Cedarbrae

Overview

Cedarbrae sits in the outer southwest, an established community about twenty minutes from downtown. It is bounded by Southland Drive to the north, 24 Street SW to the east, Anderson Road to the south, and Tsuut’ina Trail to the west. Braeside sits directly east across 24 Street, Oakridge is to the north, and the Tsuut’ina Nation lands run along the western edge beyond the ring road.

The land was annexed by Calgary in the late 1950s, and Cedarbrae was established as a community in 1973. Build-out began in the 1970s, which is why the housing is a settled mix: detached two-storeys and bungalows on the interior streets, with a large and varied attached market of townhouses and half-duplexes filling in around them. As the community matured it also gained a small apartment-condo presence.

What makes Cedarbrae worth a closer look is the balance of its housing. This is a community where a first-time buyer can get in with a townhouse, a growing family can step up to a half-duplex or detached home, all in an established southwest setting with an in-community Catholic K-9 school and quick access to Fish Creek Park and the Southland Leisure Centre.

Over the twelve months to August 2026, Cedarbrae recorded 90 residential sales at a blended median of $476,250. Detached houses led with 37 sales, 41.1% of the market, at a median of $618,000. Row and townhouse homes closed 26 sales at a median of $386,750, and semi-detached homes 21 at a median of $470,000. The other six sales were apartments.

David’s take

The vibe

Cedarbrae reads as a quiet, established, unpretentious family community. The interior streets are treed and low-traffic, with the looping 1970s layout that keeps through-traffic out, and the overall feel is settled and residential rather than trendy or busy. It is a community people move to for the practical combination of price, space, and location rather than for a scene, and that shapes its down-to-earth character.

For green space and recreation, Cedarbrae is well positioned. Fish Creek Provincial Park is a short distance south and east, giving residents access to one of the largest urban parks in North America, and the Southland Leisure Centre just across in Braeside is one of the city’s major recreation facilities, with pools, a wave pool, skating, and fitness. Within the community, parks and playgrounds support the family infrastructure, and South Glenmore Park and the Glenmore Reservoir pathways are a short drive north.

For shopping and services, Cedarbrae relies on the retail clustered around Anderson Road and 24 Street, with additional options at Oakridge and along the Macleod Trail corridor a short drive east. It is not a community with a large internal commercial core, but daily errands are easy given how close the surrounding shopping is.

Housing stock

Cedarbrae’s detached market is settled 1970s and early-1980s family housing, two-storeys and bungalows on established lots. Around it sits a deep attached market: a large townhouse segment, a substantial half-duplex segment, and a small apartment-condo presence. That breadth is the main reason Cedarbrae works for such a range of buyers.

If you want help reading where a specific home sits among these property types, the buyer’s guide is a good starting point.

Thirty-seven of Cedarbrae’s 90 residential sales over the twelve months to August 2026 were detached houses, 41.1% of the market. The detached median was $618,000, with the cheapest detached sale at $370,000 and the most expensive at $855,000. Their median build year was 1974, and they sold in a median of 16 days.

Semi-detached homes closed 21 sales at a median of $470,000, between $394,700 and $560,000. Their median build year was 1978, and they sold in a median of 17 days.

Row and townhouse homes closed 26 sales at a median of $386,750, between $287,500 and $526,000, with a median monthly fee of $370.00. Their median build year was 1989, the newest of the three, and they took a median of 32 days to sell.

There were also six apartment sales, too few for a reliable price, so the figures above cover 84 of the 90 sales.

Type	Typical price	Notes
Detached	$618,000	37 sales (41% of all sales in the community) between $370,000 and $855,000. Half sold within 16 days. Typical build year 1974.
Semi-detached	$470,000	21 sales between $394,700 and $560,000. Half sold within 17 days. Typical build year 1978.
Row / townhouse	$386,750	26 sales between $287,500 and $526,000. Half sold within 32 days. Typical condo fee $370 a month, typical build year 1989.
Apartment	Too few sales	Only 6 sales, not enough for a reliable price.

Recent sales

Over the twelve months to August 2026, Cedarbrae listings took 23 days to sell at the median. The header uses the average instead, 30 days across all 90 sales. By property type, detached houses took 16 days at the median, semi-detached homes 17 and row and townhouse homes 32. The ratio of sale price to list price had a median of 98.23%.

Price in the header is also an average, $494,869, and it runs $18,619 above the $476,250 typical price. Half of all sales landed between $394,700 and $595,000. The lowest sale was $287,500 and the highest $855,000.

For a number on a specific Cedarbrae home, start with a home valuation.

Schools

On the public side, Cedarbrae is anchored by Cedarbrae School, the CBE elementary within the community. For the later grades, the community follows the standard SW Area 6 pathway, with John Ware School, the CBE 7-9 junior high at 10020 19 Street SW, Calgary, T2V 1R2, in Pump Hill, and Henry Wise Wood High School, the CBE 10-12 senior high at 910 75 Avenue SW. On the Catholic side, Cedarbrae stands out for having St. Cyril School, a CSSD Kindergarten-to-Grade-9 school at 2990 Cedarbrae Drive SW right within the community, which then feeds toward Our Lady of the Rockies High School at 111 Haddon Road SW for the senior grades. An in-community K-9 Catholic school is a genuine convenience that many neighbouring communities cannot match.

School designations in the southwest shift with enrolment, so confirm the designation for any specific home using the CBE Find a School and CSSD Attendance Areas tools before you buy. For a broader overview of how Calgary school boundaries and programmes work, see the schools resource.

Getting around

Cedarbrae is a car-first community, and its position on the road network is one of its quiet advantages. Anderson Road along the southern boundary connects east to Macleod Trail and west to Tsuut’ina Trail, the southwest ring road, which gives residents fast access around the city without driving through it. Southland Drive borders the north, and 24 Street SW runs the eastern edge. From most addresses it is a short drive to a major route, and downtown is about twenty minutes in normal traffic.

For transit, Calgary Transit bus routes serve the community and connect to the Red Line CTrain at Anderson Station a short distance east on Macleod Trail, giving commuters a train-based option downtown. Cedarbrae itself is not on the LRT line, so transit here means a bus-to-train connection rather than a single-seat ride.

Commute times are approximate and depend on traffic and your exact destination. Downtown is about twenty minutes by car, the University of Calgary and Foothills Medical Centre run roughly eighteen to twenty-two minutes, Rockyview General Hospital is only a few minutes northeast, and Calgary International Airport is around thirty-three minutes; treat these as estimates.

Frequently asked questions

Is Cedarbrae a good neighbourhood for families?

Yes. Cedarbrae is an established, quiet community with Cedarbrae School inside it for the elementary years and St. Cyril, a Catholic K-9, also within the community, which is unusual. The housing is a broad, family-friendly mix, so a young family can find a starter townhouse or half-duplex and move up to a detached home without leaving the area. The interior streets are low-traffic and treed, and the Southland Leisure Centre and Fish Creek Provincial Park are both close by.

How much do homes cost in Cedarbrae?

Over the twelve months to August 2026, Cedarbrae recorded 90 residential sales at a typical (median) price of $476,250. The middle half of those sales sat between $394,700 and $595,000, and sales ran from $287,500 for a townhouse to $855,000 for a detached home. Detached homes had a typical price of $618,000 on 37 sales, between $370,000 and $855,000. Semi-detached homes had a typical price of $470,000 on 21 sales, and row and townhouse homes a typical $386,750 on 26 sales. The typical monthly fee on row and townhouse homes was $370. Detached homes made up 41.1% of sales, and the other six sales were apartments. For a read on a specific property, a home valuation is the place to start.

Is Cedarbrae more affordable than the communities around it?

For detached houses, yes. Measured the same way over the same twelve months to August 2026, the typical detached price was $618,000 in Cedarbrae, $650,000 in Braeside, $700,000 in Woodbine and $860,000 in Oakridge. Townhouses are a different picture. The row and townhouse median was $386,750 in Cedarbrae, $370,000 in Braeside, $399,000 in Woodbine and $407,950 in Oakridge, so Braeside’s came in lower. Across every property type together, the blended median was $476,250 in Cedarbrae, $470,000 in Braeside, $658,000 in Woodbine and $698,750 in Oakridge.

What schools are in Cedarbrae?

On the public side, Cedarbrae School is the CBE elementary within the community, with the junior-high and senior-high pathway following the standard SW Area 6 route toward John Ware School in Pump Hill and Henry Wise Wood High School. On the Catholic side, Cedarbrae is notable for having St. Cyril School, a CSSD Kindergarten-to-Grade-9 school, at 2990 Cedarbrae Drive SW right within the community, which then feeds toward Our Lady of the Rockies High School at 111 Haddon Road SW. Having an in-community K-9 Catholic school is a real convenience for Catholic families. School designations shift with enrolment, so confirm the designation for a specific address with the CBE Find a School and CSSD Attendance Areas tools before you buy.

How does Cedarbrae compare to Braeside next door?

They are close neighbours across 24 Street SW and share a lot: 1970s construction, quiet grids, and proximity to the Southland Leisure Centre and Rockyview General Hospital. Measured the same way over the same twelve months to August 2026, Cedarbrae’s detached sales had a typical build year of 1974 and Braeside’s 1976. The main difference is the housing mix. Braeside is more bungalow-heavy on the detached side, and its attached sales ran more to townhouses: 47 row and townhouse sales against 26 in Cedarbrae, and three semi-detached sales against Cedarbrae’s 21. Both feed similar school pathways, and Cedarbrae adds the in-community St. Cyril K-9 for Catholic families.

Sales data current as of 2026-08-31. Includes 90 residential sales in Cedarbrae over the twelve months to August 2026. Source: Pillar 9 MLS® System. Copyright 2026 Pillar 9. All Rights Reserved.

Commute times

Downtown	about 20 min by car
University of Calgary	about 22 min by car
Foothills Hospital	about 18 to 20 min by car
Airport (YYC)	about 33 min by car