Sundance

Overview

Sundance sits in the deep southeast, a planned lake community east of Macleod Trail and roughly twenty-two to twenty-seven minutes from downtown. It is bounded by Sun Valley Boulevard SE to the north, Macleod Trail to the west, Marquis of Lorne Trail (Highway 22X, part of the Stoney Trail ring road) to the south, and the Fish Creek Park and Bow River corridor to the east. Its closest neighbour is Midnapore directly across Sun Valley Boulevard to the north. Together the two communities form the MidSun area, the cluster of deep-south lake communities, and this is firmly part of the southeast, not the inner southwest.

Sundance was established as a community around 1982 and built out through the 1980s, which makes it younger and far more uniformly single-family than its older neighbour Midnapore next door. The centrepiece is Lake Sundance, a private man-made lake carved at the turn of the 1980s for the exclusive use of residents and their guests. The streets run on the community’s distinctive Sun theme: Sunmills, Sunwood, Sunbank, Sun Valley, and the rest. The result is a settled, planned, lake-oriented community where the housing is overwhelmingly detached.

What makes Sundance stand out is that combination of a private four-season lake and a near-pure detached streetscape. It is the more uniform and higher-priced of the two MidSun lakes, with a tight, low-supply market and Fish Creek Provincial Park, one of the largest urban parks in North America, wrapping the north and east edges.

David’s take

The vibe

Sundance reads as a quiet, planned, family-oriented lake community. Because it built out in the 1980s as a single coordinated development, the streetscape is cohesive and overwhelmingly detached, without the patchwork of condo blocks and rental product you find in older mixed communities. The feel is settled and residential, with mature trees, curving Sun-themed streets, and a strong sense that this is a place people raise families and stay.

The setting is the draw. Lake Sundance anchors the community socially, a private lake with a beach, boats, courts, disc golf, cookshacks and BBQs in the warm months, and skating, shinny, and fire pits once it freezes, with adult members able to bring up to twelve guests per house per day. On top of that, Fish Creek Provincial Park wraps the north and east edges, putting one of the largest urban parks in North America and its pathway network directly at hand. Between the private lake and the public park, few deep-south communities match the outdoor access here.

For shopping and services, Sundance shares the MidSun amenities with Midnapore, including the area shopping centres and the Mid-Sun Community Association. Macleod Trail runs the western edge with its full corridor of retail, and the Shawnessy Town Centre and the LRT are a short drive south, so day-to-day errands and bigger shopping trips are both close.

Housing stock

The backbone of Sundance is its 1980s detached homes, and the defining fact of the market is how dominant that segment is. About 92% of sales here are detached, which makes this one of the more uniformly single-family communities in the deep south. The detached stock is largely original to the 1980s build-out, well-kept family homes on planned lots, with renovations and updates layered in over the decades rather than the wholesale teardown-and-rebuild churn you see in the inner-city communities. Attached product is a small minority: a thin band of row and townhouse units and a handful of half-duplexes form the more affordable entry point, but there is very little condo or apartment stock to speak of.

For buyers, the practical takeaway is that Sundance is a detached market first and almost only. If you want a single-family home with lake access in the deep south, this is a core target community. If you are looking for condo or apartment product, you will find very little of it here and should look to the more mixed communities nearby. The table below sketches the trailing-twelve-month ranges by type. If you want help reading where a specific home sits within these bands, the buyer’s guide is a good starting point.

Type	Typical price range	Notes
Detached	~$492.5K - $1.01M (median ~$705K)	95 sales. Original 1980s family homes on planned lots, updated and renovated over time; the dominant market by a wide margin.
Semi-detached (half duplex)	~$496K - $665K (median ~$622K)	3 sales. A small attached segment near the community edges.
Row / townhouse	~$485K - $539.9K (median ~$530K)	5 sales. The more affordable entry point into the community.

Recent sales

Over the trailing twelve months, Sundance recorded 103 residential sales. The blended median sold price was $687,500 and the blended average was $695,000, with homes spending about 16 days on market at the median and selling at roughly 99.0% of list price. Detached homes made up about 92% of sales. The price range ran from $485,000 for a townhouse to $1,010,000 for a detached home. The composition was 95 detached, 5 row or townhouse, and 3 semi-detached sales, a strong sample of a community built almost entirely around single-family homes.

Featured recent sales

• 91 Sun Valley Drive SE. Sold $875,000. Four-bedroom, three-bathroom detached, built 1983. Closed June 11, 2026.
• 1483 Sunwood Road SE. Sold $842,100. Four-bedroom, four-bathroom detached, built 1989. Closed June 19, 2026.
• 1387 Sunwood Road SE. Sold $840,000. Four-bedroom, three-bathroom detached, built 1990. Closed June 24, 2026.
• 499 Sunmills Drive SE. Sold $687,500. Four-bedroom, three-bathroom detached, built 1990. Closed June 24, 2026.
• 107 Sunbank Way SE. Sold $530,000. Three-bedroom, three-bathroom detached, built 1983. Closed June 26, 2026.

Twelve-month aggregates by segment

• Detached. 95 sales. Median about $705,000, range roughly $492,500 to $1,010,000. Original 1980s family homes on planned lots; the dominant market in the community.
• Row / townhouse. 5 sales. Median about $530,000, range about $485,000 to $539,900; the affordable entry point.
• Semi-detached (half duplex). 3 sales. Median about $622,000, range about $496,000 to $665,000; a small attached segment.

Schools

There is a CBE school inside Sundance carrying the community’s name, and it is worth understanding what it actually is. Sundance School holds an Early French Immersion attendance area and not a regular-stream one, which makes it the designated school for French Immersion families at Sundance addresses and a genuine reason for those families to look here. It is not the English-stream catchment school. That designation is Fish Creek School, outside the community.

From there the public pathway is straightforward. The junior-high designation runs to MidSun School, a CBE school that serves both Sundance and Midnapore and opened in the mid-1990s after area parents petitioned the board for a school of their own. The senior-high anchor is Centennial High School, a CBE 10-12 school right on Sundance’s doorstep at 55 Sun Valley Boulevard SE in the MidSun area. For Catholic families, Father Whelihan School at 70 Sunmills Drive SE, inside Sundance, is the designated elementary and junior high, feeding Bishop O’Byrne High School in Shawville for grades 10 to 12.

School designations in the deep south are address-specific and shift with enrolment, so confirm the designation for any specific address using the CBE Find a School and CSSD school-locator tools before you buy. For a broader overview of how Calgary school boundaries and programmes work, see the schools resource.

Getting around

Sundance is a car-friendly community with strong arterial access on its edges. Macleod Trail runs along the western edge, Sun Valley Boulevard forms the northern boundary with Midnapore, and Marquis of Lorne Trail (Highway 22X, part of the Stoney Trail ring road) runs along the south, so getting onto a major route is quick from most addresses. Macleod Trail provides a direct route north toward the city centre, and Marquis of Lorne Trail and Stoney Trail connect east and west across the south end of the city and out to Deerfoot.

Transit is provided by Calgary Transit bus routes connecting the community to the wider network and to the nearby CTrain stations on the south LRT line, with the Shawnessy Town Centre and its station a short drive away. The community itself is residential and quiet, so daily errands and commuting are done primarily by car, with the MidSun shopping and the Shawnessy retail close at hand.

Commute times are approximate and depend on traffic and your exact destination. Downtown is about twenty-two to twenty-seven minutes by car. Foothills Medical Centre runs roughly twenty-seven minutes, the University of Calgary about twenty-seven to thirty-two minutes, and Calgary International Airport around thirty-two to thirty-seven minutes; treat these as estimates.

Frequently asked questions

Is Sundance a good neighbourhood for families?

Yes, and it is one of the more purpose-built family communities in the deep south. Sundance is a planned 1980s lake community where about 92% of sales are detached homes, so the streetscape is overwhelmingly single-family rather than a mix of condos and rentals. The centrepiece is private Lake Sundance, with a beach, swimming, fishing, tennis and pickleball, disc golf, playgrounds, and winter skating, all for the exclusive use of residents and their guests. Fish Creek School is the designated CBE elementary, Sundance School inside the community is the designated Early French Immersion school, MidSun School handles junior high, and Centennial High School sits right on the doorstep at 55 Sun Valley Boulevard SE. Fish Creek Provincial Park along the north and east edges adds a huge amount of pathway and green space.

How much do homes cost in Sundance?

Over the trailing twelve months the blended median sold price was about $687,500 and the blended average was around $695,000, with sales running from $485,000 for a townhouse to $1,010,000 for a detached home. Because the community is roughly 92% detached, those blended numbers track the detached market closely. Detached homes carried a median around $705,000, ranging from about $492,500 to $1,010,000. The small attached segment sits lower: row and townhouse sales ran from $485,000 to $539,900, and the handful of half-duplex sales landed between $496,000 and $665,000. A home valuation is the place to start for a specific property.

How does the Lake Sundance membership and fee work?

Lake Sundance is a private man-made lake carved at the turn of the 1980s for the exclusive use of Sundance residents and their guests, run by the Lake Sundance Residents Association. Owning a home in the community comes with a mandatory annual lake membership fee tied to the property, and that fee funds the lake and its amenities: the beach and swimming, fishing, boats, tennis and pickleball, basketball, disc golf, playgrounds, cookshacks and BBQs, and a winter skating and shinny hub with fire pits. Adult members can bring up to twelve guests per house per day. It is a genuine four-season private amenity, and it is also an ongoing cost and obligation, so factor the annual fee into your budget.

What is the difference between Sundance and Midnapore in the MidSun area?

Sundance and Midnapore are the two lake communities that make up the MidSun area, divided by Sun Valley Boulevard, with Sundance to the south and Midnapore to the north. They share shopping, the Mid-Sun Community Association, and schools including MidSun School. The main difference is age and mix: Midnapore is older and more varied, with a wider range of housing types and price points, while Sundance built out later in the 1980s and is far more uniformly single-family detached, at about 92% of sales. Each community has its own private lake. Sundance is the more uniform, detached, higher-priced of the two.

What are the schools and how do you get around Sundance?

Fish Creek School is the designated CBE elementary for Sundance addresses. Sundance School sits inside the community, but it holds an Early French Immersion attendance area rather than a regular-stream designation, so it is the designated school for French Immersion families here and not the English-stream catchment school. MidSun School serves junior high for both Sundance and Midnapore, and Centennial High School at 55 Sun Valley Boulevard SE is the senior-high anchor in the MidSun area. For Catholic families, Father Whelihan School at 70 Sunmills Drive SE inside Sundance is the designated elementary and junior high, feeding Bishop O’Byrne High School for the senior grades. School designations are address-specific and shift with enrolment, so verify with the CBE and CSSD locators before you buy. Getting around is car-first: Macleod Trail runs the west edge and Marquis of Lorne Trail (Highway 22X) the south, with the Shawnessy Town Centre and the LRT a short drive away.

Sales data current as of 2026-06-29. Includes 103 residential sales in Sundance over the trailing twelve months. Source: Pillar 9 MLS® System. Copyright 2026 Pillar 9. All Rights Reserved.

Commute times

Downtown	about 22 to 27 min by car
University of Calgary	about 27 to 32 min by car
Foothills Hospital	about 27 min by car
Airport (YYC)	about 32 to 37 min by car