Overview
Valley Ridge fills the land between two big roads and a river at the west end of NW Calgary. The Trans-Canada Highway runs along the south side, with Crestmont across it. Stoney Trail NW forms the east side, and across it are Greenwood/Greenbriar and, for a short stretch further north, Bowness. The north edge is the Bow River itself, with no road along it, and Haskayne is on the far bank in the west. To the west of Valley Ridge the neighbouring land is farmland, along a line that mostly follows no road.
Valley Ridge is all NW and all in Ward 1, and apart from the two highways every street name here opens with Valley.
Most of the land came into Calgary in 1981, and the City first counted residents here in 1993. Most of the houses went up between 1992 and 2006, and a newer pocket called Valley Pointe, in the south-west, was built from 2010 to 2021.
Detached houses make up most of the market here. In the twelve months to August 2026 they were 67 of the 78 sales, or 85.9%, at a typical $815,000, against a typical $776,000 for all 78. Seven townhouses and four apartments made up the rest.
The community holds the 18-hole Valley Ridge Golf Club, the Valley Ridge Natural Area, a strip centre, a fire station and the community association’s outdoor rink. There is no school building, no grocery store, no library and no CTrain station.
David’s take
The vibe
A golf course and a river edge
The Valley Ridge Golf Club is inside the community, on Valley Ridge Park NW. It is an 18-hole course, and the club describes it as “semi-private and open to the public,” with a front nine that plays along the Bow River.
The river forms the whole north edge of Valley Ridge, and the land falls about 90 metres from the Trans-Canada side down to the water. The City’s Valley Ridge Natural Area sits inside the community, and the City lists other natural areas here too, one of them a wetland. The City’s regional pathway runs through, and seven City parks have playgrounds.
Bowness Park is across Stoney Trail, in Bowness.
The community association and the line on the tax bill
Without a hall, the Valley Ridge Community Association runs everything outside: a rink near Valley Meadow Close NW, built and flooded by volunteers, with a sport court for the summer months, a fitness park built in 2016 and a community garden built in 2012. Membership is voluntary, and the association prices it at $35 a year per household, running January to December.
“Special Tax - Boulevard Maintenance or Enhanced Landscape Maintenance” is how the line reads on a Valley Ridge property tax bill. Bylaw 2M2026 puts it on every residential property in the community, at $70.26 for 2026. The association sets the rate and manages the work, which it calls LEAF.
By the association’s own list, LEAF covers “maintenance of turf, shrub beds, flower beds, tree wells, irrigation, litter control, curb sweeping, Spring/Fall clean up.” The association also says LEAF does not cover tree removal or replacement, playgrounds or snow removal anywhere in the community.
Valley Ridge has no residents association or homeowners association fee. Owners of the condominium townhouses and apartments also pay a condo fee to their own corporation.
Shops and services
Everyday errands go to one strip centre, at 11245 Valley Ridge Drive NW. As of October 2026 it has a convenience store with gas, a pharmacy, a liquor store, a pizza place, a Vietnamese restaurant, a veterinary clinic and a barbershop with a nail salon. There is no grocery store in Valley Ridge.
Fire Station 35 is inside the community, on Valley Ridge Boulevard NW. The Lodge at Valley Ridge, a seniors’ residence, is on Valley Ridge Drive NW.
What you leave Valley Ridge for
There is no City off-leash area in Valley Ridge. The community association writes that Calgary Parks reviewed its green space in 2020 and found “no suitable location in the community.” Nearby City off-leash areas include the one on Greenbriar Drive NW in Greenwood/Greenbriar, which the City lists as fully fenced, and those in Bowmont Park in Silver Springs.
Valley Ridge has no pool, arena or library either. For those, residents head to the Bowness Library on Bowness Road NW, the Shouldice Aquatic Centre in Montgomery and the Crowchild Twin Arenas in Scenic Acres.
Owners, long settled
Most Valley Ridge households own their home and have been in it for a while. In the 2021 census, 95% of the 1,915 households owned, where the Calgary figure was 69%. Of residents five and older, 76% had lived at the same address five years before, where the citywide share was 58%.
The census counted 5,365 people here. Households averaged 2.8 people, a little above Calgary’s 2.6, and 17% of residents were 65 or older, compared with 13% for the city. Median household income for 2020 was $151,000, against Calgary’s $98,000, and 56% of owners had a mortgage, fewer than the 65% across Calgary.
Housing stock
Valley Ridge is close to all detached. In the 2021 census, 92% of its occupied homes were single-detached houses, against 55% across Calgary. The City’s 2026 assessments list 1,778 detached houses, on a typical lot a little over 5,500 square feet, plus two acreages on Valley Ridge Park NW. There are no semi-detached homes or duplexes.
About half of all the homes were built between 1992 and 1999, and most of the rest between 2000 and 2009.
The rest of the housing is condominium. There are 88 townhouse units in two condominium plans, the larger on Valley Ridge Heights NW. There are 71 apartment units in two low-rise buildings: one on Valley Ridge Park NW, which the City lists as built in 2003, and a second apartment building, which the City lists as built in 2012 and which shares its condominium plan with the smaller group of townhouses. Each of those units comes with a condo fee and condo documents.
A detached house here carries no condo fee. It does carry the City special tax, on the property tax bill like every other residential property in Valley Ridge. Your lawyer reviews the title before any purchase closes, and homeowners association fees in Calgary sets out the charges worth asking about at that point.
| Type | Median sale price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | $800,000 | 61 |
| Row / townhouse | $565,000 | 6 |
| Apartment | $430,000 | 3 |
| All home types | $776,500 | 70 |
Recent sales
Valley Ridge’s 78 sales in the twelve months to August 2026 came to a typical $776,000. The middle half sold for between $677,000 and $902,000. Half of the 78 sold within 21 days, at a typical 97.96% of the asking price. Across all types, the typical build year was 2000.
The full range ran from $380,000 to $1,400,000. The bottom of it is one of the seven townhouse sales, so it tells you little about the price of a house. For a detached house the range was $549,000 to $1,400,000.
The 67 detached houses sold for a typical $815,000, and half of them went within 18 days. The typical detached sale was also a 2000 build. Seven townhouses and four apartments sold as well.
The 78 sales averaged $800,717, exceeding the typical price by $24,717.
Over the twelve months to August 2026, detached houses typically sold for $815,000 in Valley Ridge and $625,000 in Bowness, across Stoney Trail. Detached houses were 49.5% of the sales in Bowness and 85.9% here. The typical detached house sold in Bowness was a 1959 build, and in Valley Ridge a 2000 one.
For an owner, a home valuation looks at your own house instead of these community figures. If you’re buying, offers and conditions in Calgary have their own walk-through in the buyer’s guide.
Getting around
The main road is Valley Ridge Boulevard NW, which leaves the Trans-Canada at an interchange on the south edge and runs north-west through the community toward the golf course and the river side. Valley Ridge Drive NW crosses the south half from east to west, and Valley Springs Road NW serves the east side.
Transit is one regular bus route. Route 108 Paskapoo Slopes starts at Valley Ridge East Terminal, inside the community, and runs every day of the week to Brentwood LRT Station, stopping along Valley Ridge Drive NW, Valley Ridge Boulevard NW, Valley Springs Road NW and Valley Pointe Green NW. Routes 721 and 896 are school routes with one trip each way on school weekdays, which makes them no use for everyday travel. Valley Ridge has no CTrain station or MAX stop, inside the community or beside it.
Foothills Medical Centre is closer by car than downtown is: 13 minutes to the hospital from Valley Ridge, against 24 to the Municipal Building. The drive to the University of Calgary takes 16 minutes, and the drive to Calgary International Airport takes 26. All four start from the middle of the community, without traffic, as of October 2026.
| Downtown | 24 min |
|---|---|
| University of Calgary | 16 min |
| Foothills Hospital | 13 min |
| Airport (YYC) | 26 min |
Schools
Valley Ridge has no school building, so every designated school is somewhere else. For every public grade, and for Catholic kindergarten to grade 9, that is Bowness, across Stoney Trail. The designations hold for every street in the community, on both boards.
Every Valley Ridge address has the same three public schools, as CBE publishes it in October 2026. Children begin at Belvedere Parkway School, 4631 85 St NW, from kindergarten through grade 6. They spend grades 7 to 9 at Thomas B. Riley School, 3915 69 St NW, and grades 10 to 12 at Bowness High School, 4627 77 St NW.
A Catholic student, as CSSD publishes it in October 2026, stays in one building from kindergarten to grade 9: Our Lady of the Assumption School in Bowness, at 7311 34 Avenue NW. Grades 10 to 12 are in Collingwood, at St. Francis High School, whose address is 877 Northmount Drive NW. CSSD’s 2026-2027 list gives Valley Ridge a senior high option as well: St. Mary’s High School, in Mission at 111 18 Avenue SW.
From September 2027 the Catholic senior high changes. CSSD’s 2027-2028 boundaries designate Valley Ridge’s regular-programme students in grades 10 and 11 to St. Pier Giorgio Frassati High School, which CSSD is building in Aspen Woods to open that month. For grade 12 that year, ask CSSD.
Both boards can change a designation between school years, and every one of these schools is outside Valley Ridge. Before you plan around the school bus, check the exact address with both CBE’s Find a School and CSSD’s school finder. For how designations and programmes of choice fit together, see the schools resource.
Belvedere Parkway School
Public, K-6
Kindergarten to grade 6 for every Valley Ridge address. That is the designation as CBE publishes it in October 2026, and the school is across Stoney Trail in Bowness, at 4631 85 St NW. Type the house's address into CBE's Find a School to see the designation for yourself.
Thomas B. Riley School
Public, 7-9
Public junior high, grades 7 to 9, for all of Valley Ridge as CBE publishes it in October 2026. The building is at 3915 69 St NW in Bowness. The Traditional Learning Centre there is a programme of choice with an application of its own. CBE's Find a School answers for one address at a time.
Bowness High School
Public, 10-12
Grades 10 to 12 on the public side, for the whole community, as CBE publishes it in October 2026. You'll find it at 4627 77 St NW in Bowness. Confirm the exact address with CBE's Find a School.
Our Lady of the Assumption School
Catholic, K-9
As CSSD publishes it in October 2026, one Catholic school takes Valley Ridge children from kindergarten right through grade 9. It stands at 7311 34 Avenue NW in Bowness. For a particular house, CSSD's school finder gives the answer.
St. Francis High School
Catholic, 10-12
Valley Ridge's Catholic senior high runs from grade 10 to grade 12, as CSSD publishes it in October 2026. It stands in Collingwood, at 877 Northmount Drive NW. St. Mary's High School in Mission is also an option on CSSD's 2026-2027 list. From 2027-2028, regular-programme students in grades 10 and 11 are designated to St. Pier Giorgio Frassati High School, which CSSD is building in Aspen Woods for September 2027. For grade 12 that year, and for any one address, ask CSSD.
Frequently asked questions
What do homes sell for in Valley Ridge?
Mostly detached-house prices, because 67 of the 78 homes sold in the twelve months to August 2026 were detached. Those sold at a typical $815,000, from $549,000 to $1,400,000, and half of them sold within 18 days. Seven townhouses and four apartments also sold. Over all 78 sales the typical price was $776,000, and the middle half sold for between $677,000 and $902,000. For an owner, a home valuation looks at your own house instead of these community figures.
Is there a homeowners association fee in Valley Ridge?
No. Valley Ridge has no residents association or homeowners association fee. The property tax bill does carry a City special tax on every residential property, $70.26 for 2026, for enhanced park and boulevard maintenance that the Valley Ridge Community Association manages under the name LEAF. A condominium townhouse or apartment pays a condo fee to its own corporation on top of that. Association membership is voluntary, at $35 a year per household.
Where do Valley Ridge children go to school?
Outside the community, because Valley Ridge has no school building. For public school, as CBE publishes it in October 2026, each address has Belvedere Parkway School from kindergarten to grade 6, then grades 7 to 9 at Thomas B. Riley School and grades 10 to 12 at Bowness High School, all in Bowness. Catholic children, as CSSD publishes it in October 2026, attend Our Lady of the Assumption School in Bowness from kindergarten to grade 9, then go to Collingwood’s St. Francis High School, and CSSD’s 2026-2027 list also offers them St. Mary’s High School in Mission. In 2027-2028 that changes: CSSD’s new high school boundaries place regular-programme grade 10 and 11 students at St. Pier Giorgio Frassati High School, under construction in Aspen Woods for September 2027. For grade 12 that year, ask CSSD.
Can anyone play the Valley Ridge golf course?
The Valley Ridge Golf Club is an 18-hole course inside the community, on Valley Ridge Park NW, and the club describes it as “semi-private and open to the public.” Its front nine runs along the Bow River. For green fees, memberships and the season, ask the club.
What is Valley Pointe?
Valley Pointe is the newest part of Valley Ridge, a group of streets in the south-west of the community. Its land came into Calgary in 2007, later than the rest, and its detached houses were built from 2010 to 2021. The Valley Pointe streets pay the same City special tax as the rest of Valley Ridge and have the same designated schools.
Is there a grocery store, library or pool in Valley Ridge?
No, none of the three. The one strip centre, on Valley Ridge Drive NW, has a convenience store with gas, a pharmacy, a liquor store and two restaurants as of October 2026, but no grocery store. The Bowness Library is on Bowness Road NW, and Montgomery has the Shouldice Aquatic Centre. There is no City off-leash area inside Valley Ridge either.
What transit serves Valley Ridge?
One regular bus route. Route 108 Paskapoo Slopes runs every day of the week from Valley Ridge East Terminal, inside the community, to Brentwood LRT Station. Neither a CTrain station nor a MAX stop is in Valley Ridge. Routes 721 and 896 are school routes with one trip each way on school weekdays, which makes them no use for everyday travel.
Sales data current as of 2026-08-31. Includes 78 residential sales in Valley Ridge over the twelve months to August 2026. Source: Pillar 9 MLS® System. Copyright 2026 Pillar 9. All Rights Reserved.
