Online School.
- How big is Tuxedo Park?
- Tuxedo Park covers about 1.3 square kilometres.
- Which communities border Tuxedo Park?
- Tuxedo Park borders Crescent Heights, Highland Park, Mount Pleasant, Renfrew, and Winston Heights/Mountview.
- Does Tuxedo Park have a Business Improvement Area?
- Yes — Tuxedo Park is served by the Crescent Heights Village BIA.
- How many historic resources are in Tuxedo Park?
- Tuxedo Park has 8 historic resources on the City of Calgary's heritage inventory.
- Is Tuxedo Park good for walking and cycling?
- Tuxedo Park has 3.5 km of bike routes and 0.6 km of pathways and trails.
- What is for sale in Tuxedo Park?
- Every home for sale in Tuxedo Park 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.