Overview
Monterey Park is a long, narrow strip of NE Calgary on the east side of 68 Street NE. Temple faces it across that road in the north half, and Pineridge in the south half. McKnight Boulevard NE runs along the top, with Coral Springs beyond it. At the bottom is 16 Avenue NE, the Trans-Canada Highway on this stretch, with Abbeydale across it, and Stoney Trail NE closes the east side. The addresses are NE throughout, in Ward 10.
The bulk of it dates from the 1990s. Building began in 1984, the City counted its first residents a year later, and the last streets filled in around 2000. Its street names include Catalina, Laguna, Del Ray, Costa Mesa, Pasadena, San Diego and Carmel.
Detached houses make up most of the community and most of what sells. In the twelve months to August 2026, 56 of the 69 residential sales were detached houses, at a typical $504,000. Monterey Park also holds a manufactured-home park, a Calgary Co-op on 68 Street NE, Monterey Park School and the community hall.
David’s take
The vibe
The Co-op on 68 Street
The shopping is on the west edge, in the centre on 68 Street NE south of 32 Avenue NE. It is built around a Calgary Co-op, and as of November 2026 it also had a Dollarama, a liquor store, a gas station, a car wash and a few restaurants and services.
Inside the community the streets are almost all houses. Three places of worship and a daycare sit among them, and a seniors’ residence is on Catalina Boulevard NE.
The hall on Catalina Boulevard
The Monterey Park Community Centre is at 2707 Catalina Blvd NE, run by the Monterey Park Community Association, which was registered as a society on March 22, 1990. The hall has a main room licensed for 240 people, a gym, a commercial kitchen and meeting rooms, and child care runs there.
Around the hall and Monterey Park School, the City’s park holds three soccer fields, a ball diamond, a toboggan hill and two tennis courts, one shared with pickleball. Membership in the association is optional. For what it costs now, ask the association.
The Greenway and the ponds
The Rotary/Mattamy Greenway, the City’s pathway loop around Calgary, comes through Monterey Park along its east side, between the last streets of houses and Stoney Trail. It runs from 16 Avenue up to McKnight Boulevard, past twelve ponds strung along that side and near the south end.
Playground equipment stands on eleven park sites across the community, and another park site has three more soccer fields and a ball diamond. There is no off-leash area inside. The City’s Pineridge off-leash area is across 68 Street NE. The ground is flat, falling gently from the north-west corner toward 16 Avenue.
Built from the south-west out
The City brought the land inside its limits in three pieces, in 1979, 1983 and 1989, and the 1989 piece was the largest, taking in the east side and the Stoney Trail corridor. Building started in the south-west, near 68 Street and 26 Avenue NE, in the mid to late 1980s. It moved north and east through the 1990s, and the San Fernando and Los Alamos streets were among the last, around 1998 to 2000.
The City counted 39 people here in 1985, 1,779 in 1990, 5,427 in 1994 and 10,310 by 2001. The Federation of Calgary Communities says the developers “used a California theme in terms of street names, building styles and materials.”
Households
The 2021 census counted 10,475 people in 3,150 households, an average of 3.3 people a household (Calgary: 2.6). Households of five or more were 24% (Calgary: 10%), and 82% of households owned their home (Calgary: 69%).
Of those owners, 61% had a mortgage (Calgary: 65%). The typical household income in 2020 was $95,000 (Calgary: $98,000), and 30% of residents moved house in the five years to 2021 (Calgary: 42%).
Housing stock
On the City’s 2026 assessments, Monterey Park has 2,474 detached houses, on a typical lot of about 4,300 square feet. Most went up between 1990 and 1999, with 1992 the busiest single year. The 2021 census put 77% of occupied homes in single-detached houses, against 55% across Calgary, and 10% in movable dwellings, where Calgary’s share rounds to 0%.
The rest is a small mix, starting with two condominium apartment buildings on 68 Street NE, built from 2002 to 2004, that hold 157 units. Two condominium townhouse complexes, on Del Monica Villas NE (1994) and Catalina Circle NE (1996), hold 76 units between them. There are 22 half-duplexes on titles of their own on Catalina Boulevard NE, from 1991 and 1992, and a 62-unit townhouse co-operative from 1992 on the same road.
The City has approved secondary suites in a number of houses, and a few backyard suites since 2020. If a suite is part of your plan, look the lot up on the City’s land-use map first.
The manufactured-home park
The manufactured-home park sits on the east side, on Burroughs Circle, Burroughs Manor, Burroughs Place and Burroughs Lane NE. The 2019 civic census counted 301 manufactured homes there. For the City’s assessment, the whole park is one property with its address on 32 Avenue NE, and the homes sit on sites inside it rather than on lots of their own.
A Monterey Park house carries no residents association or homeowners association fee. A home in the park has a monthly charge for its site instead. The condominium apartments and townhouses each pay a monthly condo fee to their own corporation, and the co-op has charges of its own. The post on homeowners association fees in Calgary sorts out which charge is which.
| Type | Median sale price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | $520,000 | 53 |
| Semi-detached | $392,000 | 2 |
| Row / townhouse | $350,050 | 2 |
| Apartment | $235,000 | 5 |
| All home types | $491,700 | 62 |
Recent sales
Detached houses were 56 of Monterey Park’s sales over the twelve months to August 2026. They went for a typical $504,000, from $385,000 up to $710,000, and half of them sold within 33 days. The typical house among them was built in 1994.
Pineridge, facing it across 68 Street NE, had a typical detached price of $538,500, with half selling within 24 days. Beyond McKnight Boulevard, half of Coral Springs’ detached houses sold within 48 days, at a typical $680,000.
Eight apartments, three semi-detached homes and two townhouses made up the other 13 sales.
Put all 69 sales together and the typical price was $485,000, with the middle half of them landing between $425,000 and $570,000. Half of all 69 sold within 34 days, at a typical 96.74% of the asking price. The full spread ran from $160,000 to $710,000. Its low end was one of the 13 sales that weren’t detached houses, so for a detached house the figures to use are $385,000 to $710,000.
A home valuation prices your own Monterey Park house from the sales on and around its street. Buyers can work through deposits, conditions and the offer itself in the buyer’s guide.
Getting around
Catalina Boulevard NE runs through both halves of the community, crossing 32 Avenue NE, which comes in from 68 Street between them. Laguna Way NE serves the north half and California Boulevard NE the south half, and 26 Avenue NE enters in the south. The Stoney Trail interchanges with McKnight Boulevard and 16 Avenue sit at the two east corners.
Transit is by bus, and there is no CTrain station in Monterey Park. Route 57 Monterey Park/McCall Wy NE serves the north half on Laguna Way, 43 Avenue NE and 68 Street. Routes 34 Pineridge and 48 Rundle serve the south half on California Boulevard, Catalina Boulevard and 26 Avenue. All three run every day of the week, and Route 68 (68 St E) stops on the Monterey Park side of 68 Street NE northbound.
A household split between Foothills Medical Centre and the University of Calgary gets two drives of the same length: 27 minutes each from the middle of Monterey Park, without traffic, as of November 2026. The Municipal Building downtown and Calgary International Airport come in shorter, at 21 and 20 minutes.
| Downtown | 21 min |
|---|---|
| University of Calgary | 27 min |
| Foothills Hospital | 27 min |
| Airport (YYC) | 20 min |
Schools
Monterey Park School is the one school building in the community. The two boards draw Monterey Park differently: CBE keeps every home together, and CSSD divides it at 32 Avenue NE.
As CBE publishes it in November 2026, every Monterey Park home is designated to Monterey Park School, 7400 California Blvd NE, for kindergarten to grade 6. Junior high is Clarence Sansom School, 5840 24 Ave NE, and high school is Lester B. Pearson High School, 3020 52 St NE, both over 68 Street in Pineridge. Lester B. Pearson’s IB programmes are choice programmes, applied for on their own.
As CSSD publishes it in November 2026, the Catholic schools depend on which side of 32 Avenue NE the house is on. North of the avenue, on the Anaheim, Carmel, Costa Mesa, Fresno, Laguna, Los Alamos, San Diego, San Fernando and Saratoga streets, children go to St. Thomas More School, 6110 Temple Drive NE, for kindergarten to grade 6 and to Father Scollen School, 6839 Temple Drive NE, for grades 7 to 9, both in Temple. High school is Bishop McNally High School, 5700 Falconridge Blvd NE, in Falconridge.
South of the avenue are the California, Catalina Place, Coronado, Del Monica, Del Ray, Del Rio, Eldorado, La Valencia and Pasadena streets, the homes on 26 Avenue NE, the condominium apartments on 68 Street NE and the manufactured-home park. Their schools are St. Patrick School, 6006 Rundlehorn Drive NE in Pineridge, for kindergarten to grade 6, St. Martha School, 6020 4 Avenue NE in Marlborough Park, for grades 7 to 9, and Father Lacombe High School, 3615 Radcliffe Drive SE in Albert Park/Radisson Heights. Catalina Boulevard NE runs across the line, so on that road, confirm the house with CSSD.
For the 2026-27 school year, CSSD redirects new grade 7 to 9 students from St. Martha’s area, which takes in Monterey Park south of 32 Avenue NE, to Holy Cross School in Dover (3719 26 Avenue SE). CSSD asks families to phone the schools first. North of 32 Avenue is not affected. Under CSSD’s 2027-2028 high school boundaries, both halves keep the high school they have now.
Boards redraw these lines now and then, so check the exact address with each board’s own tool (CBE’s Find a School, CSSD’s school finder) and plan around what comes back. How attendance areas, overflow and choice programmes work across Calgary is set out in the schools resource.
Monterey Park School
Public, K-6
The public elementary for every home in Monterey Park, kindergarten to grade 6, as CBE publishes it in November 2026. It is the one school building inside the community, at 7400 California Blvd NE, on the same City park site as the community hall. Before you register, enter the full address in CBE's Find a School and read the answer it gives.
Clarence Sansom School
Public, 7-9
Grades 7 to 9 for all of Monterey Park, as CBE publishes it in November 2026. The building is in Pineridge, across 68 Street NE, at 5840 24 Ave NE. CBE's Find a School gives the designation for one address, and it is worth running the house you're buying through it.
Lester B. Pearson High School
Public, 10-12
Lester B. Pearson takes grades 10 to 12 for all of Monterey Park, as CBE publishes it in November 2026, from its building at 3020 52 St NE in Pineridge. Its IB programmes are choice programmes with an application of their own. Run the full address through CBE's Find a School to confirm it.
St. Thomas More School
Catholic, K-6
Catholic kindergarten to grade 6 for Monterey Park north of 32 Avenue NE, as CSSD publishes it in November 2026. The school is in Temple, at 6110 Temple Drive NE. On Catalina Boulevard NE, which crosses the line, a call to CSSD settles which school a house belongs to.
Father Scollen School
Catholic, 7-9
Grades 7 to 9 for Monterey Park north of 32 Avenue NE, as CSSD publishes it in November 2026. It is in Temple, at 6839 Temple Drive NE. Run the address through CSSD's school finder before planning on it.
Bishop McNally High School
Catholic, 10-12
The Catholic high school for Monterey Park north of 32 Avenue NE, as CSSD publishes it in November 2026, and CSSD's 2027-2028 boundaries keep it there. It is at 5700 Falconridge Blvd NE, in Falconridge. Enter the house in CSSD's school finder to see which half it is in.
St. Patrick School
Catholic, K-6
Catholic kindergarten to grade 6 for Monterey Park south of 32 Avenue NE, as CSSD publishes it in November 2026. It is in Pineridge, at 6006 Rundlehorn Drive NE. A house on Catalina Boulevard NE is the one to confirm with CSSD directly.
St. Martha School
Catholic, 7-9
The designated Catholic junior high for Monterey Park south of 32 Avenue NE, as CSSD publishes it in November 2026, at 6020 4 Avenue NE in Marlborough Park. For 2026-27, CSSD sends new grade 7 to 9 students from its area to Holy Cross School in Dover. Phone the schools and check the address in CSSD's finder before registering.
Father Lacombe High School
Catholic, 10-12
Grades 10 to 12 for Monterey Park south of 32 Avenue NE, as CSSD publishes it in November 2026, and still the school on CSSD's 2027-2028 boundaries. It is at 3615 Radcliffe Drive SE, in Albert Park/Radisson Heights. Confirm the house's side of the avenue in CSSD's school finder.
Frequently asked questions
What do homes sell for in Monterey Park?
Most of what sells is a detached house: 56 of the 69 residential sales in the twelve months to August 2026. Those went for a typical $504,000, in a range of $385,000 to $710,000, and half sold within 33 days. Eight apartments, three semi-detached homes and two townhouses also sold. All 69 together had a typical price of $485,000, with the middle half between $425,000 and $570,000. For a price on a single house, a home valuation built on the nearest sales is the tool to use.
Is there a homeowners association fee in Monterey Park?
Monterey Park has no residents association or homeowners association fee. The condominium apartments and townhouses each pay a monthly condo fee to their own corporation. A home in the manufactured-home park is a separate case, with a monthly charge for the site it sits on, so ask the seller for that figure and the site agreement. The Monterey Park Community Association sells an optional membership, and the association can give you its current price.
What should I know about buying in the manufactured-home park?
The City assesses the whole park on 32 Avenue NE as one property, and the homes on the Burroughs streets sit on sites inside it rather than on lots of their own, so what you buy is the home, not the ground under it. In Alberta, renting a site in a mobile home community comes under the Mobile Home Sites Tenancies Act, and the landlord has to put every fee beyond the rent, and the community’s rules, in writing before you sign. Ask for the site agreement, the monthly charge and the rules, and ask your lender whether it finances that kind of home before you write an offer.
Where do Monterey Park children go to school?
On the public side, the whole community goes together. As CBE publishes it in November 2026, every home starts at Monterey Park School, in the community itself, from kindergarten to grade 6, and moves on to Clarence Sansom School and Lester B. Pearson High School, both in Pineridge. The Catholic side is divided at 32 Avenue NE. As CSSD publishes it in November 2026, the north side of the avenue is designated to two Temple schools, St. Thomas More School and then Father Scollen School, with Bishop McNally High School in Falconridge for grades 10 to 12. The south side is designated to St. Patrick School in Pineridge, then St. Martha School in Marlborough Park, and the high school for that side is Father Lacombe, in Albert Park/Radisson Heights. Catalina Boulevard NE crosses the line, so a house on it is one to confirm with CSSD.
Is there a grocery store in Monterey Park?
Yes. A Calgary Co-op is inside the community, in the shopping centre on 68 Street NE in the south half. As of November 2026, a Dollarama, a liquor store, a gas station, a car wash and a few restaurants and services were there with it.
Is there a CTrain station in Monterey Park?
No, the community is served by bus. Route 57 runs through the north half on Laguna Way NE and 43 Avenue NE, and Routes 34 Pineridge and 48 Rundle through the south half on California Boulevard NE, Catalina Boulevard NE and 26 Avenue NE, all three every day of the week. Route 68 stops on the Monterey Park side of 68 Street NE northbound.
How old are the houses in Monterey Park?
Most date from the 1990s. The first houses went up in 1984, the City counted its first 39 residents in 1985, and the last streets were finished around 2000. The 2021 census put 62% of occupied homes in the decade from 1991 to 2000, against 15% across Calgary. A 1994 house was typical of the detached houses sold in the twelve months to August 2026.
Sales data current as of 2026-08-31. Includes 69 residential sales in Monterey Park over the twelve months to August 2026. Source: Pillar 9 MLS® System. Copyright 2026 Pillar 9. All Rights Reserved.
