Rutland Park

Overview

Rutland Park occupies a compact rectangle in the inner southwest quadrant, roughly bounded by Richmond Road SW to the north, 37th Street SW to the west, and Sarcee Road SW to the south. It is one of the smaller SW communities by both area and population, which gives it a distinctive character: a tight, walkable street grid with virtually no through-traffic, mature elm and ash trees overhanging most blocks, and a sense of settledness that larger communities often cannot replicate. The community sits immediately east of Glamorgan and its commercial strip, and within a short walk of the Mount Royal University campus to the southeast.

The neighbourhood was developed almost entirely between 1954 and 1965. That narrow construction window produces a noticeably coherent streetscape: single-storey bungalows on 50-foot lots, brick and stucco exteriors, rear lanes with detached garages, and front yards that have had six decades to mature. A small townhouse complex at 4525 31st Street SW, built in 1956, anchors the northeast corner of the community. Over the past decade, a modest wave of semi-detached and detached infill has appeared, primarily along the Sarcee Road SW edge facing Rutland Park Community Association greenspace, where walkout lot topography and park adjacency have attracted custom builders.

Rutland Park’s size is both its limitation and its appeal. There is no commercial strip within the community itself: Richmond Road SW immediately to the north provides groceries, transit, and the Glamorgan Bakery; Glamorgan Shopping Centre is accessible on foot from most addresses. What the community offers instead is a quiet interior that is almost entirely residential, where the houses, trees, and community rink occupy the available space without interruption from arterial roads or commercial uses. For buyers who have looked at comparable inner-SW communities and found them either too large or too redeveloped, Rutland Park often reads as a version of the same idea at a more human scale.

Over the twelve months to August 2026, Rutland Park recorded 22 residential sales at a typical price of $675,000. Detached houses were 12 of those sales, 55% of the market, at a typical $758,750, and 11 of the 12 were homes built 1970 or earlier. The other sales were 5 row and townhouse, 4 semi-detached and 1 full duplex.

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Housing stock

The dominant property type in Rutland Park is the original 1950s-1960s bungalow. Lot sizes are typically 50 feet wide by 120 feet deep, with rear-lane access and a detached single or double garage. Most original homes run from roughly 1,000 to 1,500 square feet above grade, with a full finished or partially finished basement below. After six decades, condition and renovation history vary a lot from one house to the next. The community has seen fewer tear-downs than Altadore or Killarney, so the original streetscape is largely intact.

Over the twelve months to August 2026, detached houses were 12 of Rutland Park’s 22 residential sales, 55% of the market, at a typical price of $758,750, between $540,000 and $2,650,000. The detached homes that sold had a typical build year of 1956, and the typical detached sale took 21 days. Homes built 1970 or earlier were 11 of the 12 detached sales, at a typical $725,000, with a typical build year of 1956 and 22 days on market. New detached infill is genuinely thin: the remaining detached sale was built 2018 or later. Both build-year groups sit inside the 12 detached sales rather than adding to them.

Semi-detached activity in Rutland Park has a distinctive location. Most of the newer semi-detached infill sits along Sarcee Road SW, immediately adjacent to Rutland Park Community Association greenspace, on the park-facing edge described in the overview. Across the whole community, 4 semi-detached homes sold over the twelve months to August 2026. A semi-detached price here is best read off comparable homes rather than a community figure.

Row and townhouse homes closed 5 sales over the same twelve months, and 1 full duplex sale closed as well. Detached houses account for 12 of the 22 sales, and the 5 row and townhouse, 4 semi-detached and 1 full duplex sales make up the rest. The community’s $329,000 low is a sale in one of those three groups, so it says little about what a detached house costs.

Type	Median sale price	Sales
Detached	$758,750	8
Row / townhouse	$329,750	4
All home types	$675,000	13

Schools

Rutland Park has no CBE school inside its own boundaries, so the designated public pathway runs to schools in the communities around it. The designated elementary is Glenbrook School in neighbouring Glenbrook, the designated junior high is A. E. Cross School at 3445 37 Street SW in Glenbrook, just west of the community, and the designated senior high is Central Memorial High School at 5111 21 Street SW.

Glamorgan School, just west of the community, is worth knowing about and worth understanding correctly. It is the CBE Traditional Learning Centre for the area, running K-9 in a single building with required music and French at every grade level, and it is a genuine draw for families who want that structure. It is also a citywide, application-based choice programme rather than a catchment school, which means a Rutland Park address does not designate a child to it. Families who want the TLC apply for a seat the same way a family from anywhere else in Calgary does.

Catholic families designate to St. Andrew School for the elementary years, St. Gregory School at 5340 26 Avenue SW for junior high, and St. Mary’s High School at 111 18 Avenue SW for senior high, with some addresses designating to St. Thomas Aquinas School at the elementary level instead. From 2027-2028, CSSD expects students in grades 10 and 11 of the regular programme to attend St. Pier Giorgio Frassati High School, the new CSSD school in west Calgary due to open in fall 2027. If your child will be in grade 12 in 2027-2028, ask CSSD which school applies. Bishop Carroll High School is also available, though as CSSD’s citywide, application-based self-directed learning school rather than a boundary designation. Inner-city boundaries shift with enrolment, so confirm the current designation for your specific address with the CBE Find a School and Calgary Catholic School District tools before purchasing. The community’s position close to Mount Royal University makes it a practical location for families where one parent is a student or faculty member.

The vibe

Rutland Park’s daily character is defined by its small footprint. The interior streets carry almost no through-traffic. There’s no reason to drive in unless you live here or are visiting someone who does. On a weekday morning the streets are quiet. A few residents walking to the community rink or the park, others cycling southeast toward MRU or west toward the Glamorgan Shopping area. The rhythm is unhurried in the way that post-war crescents and short blocks naturally produce after they’ve been lived in long enough to settle.

The community association is the social anchor. An outdoor rink that operates through the winter, a playground, and greenspace that backs the Sarcee Road semi-detached cluster on its west side. The Glamorgan Bakery on Richmond Road SW, technically one community west, functions as a Rutland Park institution in practice. On weekend mornings, plenty of Rutland Park residents walk to it the same way Glamorgan residents do.

Walkable amenities are practical rather than curated. Glamorgan Shopping Centre along Richmond Road SW covers groceries, pharmacy, and transit connections east and west. Westhills Town Centre and the Signal Hill commercial node are a short drive for larger-format retail. The MRU campus to the southeast is accessible on foot and by transit, and the campus library, fitness facilities, and public arts events are open beyond the student body. For buyers who want an inner-SW location without the density and commercial activity of Marda Loop or 17th Avenue SW, Rutland Park’s quiet interior is a worthwhile trade.

Commute

Rutland Park is well positioned for commuters who use the arterials that bracket it. Downtown is roughly 16 minutes by car outside peak hours via Richmond Road SW east to Crowchild Trail, or via 37th Street SW to Glenmore Trail. Foothills Medical Centre is approximately 14 minutes, which makes the community a practical choice for healthcare workers. The University of Calgary is about 19 minutes north on Crowchild. Calgary International Airport is roughly 34 minutes.

Calgary Transit routes along Richmond Road SW connect residents east toward downtown or west toward the Westbrook LRT station on the Blue Line. The MRU campus just southeast of the community is itself a transit hub with multiple routes. Door-to-door transit to downtown typically runs 25 to 30 minutes from most Rutland Park addresses. For residents who work at MRU or the Foothills hospital campus, the neighbourhood’s position between those two destinations on Crowchild Trail is a genuine practical advantage.

Recent sales

Over the twelve months to August 2026, the typical Rutland Park sale took 22 days to sell, and the average across the community’s 22 sales was 25 days, the number at the top of this page. Detached houses typically took 21 days, and the detached homes built 1970 or earlier took 22.

Sellers got 97.87% of their list price at the typical sale.

The middle sale in Rutland Park closed at $675,000, the typical price. The $800,900 average in the header sits $125,900 above that. With 22 sales behind it, the typical price is the better number to hold a sale here against.

Half of the 22 sales closed between $480,000 and $977,000, and sales for the year ran from $329,000 to $2,650,000. The low end of that range is a sale in one of the three smaller property types (row and townhouse, semi-detached or full duplex), so it doesn’t tell you where detached prices start. Detached sales ran from $540,000 to $2,650,000.

If you own a home here, a home valuation puts a number on that particular house. If you’re weighing an offer, read the buyer’s guide first.

Sales data current as of 2026-08-31. Includes 22 residential sales in Rutland Park over the twelve months to August 2026. Source: Pillar 9 MLS® System. Copyright 2026 Pillar 9. All Rights Reserved.

FAQ

Is Rutland Park a good neighbourhood for families?

Yes, particularly for families who value a quiet, small-footprint community with a community rink and streets children can move around on. The designated public elementary is Glenbrook School, in neighbouring Glenbrook rather than inside Rutland Park itself, so the school run is a short drive or bus ride. The community association operates an outdoor skating rink and playground that get consistent year-round use. The streets carry very little through-traffic, which makes the interior of the community genuinely low-speed and accessible for children moving around independently. The trade-off is that commercial amenities are limited within the community itself; groceries, pharmacy, and restaurants require a short walk north to Richmond Road SW or a drive to the Glamorgan Shopping area or Westhills.

What are the schools like in Rutland Park?

The designated public elementary for Rutland Park addresses is Glenbrook School in neighbouring Glenbrook, the designated junior high is A. E. Cross School at 3445 37 Street SW in Glenbrook, just west of the community, and the designated senior high is Central Memorial High School at 5111 21 Street SW. Glamorgan School, just west of the community, is a CBE Traditional Learning Centre running K-9 in a single building with required music and French, but it is a citywide, application-based choice programme rather than a catchment school, so it is something to apply to rather than something a Rutland Park address entitles you to. Catholic families designate to St. Andrew School for the elementary years, St. Gregory School at 5340 26 Avenue SW for junior high, and St. Mary’s High School at 111 18 Avenue SW for senior high, with some addresses designating to St. Thomas Aquinas School at the elementary level instead. From 2027-2028, CSSD expects students in grades 10 and 11 of the regular programme to attend St. Pier Giorgio Frassati High School, the new CSSD school in west Calgary due to open in fall 2027. Bishop Carroll High School is available as well, but as CSSD’s citywide, application-based self-directed learning school rather than a boundary designation. Inner-city boundaries shift with enrolment, so confirm the current designation for your specific address with the CBE Find a School and Calgary Catholic School District tools before purchasing. Mount Royal University’s campus, just southeast of the community, is also a practical asset for families with university-age students or parents who work there.

How long does it take to get downtown from Rutland Park?

By car, roughly 16 minutes outside rush hour using Richmond Road SW east to Crowchild Trail or 37th Street SW south to Glenmore Trail. During morning peak traffic that can extend to 25 to 35 minutes depending on your destination and entry point. Calgary Transit routes along Richmond Road SW connect to downtown or to the Westbrook LRT station on the Blue Line; door-to-door transit to downtown typically runs 25 to 30 minutes. The MRU campus just southeast of the community is also a transit hub with multiple routes.

Are there new infill builds available in Rutland Park?

New detached infill activity exists in Rutland Park but is thin. Over the twelve months to August 2026, 11 of the community’s 12 detached sales were homes built 1970 or earlier. Standard 50-foot lots support infill redevelopment, but the pace has been considerably slower than in Altadore or Killarney. Calgary’s 2024 citywide R-CG rezoning was repealed effective August 4, 2026, so check a specific lot’s current zoning before counting on what it can support. Rutland Park’s newer semi-detached infill sits mainly along Sarcee Road SW, facing the community association greenspace. Across the whole community, 4 semi-detached homes sold over the same twelve months. If a brand-new detached home is your priority, Rutland Park is not the right community to run an active search in; buyers here are primarily choosing among original-era bungalows at various renovation stages.

How does Rutland Park compare to Glamorgan or Killarney?

Rutland Park and Glamorgan share a boundary, similar mid-century bungalow stock, and close proximity to Mount Royal University. The key difference is property type diversity. Measured the same way over the same twelve months to August 2026, Glamorgan recorded 92 residential sales, 46 of them row and townhouse, against 22 in Rutland Park. Glamorgan’s detached homes built 1970 or earlier sold at a slightly lower typical price, $713,000 against $725,000 here. Rutland Park is smaller and quieter, with a more distinctive semi-detached infill cluster along Sarcee Road. Killarney, closer to 17th Avenue SW and the downtown edge, sits at a higher price point, with a typical detached price of $876,500 against $758,750 in Rutland Park. It has also experienced more significant infill redevelopment pressure over the past decade. Buyers who find Killarney too expensive and Glamorgan too townhouse-heavy often look seriously at Rutland Park as the middle ground.

What is the parking situation in Rutland Park?

Most detached homes in Rutland Park have rear-lane access and a detached single or double garage. Lot sizes are typically 50 by 120 feet, which is consistent with inner-city SW standards. Street parking on residential streets is generally available and low-pressure. The townhouse complex at 4525 31st Street SW provides one assigned stall per unit; if you’re purchasing there, confirm parking allocation and visitor parking provisions before completing the purchase. The community’s small footprint and residential character mean that parking pressures common near commercial areas do not extend into the interior streets.