PineridgeCalgary
10,062 people call this neighbourhood in Calgary home. It is one of 152 neighbourhoods of Calgary.
Is Pineridge a good place to live?
Some subjects shine; others lag. The weak point is cost of living (D). With a C overall, Pineridge is better than 26% of Canadian towns and ranks #378 of 473 in Alberta. Its strongest is health (A+). Fewer journeys need a car (A). Schools are weaker too (D).
Rents here are the metro area's average, shared by every town and neighbourhood in it. Safety less sure: this is the whole city's figure, because the city doesn't publish open neighbourhood crime rates. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.
How Pineridge grades
Each subject compares Pineridge with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Pineridge stand out
The 3 things Pineridge does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pineridge.
For health, Pineridge gets an A+
In the health survey, 56% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, more than Alberta’s 53%. Smoking takes in 7.9% of adults, age-standardised, below both Alberta’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%). For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 83.0 years at birth, 85.0 for women and 80.9 for men. The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of Pineridge live 2.6 km from a hospital on average, close to the typical town’s 3.7 km.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Pineridge | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very good or excellent health | 56% | 51% | 52% |
| Smokers | 7.9% | 12% | 12% |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 83.0 | 81.2 | 81.5 |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · Area behind the health survey and life expectancy figures: the Calgary Zone
Rent takes more of local pay in Pineridge than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 30% of household income
Households that own their home make up 66%. Owners put the median home at $348,000, lower than both Alberta’s towns ($400,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000).
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Pineridge | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent as a share of income | 30% | 20% | 20% |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 24% | 21% | 18% |
| Households owning their home | 66% | 74% | 74% |
| Median home value, 2021 | $348,000 | $400,000 | $406,000 |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Values come from owners at the 2021 census and incomes from 2020, so they predate the later rise in rates. · Rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom: the Calgary metro area
In the lower two fifths in Alberta: 36 of the 44 schools around Pineridge with results
Taken together, Pineridge and its 3 km edge hold 32 elementary schools, 10 secondary schools and 11 schools for every grade for 27,600 students. Bishop McNally High School is the biggest, at 1,631 students. 6 boards run its schools. Its elementary schools are big ones, 386 students on average, against 274 in Alberta.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant MacEwan School Fourth fifth in AlbertaLargest elementary schoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Elementary · Grades K–6 | 725 | English public |
| Bishop McNally High School CatholicLargest secondary schoolSecondary · Grades 10–12 | Secondary · Grades 10–12 | 1,631 | English Catholic |
| Mountain View Academy IndependentResults in the top fifth in AlbertaAll grades · Grades K–12 | All grades · Grades K–12 | 140 | Independent |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Pineridge | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 5 | 3 | 3 |
Provincial school lists and results, 2025/26
The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Pineridge trails that of 90% of Canadian towns
By car: that was how 85% of commuters travelled at the census. Commutes averaged 26 min, about level with both Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Pineridge | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Car or van | 85% | 88% | 89% |
| Average trip | 26 min | 26 min | 26 min |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Counted in May 2021, under pandemic rules: fewer commutes and more people between jobs than in a normal year.
Pineridge’s hazards at a glance: a low wildfire record and 8.1% of area homes over the radon guideline
Shaking is about as much of a worry in Pineridge as in most places, at $0.023 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). No one has filed a flood map for Pineridge on the national inventory. Figures for earthquake risk are published for the city of Calgary as a whole, not for Pineridge alone.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Pineridge | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 8.1% | 7.5% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.023 | $0.013 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory · Radon tests: one figure for all of the Calgary Health Region
Pineridge is drier than four in five Canadian towns: 445 mm of rain and snow a year
Frosty days number 193 in a normal year, about level with Alberta’s towns (193) and above Canadian towns (159). June is the wettest month, with 113 mm of rain and snow on average. The frost-free season runs from 21 May to 18 September, 119 days. In July, daytime highs in Pineridge average 23.5°C.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Pineridge | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Precipitation a year | 445 mm | 431 mm | 883 mm |
| July afternoon high | 23.5°C | 23.5°C | 25.5°C |
| Days with frost a year | 193 | 193 | 159 |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Calgary (Airport))
Visible minorities make up more of Pineridge than of Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 56%
Children are 20% of the town. 16% of residents are 65 or over. First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 4.1% of residents, between Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
Women make up 50.4% of Pineridge
5,075 women and 4,990 men at the 2021 census; across Canada, women are 50.9%.
| Pineridge | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 64% | 67% | 64% |
| 65+ | 16% | 15% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 25% | 15% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 41% | 54% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Alberta and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
A normal November in Pineridge runs from −8°C to 4°C
The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Calgary. A normal December brings highs of freezing, lows of −12°C. November usually brings some 19 cm of snow. In November, the normal is 16 mm of rain and snow.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −1°C | −12°C | 34 mm |
| Spring | 10°C | −2°C | 108 mm |
| Summer | 22°C | 9°C | 232 mm |
| Autumn | 11°C | −1°C | 71 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Calgary (Airport)); the forecast is on the Weather page
Pineridge sends Dalwinder Gill (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Calgary McKnight
Across Alberta, 33 of the 37 MPs sit with the Conservative Party of Canada.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
At 12.7 loans per person served, Calgary Public Library lends more than four in five Alberta’s town libraries
Calgary Public Library serves the whole of Calgary, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 1,285,711 people, Pineridge among them.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
For safety, Pineridge gets a B−
The index for the force that serves it came to 67, below Alberta’s towns (110) and close to Canadian towns (67). Its police area records 10.6 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Property crime in the area its police cover: 31.9 per 1,000 people a year.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Pineridge | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crime Severity Index | 67 | 110 | 67 |
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 79 | 109 | 86 |
| Property crime per 1,000 | 31.9 | 45 | 31.2 |
| Violent crime | 10.6 | 14.2 | 12 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average · Not measured by town: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 (the Calgary service area)
Pineridge is 14 km from Fish Creek Provincial Park
Biggest among them: Inglewood Migratory Bird Sanctuary, 111 ha, 4.5 km off. Within 10 km is a single protected area. 86 km separate the town from Banff National Park, its nearest national park. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 0.3% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Pineridge | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 0.3% | 0.4% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Everything we know about Pineridge
Telus Spark Science Centre and 6 more in and around Pineridge
From museums to parks and historic sites: Pineridge’s places to visit and those just beyond its edge, most famous first.
MuseumTelus Spark Science Centre4.8 km outside town, to the west · 380K visitors a year
MuseumAero Space Museum of Calgary4.1 km outside town, to the northwestMuseumMuseumCanada's Aviation Hall of Fame4 km outside town, to the northwestMuseumMuseumCalgary Police Discovery Centre2 km outside town, to the northMuseumMuseumAerospace Museum4.1 km outside town, to the northwestMuseumMuseumBow Habitat Station5 km outside town, to the westPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (2)
- Telus Spark Science Centre: CharlesAPhillips63, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aero Space Museum of Calgary: Jaydec, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
About Pineridge
Neighbourhood in Calgary
Where Pineridge begins and ends inside Calgary is TownRatings’s line, traced along census dissemination areas and named after the city’s map or OpenStreetMap.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 10,062 (people, 2021 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Alberta
- City
- Calgary
- Census subdivision
- 4806016
Pineridge’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pineridge | 10,062 | — | C | D | B− | A+ |
| Monterey Park | 10,363 | 1.1 | C | C− | B− | A+ |
| Temple | 10,545 | 1.3 | C | C− | B− | A+ |
| Marlborough Park | 8,378 | 1.6 | C | D | B− | A+ |
| Rundle | 10,549 | 2 | C | D | B− | A+ |
| Abbeydale | 6,561 | 2.3 | C | C− | B− | A |
| Marlborough | 8,932 | 2.4 | C | D | B− | A+ |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Pineridge
Is Pineridge a young town or an old one?
Its median age is 38.4, where Canadian towns sit at 45.2.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).