Whitehorn

Overview

Whitehorn sits inside four main roads in NE Calgary, and only two of them have houses on the far side. On the north, across McKnight Boulevard NE, is Westwinds, a district of commercial and industrial land. 52 Street NE is the east edge, facing Temple. 32 Avenue NE is the south edge, facing Rundle, and 36 Street NE is the west edge, with Horizon, another employment district, beyond it. Every address is NE, and all of Whitehorn is in Ward 10.

Nearly every street name starts with White or Whit: Whitefield, Whitehaven, Whitehill, Whitworth, Whitaker and many more. 44 Avenue NE and Whitehorn Drive NE carry traffic across the community from east to west. The homes went up in about ten years, almost all of them detached houses and half-duplexes, with a few townhouse complexes among them.

Of the 98 homes sold in the twelve months to August 2026, 67 were detached houses (68.4%) at a typical $555,000, and 23 were semi-detached homes at $385,000. Across all 98, the typical price was $491,500.

Whitehorn Station, on the CTrain’s Blue Line, sits on the western edge in the median of 36 Street NE. Four school buildings and the community hall are inside. Calgary International Airport lies beyond the north-west corner, and the City’s noise exposure contours for the airport take in the west and north-west of the community.

David’s take

The vibe

The hall at fifty

The Whitehorn Community Association was registered in 1976, and in August 2026 it threw a party for its 50th year. Its hall is at 228 Whitehorn Road NE, on a large City park site it shares with Colonel J. Fred Scott School, St. Wilfrid School and Annie Gale School. The association describes the hall’s grounds as having a community garden, “an outdoor rink that’s utilized year-round” and tennis courts run by the City. Inside, the main hall holds 185 people and has a stage, and there are meeting rooms. The association rents the hall out.

Its programmes include a games day for seniors 55 and over, fitness and yoga classes, a toddler playgroup and Girl Guide units. It also runs a free community pantry, which it says serves more than 500 families a month. The association is for Whitehorn’s own residents, and people from outside the community can join as associates.

Built from south to north

The City annexed this land in 1961, and the first homes went up in the mid-1970s. The City’s count went from 603 residents in 1975 to 2,101 a year later, 6,223 in 1980 and 10,270 in 1984. From 1986 through 2019, the City’s yearly counts stayed above 11,000. Both the association and the Federation of Calgary Communities date the start of residential development to 1973. Building ran from south to north: in the south half the typical detached house dates from 1975, and in the north half from 1981.

The 2021 census counted 63% of Whitehorn’s occupied homes as built from 1961 to 1980 (Calgary: 26%), and another 26% from 1981 to 1990 (Calgary: 12%). Since 2008 a small number of old houses have come down and new ones gone up in their place, and some recent applications pair a new house or half-duplex with a suite.

Households and owners

Households averaged 3.2 people in the 2021 census (Calgary: 2.6), and 22% had five or more (Calgary: 10%). Owners held 71% of households, against 69% citywide. People here move less often: 34% had a different address five years before the census, against 42% citywide.

Shops, parks and what’s past the edges

There is no supermarket in Whitehorn. Four small shopping strips, on Whitehorn Drive NE, Whitefield Drive NE, 44 Avenue NE and 52 Street NE, had pharmacies, convenience and specialty food stores, liquor stores, a dry cleaner and take-out as of October 2026. The FreshCo that carries Whitehorn in its name is in Horizon, west of 36 Street, and a No Frills is east of 52 Street, in Temple.

The park site the hall shares with three schools has five soccer fields, ball diamonds and the City’s four tennis courts, and a second park around Chief Justice Milvain School adds another field. Playgrounds stand on a dozen park sites, and regional pathways run through the community. The ground is flat to gently rolling, with no pond, creek or off-leash area inside.

Whitehorn has no library, pool or fire station of its own. Peter Lougheed Centre, a hospital, is in Sunridge beyond the south-west corner, and the Village Square Leisure Centre, two arenas and the Village Square Library are in Pineridge.

Some of the bigger stores are outside the community as well. North of McKnight Boulevard, Westwinds had a Safeway and a Real Canadian Superstore as of October 2026, and a Costco is in Sunridge, past the south-west corner. For a dog park, the nearest City off-leash areas are a fully fenced regional one in Falconridge and another in Rundle, across 32 Avenue.

Housing stock

Houses, halves and a few townhouses

Whitehorn has 2,538 detached houses and 606 half-duplexes, each half on its own title, by the City’s 2026 assessments. There are 23 whole duplex buildings, 43 freehold townhouses on lots of their own, and 89 condominium townhouse units in three complexes. The freehold rows, built in 1977 and 1978, are on Whitehill Way NE, 44 Avenue NE, Whiteridge Place NE and Whiteridge Way NE. There is also a seniors’ residence on 44 Avenue NE.

In 2021, 64% of Whitehorn’s occupied homes were single-detached houses (Calgary: 55%) and 16% semi-detached, against 6% citywide. Another 11% were apartments or flats in a duplex (Calgary: 4%).

A typical detached house in the community sits on a lot of about 5,000 square feet and dates from 1979. The half-duplexes were built mostly from 1977 to 1979, on lots of about 2,800 square feet per half. The City has taken more than 300 secondary-suite applications in Whitehorn since 2011, and 33 for backyard suites since 2018. Any plan for a suite or a rebuild starts with what the City’s land-use map allows on that lot today.

The airport noise contours

The City maps noise exposure forecast (NEF) contours around Calgary International Airport, and in Whitehorn they cover the west and north-west: just under half the community’s land and just over half its addresses are at NEF 25 or higher. The edge of that contour crosses 32 Avenue NE just west of 42 Street NE and swings east as it runs north, meeting McKnight Boulevard NE well past the middle of the north side. The east and south-east of Whitehorn are outside it. Inside it, the streets with the most homes include Whitworth Way NE, 44 Avenue NE, Whitefield Drive NE, Whitehaven Road NE and Whitehill Way NE.

At the north-west corner, a handful of homes on Whitworth Way NE fall in the NEF 30 band, the one the City’s rule names. In the City’s words, “While existing residences in the area are not prohibited, new subdivision and redevelopment in residential areas (new higher density dwelling units) is currently restricted in the NEF 30+ areas.” The City also says it is updating the contour map.

Type	Median sale price	Sales
Detached	$553,500	49
Semi-detached	$385,000	17
Row / townhouse	$272,500	2
Apartment	$226,750	2
All home types	$492,500	70

Recent sales

In the twelve months to August 2026, Whitehorn’s 67 detached sales came in at a typical $555,000, in a range of $325,000 to $630,000. Half of them sold within 34 days, and a 1977 build was typical.

The 23 semi-detached homes sold at a typical $385,000, from $297,000 to $445,000, and half sold within 32 days. A typical one dated from 1978. Five townhouses and three apartments made up the rest of the 98 sales.

All 98 together had a typical price of $491,500, with the middle half between $405,000 and $578,000. Prices ran from $200,000 to $630,000 overall. The $200,000 end was an apartment, one of three that sold, and a house buyer can set it aside: houses alone ran from $325,000 to $630,000. Half of all homes sold within 34 days, and the typical sale reached 97.19% of the asking price.

The $479,260 average trails the $491,500 typical price by $12,240. Mixed in with the 67 houses were 23 half-duplexes at a typical $385,000, plus five townhouses and three apartments, and with that mix the average lands below the middle sale. Price a house against houses and a half-duplex against half-duplexes.

Across 52 Street NE in Temple, the typical detached house went for $550,000 in the twelve months to August 2026, which is about the same as Whitehorn’s $555,000. Temple’s semi-detached homes were about the same too, at $388,500 against $385,000 here. The houses moved faster there: half of Temple’s sold within 23 days, where half of Whitehorn’s sold within 34.

Sellers can get a home valuation drawn from the sales nearest the house itself, and the buyer’s guide is there for anyone working through an offer.

Getting around

44 Avenue NE and Whitehorn Drive NE are the two roads across the community, with Whitefield Drive NE and 48 and 49 Street NE linking them. From there, the four edge roads lead out of Whitehorn: McKnight Boulevard on the north, 52 Street on the east, 32 Avenue on the south and 36 Street on the west.

Whitehorn Station sits on the community’s western edge, in the median of 36 Street NE, with Rundle Station the next stop south on the Blue Line and McKnight-Westwinds the next stop north. Two edges also carry MAX Orange, the bus rapid transit route that links Brentwood with Saddletowne. On 52 Street NE, its southbound stops at 32nd Avenue NE, 44th Avenue NE and Whitehorn Drive stations are on the Whitehorn side, and on 32 Avenue NE the westbound platform at Rundleside Drive Station is too. Route 23 52 St E shares the 52 Street stops.

Inside the community, Route 57 runs along Whitehorn Drive and Route 70 Temple along 44 Avenue, both every day of the week. Routes 38 and 43 run on 36 Street, also all week. Route 555 runs on Sundays only, and Routes 783, 798 and 799 are school trips, so none of those four covers ordinary travel.

If someone in your household is at Foothills Medical Centre, test that drive first. It is the longest of the four, at 28 minutes without traffic, starting from the middle of Whitehorn. As of October 2026, the University of Calgary takes 27 minutes, the Municipal Building downtown 22 and Calgary International Airport 17.

Schools

Whitehorn has four school buildings inside it, three public and one Catholic, and each one is a designated school for the community. There is no high school inside, so grades 10 to 12 are outside Whitehorn on both boards.

Public elementary turns on Whitehorn Drive NE. As CBE publishes it in October 2026, kindergarten to grade 6 north of that street is Colonel J. Fred Scott School, 171 Whitehorn Rd NE, and south of it Chief Justice Milvain School, 3428 42 St NE. CBE set that line in 2023 to balance enrolment between the two schools. A house on Whitehorn Drive itself goes by its side of the street, and CBE’s online lookup can show both schools there, so ask CBE before you rely on either.

From grade 7, the whole community goes the same way. Annie Gale School, 577 Whiteridge Way NE, inside Whitehorn, takes grades 7 to 9, and Lester B. Pearson High School, at 3020 52 St NE in Pineridge, takes grades 10 to 12. Chief Justice Milvain and Annie Gale each also run a Traditional Learning Centre, a choice programme a family applies to, and neither programme is what designates a home to the school.

The Catholic side draws no line through Whitehorn. As CSSD publishes it in October 2026, kindergarten to grade 6 for every address is St. Wilfrid School, which stands in Whitehorn at 4225 44 Ave NE. Junior high is at Father Scollen School (6839 Temple Drive NE, in Temple), and senior high is Bishop McNally High School, north across McKnight Boulevard in Falconridge (5700 Falconridge Blvd NE). Under CSSD’s 2027-28 high school boundaries, Whitehorn stays with Bishop McNally.

Before you register, put the address into the board’s own finder, because designations get reviewed and redrawn. The schools resource explains, citywide, how a designation differs from a choice programme.

Frequently asked questions

What do homes sell for in Whitehorn?

Most sales are houses or half-duplexes, so start with those two. In the twelve months to August 2026, 67 detached houses sold at a typical $555,000, from $325,000 to $630,000, and 23 semi-detached homes sold at a typical $385,000, from $297,000 to $445,000. Five townhouses and three apartments also sold. All 98 sales together had a typical price of $491,500, and the middle half went between $405,000 and $578,000. A community figure can’t price your house, and a home valuation, built on the house itself and its street, can.

How does the Whitehorn Community Association membership work?

It is optional, and it runs on the association’s own calendar. The Whitehorn Community Association sells a membership at $10 a year, valid from July 1 to June 30, and its 2026 annual general meeting notice also lists $40 for five years and $70 for ten. You can sign up through the office or at the hall on Whitehorn Road NE during its afternoon hours. A membership gives a Whitehorn resident a vote at the annual meeting, and the association says its programmes and events are open to everyone. Owners of condominium units pay a condo fee to their corporation, a charge that has nothing to do with the association. Beyond that, Whitehorn has no residents association or homeowners association fee. Calgary homeowners association fees, a separate post, explains the difference between those charges.

What does the City's NEF 30 noise band mean for a Whitehorn home?

In Whitehorn it covers a handful of homes on Whitworth Way NE, in the north-west corner. The City’s airport vicinity page says, “While existing residences in the area are not prohibited, new subdivision and redevelopment in residential areas (new higher density dwelling units) is currently restricted in the NEF 30+ areas.” The NEF 25 band covers much more of the west and north-west. For any house there, find the lot on the City’s noise exposure map and read the City’s page for its band before you plan to add to it.

Where do Whitehorn children go to school?

On the public side, it depends which side of Whitehorn Drive NE a home is on. As CBE publishes it in October 2026, Colonel J. Fred Scott School takes the north for kindergarten to grade 6 and Chief Justice Milvain School the south. Annie Gale School takes every address for grades 7 to 9, and those three are all inside Whitehorn. Grades 10 to 12 are at Lester B. Pearson High School in Pineridge. For a home on Whitehorn Drive, confirm with CBE. The Catholic designations are the same everywhere in the community. As CSSD publishes it in October 2026, Whitehorn goes to St. Wilfrid School inside the community, then Father Scollen School in Temple and Bishop McNally High School in Falconridge.

Which CTrain station serves Whitehorn?

Whitehorn Station on the Blue Line, which sits on the community’s western edge in the median of 36 Street NE. MAX Orange runs along 52 Street NE and 32 Avenue NE, and the southbound and westbound platforms are on the Whitehorn side. Through the community, Route 57 runs along Whitehorn Drive and Route 70 along 44 Avenue, every day of the week.

Where do Whitehorn residents buy groceries?

Mostly outside the community, since no supermarket is inside. The four small shopping strips in Whitehorn have convenience and specialty food stores, pharmacies and take-out, as of October 2026. The FreshCo with Whitehorn in its name is in Horizon, west of 36 Street, and a No Frills is east of 52 Street, in Temple.

When was Whitehorn built?

Almost entirely in one decade. The City took in the land in 1961, the first homes went up in the mid-1970s, and 94% of the homes the City assessed in 2026 were built from 1974 to 1983. In the south half the typical detached house dates from 1975, and in the north half from 1981. The typical detached house sold in the twelve months to August 2026 was a 1977 build.

Sales data current as of 2026-08-31. Includes 98 residential sales in Whitehorn over the twelve months to August 2026. Source: Pillar 9 MLS® System. Copyright 2026 Pillar 9. All Rights Reserved.