Evergreen

Overview

Evergreen occupies a deep pocket of SW Calgary bounded by Fish Creek Provincial Park to the north, Fish Creek Boulevard, James McKevitt Road, and 162 Avenue SW to the east, 162 Avenue SW to the south, and 37 Street SW to the west. The postal code is T2Y. What sets Evergreen apart from every other community in the deep southwest is the park itself. The established northern section backs directly onto roughly 2,300 acres of Fish Creek Provincial Park along the escarpment, so a portion of the homes here open onto the park rather than onto a neighbour’s fence line. The internal pathway network ties the streets into the wider Fish Creek trail system, and for the right lot that means walking, cycling, or cross-country skiing out the back gate.

The second defining feature is that Evergreen is really two communities built in two eras under one name. Evergreen Estates, the older northern section, was established in 1986 and built out mostly through the early 1990s. It is the larger-home, estate-tier section, and it holds most of the escarpment and walkout view lots backing Fish Creek. The newer southern section was established around 1999, with the community association established in 2005, and built out through the 2000s as a more conventional mix of detached homes, townhouses, and low-rise condos. That two-era split gives Evergreen the widest age and price spread of the three deep-southwest communities, from sub-$200,000 entry condos to escarpment estates above $1.8 million.

For families planning around schools, Evergreen sits on a different high-school track than its immediate neighbours. It is CBE-designated to Dr. E.P. Scarlett High School for grades 10 to 12, while Bridlewood and Somerset to the south feed Centennial High instead. Scarlett offers both Early and Late French Immersion, the one program specialty in the local pathway. The trade-off against those neighbours is transit: Evergreen has no CTrain station of its own, so the train is a feeder-bus or park-and-ride trip rather than a walk.

David’s take

The vibe

Evergreen reads as a settled, nature-first family community, and the thing organizing daily life here is Fish Creek Provincial Park. The park and the internal pathway network are the centre of gravity. Residents walk dogs, run, cycle, and cross-country ski the trails directly from their streets, and the established Estates section in particular has the feel of homes that were sited to face the natural escarpment rather than each other. The streetscape ranges from the mature, larger-lot estate homes of the north to the tighter, 2000s-built family streets of the south, which gives the community more visual variety than a single-decade build-out.

It is not a destination community with a high street of its own. Daily shopping, services, and entertainment run to the adjacent Shawnessy district, which between it and the surrounding retail covers groceries, big-box stores, a cinema, restaurants, and medical clinics within a short drive. Recreation is a genuine strength of the location beyond the park itself, with the South Fish Creek Recreation Complex nearby and Spruce Meadows a short drive west. The two community associations, one rooted in the older Shawnee-Evergreen Estates side and one in the newer Calgary Evergreen section, reflect how the two eras grew up as somewhat distinct neighbourhoods that now share a name and a park.

The population mix is broad because the housing is. There are the original-owner and move-up families across the detached stock, the first-time buyers and renters concentrated in the southern condos and townhouses, and a layer of downsizers in the 55-plus Sanderson Ridge complex on Fish Creek Boulevard. These groups share the same park, the same Shawnessy ecosystem, and the same arterial access without necessarily overlapping socially, which is typical of a community assembled across two distinct building eras.

Recent sales

The Pillar 9 MLS feed shows 298 residential sales in Evergreen over the trailing twelve months. That is a thick, actively trading market, and it is the widest-spread market of the three deep-southwest communities, running from $155,000 for a small entry condo to $2,150,000 for a luxury Sanderson Ridge unit. Across all sales the average sale price was about $636,700, the average marketing time was 33 days, and the average sale-to-list ratio was 98.2 percent. Detached homes, which made up 65 percent of the sales, are themselves split across two eras: the newer southern stock trading in the $600,000s and $700,000s, and the established Estates homes, many backing Fish Creek, reaching from the high $800,000s into seven figures. Read the tiers below as separate markets rather than points on one line, because an Evergreen average blends the entry condo and the escarpment estate.

Type	Typical price range	Notes
Apartment	$155K - $445K typical (median $329K)	52 sales. Low-rise condo built mostly in the 2000s along Eversyde Avenue, from compact one-bedroom units in the $150Ks to larger two-bedroom homes. The 55-plus Sanderson Ridge complex on Fish Creek Boulevard sits in its own bracket, with luxury units running from the $400Ks to a $2.15M top sale. Condo fees, reserve fund, and rental rules vary sharply by building.
Row/Townhouse	$241K - $545K (median $413K)	41 sales. Two-storey townhouses in complexes along Eversyde and Everridge, built mostly in the 2000s. A move-up step from the condo tier for buyers who want more space without the detached price. Median 30 days on market.
Semi-detached	$464K - $965K (median $542K)	12 sales. Conventional half-duplexes through the $500Ks and $600Ks, with the top of the band reaching into estate territory on the better lots. Median 14 to 15 days on market, the quickest-moving tier.
Detached	$485K - $1.8M (median $714K)	193 sales. Two markets in one field. Newer-south two-storey family homes built mostly 2001-2012 form the core in the $600Ks and $700Ks, median 20 days on market. The established Estates homes (built late-80s to mid-90s) on the Fish Creek escarpment run from the high $800Ks past $1.8M, with park-backing walkout lots at the top.

Featured recent sales

• 1106, 2371 Eversyde Avenue SW. Sold $158,000 against a $162,900 list in 7 days on market. One-bedroom apartment, 391 sq ft, built 2005, in a low-rise complex along Eversyde Avenue in the newer southern section. The entry point to ownership in Evergreen and an example of the affordable end of the two-era spread. Listed by REMAX Innovations.
• 165 Eversyde Common SW. Sold $408,000 against a $419,900 list in 59 days. Three-bedroom townhouse, 1,192 sq ft, built 2004, in a condo-fee complex in the southern section. A clean example of the move-up step between the condo tier and detached ownership. Listed by CIR Realty.
• 274 Everoak Drive SW. Sold $750,000 essentially at its $749,900 list in 6 days. Four-bedroom, four-bath detached two-storey, 2,178 sq ft, built 2006, in the newer southern section. A representative example of the core newer-south detached market that makes up most of Evergreen’s turnover. Listed by Royal LePage METRO.
• 2322, 2330 Fish Creek Boulevard SW. Sold $949,900 at its full list price in 12 days. Two-bedroom luxury apartment, 1,579 sq ft, built 2009, in the 55-plus Sanderson Ridge complex. This is the named adult-living complex in Evergreen and a distinct downsizer market, where units run from the $400Ks to a $2.15M top sale. Listed by eXp Realty.
• 1656 Evergreen Hill SW. Sold $1,285,000 against a $1,298,000 list in 16 days. Four-bedroom, three-bath renovated bungalow, 1,853 sq ft on the main, built 1994, on an Environmental Reserve lot that backs directly onto Fish Creek Provincial Park with park access out the back gate. A 1994 Estates-era build sits inside the Poly-B window, exactly the kind of home to confirm the plumbing on during conditions. Listed by RE/MAX First.
• 67 Evergreen Rise SW. Sold $1,340,000 against a $1,399,900 list in 20 days. Five-bedroom, four-bath detached two-storey walkout, 3,636 sq ft, built 1996, on a west-facing escarpment lot with Fish Creek Park and mountain views and a triple attached garage. The escarpment walkout is the premium product in Evergreen, and the result shows it. Listed by Standard Realty Co.

Schools

Evergreen offers a full CBE Regular Program public pathway. Dr. Freda Miller School handles kindergarten through grade 5, Marshall Springs School covers the 6 to 9 middle and junior-high years, and Dr. E.P. Scarlett High School covers grades 10 to 12. The Scarlett designation is the one most worth highlighting, because it is the genuine differentiator against the surrounding communities. Evergreen feeds Dr. E.P. Scarlett, while Bridlewood and Somerset to the south feed Centennial High instead. Scarlett also offers both Early and Late French Immersion, which gives Evergreen families an immersion option at the high-school level even though the elementary and junior-high pathway is Regular Program only.

One practical note on the elementary assignment: Evergreen’s elementary designation has shifted with catchment changes over the years, and the assignment can vary by street. The older Evergreen School still operates, but the CBE address locator has been returning Dr. Freda Miller for tested Evergreen addresses, so confirm the current designation for your specific address rather than assuming.

For Catholic families, the pathway runs Our Lady of the Evergreens for kindergarten through grade 6, then Our Lady of Peace for grades 7 to 9, then Bishop O’Byrne High School for grades 10 to 12. One wrinkle on the elementary: the original Evergreen Estates area north of James McKevitt Road falls in the Our Lady of Peace elementary area rather than Our Lady of the Evergreens, but both lead to the same Our Lady of Peace junior high and Bishop O’Byrne high school. School boundaries shift between planning cycles, so confirm the assignment for your specific address with the CBE Find a School tool, and the Catholic schools with the CSSD Attendance Areas tool, before you rely on a designation. For a wider view of how Calgary catchments and programs work, the schools resource walks through the system.

Getting around

The honest headline on Evergreen transit is that there is no CTrain station in the community. The nearest is Fish Creek-Lacombe on the Red Line, which sits east of Evergreen across Macleod Trail. You reach it either by the Route 52 feeder bus or by driving to the station’s park-and-ride, which has roughly 1,130 stalls. It is not a walkable connection from an Evergreen home, and it is worth being precise about that, because the neighbouring Bridlewood and Somerset communities sit beside the Red Line southern terminus and do have a walk-or-drive-to-the-platform position. From Fish Creek-Lacombe it is about a 27-minute ride to downtown. A future 162 Avenue SW transitway has been planned for years but remains unbuilt, so do not factor it into a buying decision today.

By car, downtown is roughly 20 to 25 minutes off-peak and longer in rush hour, the University of Calgary about 23 minutes, and Foothills Hospital about 21 minutes. Calgary International Airport is about 32 minutes via Stoney Trail. The arterial network is a real asset out here. Stoney Trail runs along the western edge and connects quickly both east toward Deerfoot and west toward the mountains, Macleod Trail anchors the eastern side, and James McKevitt Road and 162 Avenue SW carry local traffic. For a household that takes regular mountain weekends, the quick Stoney Trail connection west is one of Evergreen’s quiet advantages over more centrally located communities.

Within the community, the internal pathway network is its own form of getting around. The trails connect through the streets and out into the Fish Creek pathway system, which for an Estates-section home near the escarpment can mean genuinely car-free access to a 2,300-acre park. Homes on the arterial edges along Stoney Trail or Macleod Trail trade some quiet for that access, and buyers shopping those streets should walk the specific address at different times of day to assess actual traffic exposure rather than relying on listing photos.

Housing stock

Detached homes are the core of Evergreen and made up 65 percent of the trailing-twelve-month sales, but the detached tier is really two products. The newer southern section, built mostly between 2001 and 2012, supplies the conventional two-storey family home on standard lots with attached double garages, typically three to five bedrooms with a developed or developable basement, trading mostly in the $600,000s and $700,000s with a quick 20-day median marketing time. The established Estates section in the north supplies the larger early-90s homes, many on the Fish Creek escarpment, which run from the high $800,000s past $1.8 million. The escarpment walkouts backing the park, like 67 Evergreen Rise at $1,340,000, anchor the top of the range. Build era matters here for more than price: Estates homes from the late-80s and early-90s sit inside the Poly-B plumbing window, while the 2000s-built south largely does not.

The attached and condo tiers are concentrated in the newer southern section. Townhouses trade from about $241,000 to $545,000 with a $413,000 median, in two-storey complexes along Eversyde and Everridge, and they form the move-up step between the condos and the detached homes. Semi-detached half-duplexes run from the $460,000s, with the better lots reaching into estate territory. The apartment tier is the entry point to Evergreen, with compact one-bedroom units along Eversyde Avenue starting around $155,000 and a community median near $329,000. Sitting apart from the rest of the condo market is Sanderson Ridge, the 55-plus adult-living complex at 2330 Fish Creek Boulevard SW, where larger luxury units run from the $400,000s to a $2,150,000 top sale. As with any condo, the building matters more than the unit, so read the reserve fund study, the recent financial statements, the AGM minutes, and the rental-restriction bylaws before writing. For a fuller walkthrough of how to approach a Calgary purchase across these tiers, the buyer’s guide covers the process end to end.

Frequently asked questions

Do homes in Evergreen really back onto Fish Creek Provincial Park?

Some do, and it is the community’s signature feature. The established Evergreen Estates section in the north backs directly onto Fish Creek Provincial Park along the escarpment, so a portion of those homes step out the back gate into the park rather than onto a fence line shared with another house. Streets like Evergreen Hill and Evergreen Drive carry the true park-backing and walkout view lots, and they trade at a clear premium to interior lots. Fish Creek is one of the largest urban parks in North America at roughly 2,300 acres, with kilometres of maintained pathway. The important nuance is that not every Evergreen address backs the park. The newer southern section is further from the escarpment, and many homes there back onto other homes or interior green space. If direct park backing is the reason you are buying, confirm the specific lot rather than assuming the whole community delivers it.

What schools does Evergreen feed into?

Evergreen follows a CBE Regular Program public pathway of Dr. Freda Miller School for kindergarten through grade 5, then Marshall Springs School for grades 6 to 9, then Dr. E.P. Scarlett High School for grades 10 to 12. Dr. E.P. Scarlett is the differentiator against neighbouring Bridlewood and Somerset, which feed Centennial High instead. Scarlett offers both Early and Late French Immersion, which is worth noting because the elementary and junior-high pathway is Regular Program only. On the Catholic side, the pathway is Our Lady of the Evergreens (K-6), then Our Lady of Peace (7-9), then Bishop O’Byrne High School (10-12). Evergreen’s elementary designation has shifted with catchment changes and can vary by street, so confirm the assignment for your exact address with the CBE Find a School tool, and the Catholic schools with the CSSD Attendance Areas tool, before you rely on a designation.

Can I walk to the CTrain from Evergreen?

No, and this is a common misunderstanding. Evergreen has no CTrain station of its own. The nearest station is Fish Creek-Lacombe on the Red Line, which sits east of the community across Macleod Trail. You reach it either by the Route 52 feeder bus or by driving to the station’s park-and-ride, which has roughly 1,130 stalls. It is not a walkable connection from an Evergreen home. From Fish Creek-Lacombe it is about a 27-minute ride to downtown. Bridlewood and Somerset to the south sit beside the Red Line southern terminus and have a genuine walk-or-drive-to-the-platform position that Evergreen does not. If a short walk to the train is a priority, Evergreen is a drive-and-park or feeder-bus community, and you should plan your commute around that rather than around a station you can walk to.

What is the commute like from Evergreen to downtown?

Evergreen sits at the deep southwest edge of the city with strong arterial access. Downtown is roughly 20 to 25 minutes by car off-peak and longer in rush hour. By transit it is about 27 minutes on the Red Line once you reach Fish Creek-Lacombe station, which is a feeder-bus or park-and-ride trip east across Macleod Trail rather than a walk. The University of Calgary is about 23 minutes by car and Foothills Hospital about 21 minutes. Calgary International Airport is about 32 minutes via Stoney Trail. The arterial network is a real asset out here. Stoney Trail runs along the western edge and connects quickly toward the mountains, Macleod Trail anchors the east side, and James McKevitt Road and 162 Avenue SW carry local traffic. For households that take regular mountain weekends, the quick Stoney Trail connection west is one of Evergreen’s quiet advantages.

Should I worry about Poly-B plumbing in Evergreen?

The answer depends on which part of Evergreen you are buying in, because the community was built in two distinct eras. Poly-B (polybutylene) plumbing was used in Calgary construction roughly from 1985 to 1997. The established Evergreen Estates section in the north was established in 1986 and largely built through the early 1990s, which puts much of that older stock squarely inside the Poly-B window. The newer southern section, established around 1999 and built out through the 2000s, is largely post-Poly-B. There is no blanket answer for the community as a whole, which is exactly why the two-era split matters. The right approach is to confirm the build year for the specific home and have the plumbing inspected during your conditions. An Estates-era home from 1992 and a 2005 home a few streets south carry very different odds, and you treat them differently.

How does Evergreen compare to Bridlewood, Somerset, or Millrise on price?

Evergreen carries the widest age and price spread of the deep-southwest communities because it spans two eras under one name. Over the trailing twelve months the Pillar 9 MLS feed shows sales from $155,000 for a small entry condo to $2,150,000 for a luxury Sanderson Ridge unit, with detached homes alone running from roughly $485,000 to $1,800,000. That range is wider than Bridlewood or Somerset, which were built across a tighter window and top out lower. The reason is the escarpment. Evergreen Estates homes backing directly onto Fish Creek Park reach into seven figures in a way the neighbouring communities cannot match, while the newer southern condos and townhouses keep the entry point low. The practical takeaway is that an average sale price for Evergreen blends two very different markets, so always compare a home against others of its own era and lot type, not against the community average.

What is an escarpment or walkout lot, and why do they cost more in Evergreen?

An escarpment lot in Evergreen is a home positioned along the natural slope where the community meets Fish Creek Provincial Park to the north. Many of these lots are walkouts, meaning the basement opens at grade to the backyard and the park beyond, rather than being fully below ground. The combination of a developed walkout level, an unobstructed park or valley view, and direct or near-direct access to the Fish Creek pathway network is what drives the premium. These are concentrated in the established Estates section on streets like Evergreen Hill, Evergreen Rise, and Evergreen Drive, and the Evercreek Bluffs enclave. Comparable homes a few streets south, on interior lots without the view or the park backing, sell for materially less. If you are paying the escarpment premium, the value is in the specific lot, so confirm the orientation, the view, and the basement walkout configuration on the exact home rather than assuming the street delivers it.

What is the lifestyle like in Evergreen?

Evergreen reads as a settled, nature-oriented family community defined by its relationship to Fish Creek Provincial Park. The park and the internal pathway network are the centre of daily life, with residents walking, cycling, and skiing the trails directly from the community. It is not a destination community with a high street of its own. Daily shopping and services run to the adjacent Shawnessy district, with the South Fish Creek Recreation Complex and Shawnessy retail covering recreation, groceries, big-box stores, and a cinema within a short drive. The population is a genuine mix because of the two-era housing: original-owner and move-up families across the detached stock, first-time buyers and renters in the southern condos and townhouses, and a layer of downsizers in the 55-plus Sanderson Ridge complex on Fish Creek Boulevard. They share the same park, the same Shawnessy ecosystem, and the same arterial access. When you are ready to test what a specific Evergreen home is worth, a professional home valuation is the right next step.

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Sales data current as of 2026-06-08. Includes 298 residential sales in Evergreen between 2025-06-10 and 2026-06-05. Source: Pillar 9 MLS® System. Copyright 2026 Pillar 9. All Rights Reserved.

Commute times

Downtown	about 20-25 min by car, or roughly 27 min by CTrain from Fish Creek-Lacombe (a feeder bus or park-and-ride ride away, not walkable)
University of Calgary	about 23 min by car
Foothills Hospital	about 21 min by car
Airport (YYC)	about 32 min by car via Stoney Trail