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Skyview RanchCalgary

TownGrade
B
#1,082 of 2,556

Some 14,061 people live in this neighbourhood, in Calgary. Calgary is split into 152 neighbourhoods, and this is one.

Population
14,061
people, Census 2021
Median age
32.1
years · Alberta’s towns: 40.8
Postsecondary
60%
of residents 15 and over hold a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree · Canadian towns: 56%
Walk, cycle, transit
9%
walk, cycle or take transit to work · Canadian towns: 8%

Is Skyview Ranch a good place to live?

People here tend to be in good health (A). The trade-off is cost of living (D). Overall, that makes a B, better than 58% of Canadian towns. In the ranking it comes #222 of 473 in Alberta. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for safety, B for schools and C+ for jobs & income.

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 Skyview Ranch grades

Each subject compares Skyview Ranch 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 grading works

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

What makes Skyview Ranch stand out

The 3 things Skyview Ranch does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Skyview Ranch.

HealthHealth A

Skyview Ranch earns an A for health

56%very good or excellent healthAHealth Grade

The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Skyview Ranch’s is long: 9.3 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Smoking takes in 7.9% of adults, age-standardised, lower than both Alberta’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%). The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 56%, ahead of the 53% for Alberta. People in the region live to 83.0 on average: 85.0 for women and 80.9 for men in 2022/2024.

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Skyview Ranch56%
Alberta’s towns51%
Canadian towns52%
HealthSkyview RanchAlbertaCanada
Very good or excellent health56%51%52%
Smokers7.9%12%12%
Chronic conditions (average share)16%18%17%
Life expectancy at birth83.081.281.5
83.0
years of life expectancy, 2022/2024
9.3 km
from homes to a hospital, on average
7.9%
of adults smoke, age-standardised
0.7 km
from homes to a pharmacy, on average

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

HousingCost of living D

Rent takes more of local pay in Skyview Ranch than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 25% of household income

$420,000median home value, 2021DCost of living Grade

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 31% of households, above Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. The median home value was $420,000, close to both Alberta’s towns ($400,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000).

What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census

Skyview Ranch$420,000
Alberta$400,000
Canadian towns$406,000
Census 2021Skyview RanchAlbertaCanada
Households spending 30%+ on shelter31%21%18%
Rent as a share of income25%20%20%
$1,908
monthly rent for a two-bedroom

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · The 2021 census asked owners what their home was worth; those values, and 2020 incomes, are what this compares. · Rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom: one figure for all of the Calgary metro area

Natural hazardsHazard risk B+

Skyview Ranch’s hazards at a glance: a low wildfire record and 8.1% of area homes over the radon guideline

Lowwildfire bandB+Hazard risk Grade

Area-wide: earthquake risk, counted over the city of Calgary

Seismic risk in Skyview Ranch sits near the middle: $0.023 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. No one has filed a flood map for Skyview Ranch on the national inventory. Skyview Ranch doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Calgary Health Region.

Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³

Skyview Ranch8.1%
Alberta’s towns7.5%
Canadian towns6.6%
HazardsSkyview RanchAlbertaCanada
Radon tests above the guideline8.1%7.5%6.6%
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year$0.023$0.013$0.030
Low
wildfire band
20 km
to the nearest land burned since 1986

NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory

SchoolsSchools B

Skyview Ranch leans Catholic: 2 of its 5 schools, where in Alberta it is 18%

5schools within 3 kmBSchools Grade

The 4 with results split, 1 in the upper two fifths in Alberta and 2 in the lower. Its elementary schools are big ones, 573 students on average, against 274 in Alberta. The 3 km around Skyview Ranch counts 2 elementary schools and 3 schools for every grade, 3,802 students between them.

SchoolLevelStudentsSystem
Saddle Ridge SchoolLargest elementary schoolElementary · Grades K–4Elementary · Grades K–4654English public
Peter Lougheed School Bottom fifth in AlbertaLargest secondary schoolAll grades · Grades 5–9All grades · Grades 5–91,037English public

See all 5 schools →

Schools by system · Schools within 3 km

English Catholic2
English public2
Independent1
Schools within 3 kmSkyview RanchAlbertaCanada
School boards233
3,802
students at the schools within 3 km, 2025/26
0.5 km
to the nearest secondary school

Provincial school lists and results, 2025/26

Work & commuteJobs & income C+

Commuters in Skyview Ranch travel further than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns, 29 min on average

9%walk, cycle or take transit

88% of commuters drove, in line with Alberta’s towns (88%) and Canadian towns (89%).

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van88%
Public transit8%
Walk1%
Census 2021Skyview RanchAlbertaCanada
Average trip29 min26 min26 min
Car or van88%88%89%
$90,000
median household income, 2020
17%
worked from home, May 2021
82%
of commuters work inside the municipality

Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · The 2021 census was taken in May 2021, during COVID-19 restrictions: more people than usual worked from home or were off work.

Climate

Precipitation in Skyview Ranch trails that of 82% of Canadian towns: 445 mm a year

23.5°CJuly afternoons

The frost-free season runs from 21 May to 18 September, 119 days. A normal June brings 113 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. The warmest stretch brings July afternoons of 23.5°C, close to Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and below Canadian towns (25.5°C). Snow peaks in March: 24 cm in a normal year.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−0.6°C
Spring10.3°C
Summer22.1°C
Autumn11.2°C
Normals, 1991–2020Skyview RanchAlbertaCanada
Precipitation a year445 mm431 mm883 mm
July afternoon high23.5°C23.5°C25.5°C
Days with frost a year193193159
193
days with frost a year
119
frost-free days, 21 May to 18 Sep
72
days with precipitation a year

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Calgary (Airport))

Who lives here

Visible minorities make up more of Skyview Ranch than of Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 81%

32.1median age

1.3% of residents have an Indigenous identity, lower than both Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

Skyview RanchAlbertaCanada

Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree14%
Postsecondary qualification60%

Women and men · all residents

Women make up 50.5% of Skyview Ranch

By the 2021 count the town had 7,095 women and 6,960 men, while Canada has 50.9% women.

Who lives in Skyview Ranch
Skyview RanchAlbertaCanada
Under 1523%18%16%
15 to 6471%67%64%
65+5.8%15%19%
No certificate, diploma or degree14%15%16%
Postsecondary qualification60%54%56%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Alberta and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+

Weather

A normal November in Skyview Ranch runs from −8°C to 4°C

4°Ca normal November afternoon

Snowfall in a normal November: 19 cm. Next comes December, with normal highs of freezing and lows of −12°C. Precipitation in November averages 16 mm. The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Calgary.

Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

November4°C
December0°C
January−2°C
February0°C
SeasonHighLowRain and snow
Winter−1°C−12°C34 mm
Spring10°C−2°C108 mm
Summer22°C9°C232 mm
Autumn11°C−1°C71 mm
−8°C
a normal November night
16 mm
of rain and snow in a normal November

ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Calgary (Airport)); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

Skyview Ranch sends Amanpreet Gill (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Calgary Skyview

Skyview Ranch’s riding for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta can’t be shown, because the province’s boundary file is licensed for non-commercial use only.

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade B

Each person Calgary Library serves borrows 12.7 items, more than at 82% of Alberta’s town libraries

Calgary Library serves the whole of Calgary, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 1,285,711 people, Skyview Ranch among them.

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

SafetySafety B−

Skyview Ranch earns a B− for safety

67Crime Severity Index

The index for the force that serves it came to 67, below Alberta’s towns (110) and close to Canadian towns (67). Violent crime in the area its police cover: 10.6 per 1,000 people a year. Its police area records 31.9 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Behind Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 sits data gathered across the Calgary service area, with Skyview Ranch one part of it.

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202374
202464
202563
2023–2025Skyview RanchAlbertaCanada
Crime Severity Index6711067
Violent Crime Severity Index7910986
Property crime per 1,00031.94531.2
Violent crime10.614.212
63
non-violent Crime Severity Index
35%
of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average

Outdoors

Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park, 23 km away, is the closest provincial park to Skyview Ranch

0%of the land within 10 km protected

A drive of 84 km reaches Banff National Park, the nearest national park.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Skyview Ranch0%
Alberta’s towns0.4%
Canadian towns2.3%
OutdoorsSkyview RanchAlbertaCanada
Protected land within 10 km0%0.4%2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km024
84 km
to Banff National Park
23 km
to Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park

Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Skyview Ranch

15pages on Skyview Ranch
Nearby attractions

Glenbow Museum and 11 more within 40 km

Nothing to visit is mapped within 5 km of Skyview Ranch; these are the best known within 40 km.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata · ODCAF · federal and Québec heritage registers · CPCAD

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (6)

About Skyview Ranch

Neighbourhood in Calgary

Skyview Ranch is a neighbourhood of Calgary, built by TownRatings from Statistics Canada’s smallest census areas and named from the city’s map or OpenStreetMap.

Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.

Population
14,061 (people, 2021 estimate)
Province or territory
Alberta
City
Calgary
Census subdivision
4806016

Skyview Ranch’s neighbours

The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada

RedstoneCityscapeSaddle RidgeMartindaleTaradaleCastleridgeRedstoneCityscapeSaddle RidgeMartindaleTaradaleCastleridgeSkyview Ranch
How the neighbours grade
TownPeoplekmOverallCostSafetyHealth
Skyview Ranch14,061—BDB−A
Redstone13,2301.3BC−B−A
Cityscape11,7821.6C+DB−A
Saddle Ridge21,4793.4C+C−B−A
Martindale14,4674.6B−CB−A
Taradale17,9114.8C+C−B−A
Castleridge6,1275.9C+C−B−A+

People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.

Questions about Skyview Ranch

Is Skyview Ranch a young town or an old one?

At 32.1, its median age compares with 45.2 across Canadian towns. Children make up 23% of the population and seniors 6%.

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).