Calgary, Alberta
As of November 11, 2026, the median asking price in Hillhurst, Calgary is $1,149,950, across 26 active public listings.
Those listings have been on the market an average of 99 days.
8 new listings came to market in Hillhurst in the last 30 days.
Asking prices work out to about $724 per square foot, based on the 26 listings that report floor area.
Condos in Hillhurst are listed at an average of $1,261,144 across 16 active listings.
Detached homes in Hillhurst are listed at an average of $1,827,800 across 7 active listings.
Calgary had a population of 1,306,784, a median household income of $98,000, 69% of households owning their home at the 2021 Census of Population. These figures describe the broader census geography, not Hillhurst specifically.
Inner-city living anchored by Kensington
Hillhurst is an established northwest inner-city neighbourhood anchored by the Kensington commercial district.
This is a walkable, amenity-dense place where daily life is shaped by cafés, shops, and low- to mid-rise residential buildings alongside detached homes. The appeal is an inner-city routine with strong biking options and straightforward access to major cultural and recreation venues nearby. It is not a low-activity enclave or a neighbourhood defined by large, uniform single-family streetscapes.
Hillhurst is defined by a condo-heavy housing mix, with many homes in apartment-style condominium buildings alongside a meaningful presence of detached houses. That blend creates two common ownership paths: lower-maintenance multi-family living and traditional freehold living, both inside an inner-city setting tied closely to retail streets and parks.
A typical home in Hillhurst is a condominium apartment, with detached houses also a familiar part of the streetscape.
In Hillhurst, it pays to look past the asking price at how the home fits the neighbourhood’s condo-heavy reality and its mobility advantages. The details that change day-to-day convenience—building operation, parking, and how you’ll actually use walking, biking, and transit—tend to matter here.
With many homes in condominium buildings, review what the condo fees cover, the building’s condition, and how the property is managed. Compare amenities and restrictions to how you plan to live day to day.
Confirm the parking arrangement (and any storage) and how it fits your routine. In a walkable area tied to a busy commercial district, parking convenience can affect daily friction more than expected.
For apartments, pay attention to floor level, exposure, and window placement, since these shape livability in multi-family homes. A great location can still feel different depending on outlook and natural light.
If transit is part of your plan, map your route to SAIT Station (EB) and how you’ll get there on foot or by bike. Hillhurst supports multimodal routines, but the exact connection matters property by property.
Selling in Hillhurst is about making the home’s day-to-day experience easy to picture in a neighbourhood where buyers care about lifestyle as much as floorplan. Many are weighing condos against detached homes, so the marketing needs to clearly show what kind of ownership it is and how it lives—inside the unit, in the building, and in the immediate surroundings.
Be explicit about whether the home is a condominium apartment or a detached house and what that means for maintenance and responsibility. In a mixed housing area, buyers want the living model clear upfront.
For condos, present the building’s condition, management approach, and what fees cover in a way that’s easy to verify. Confidence comes from clear documents and plain-language summaries.
Connect the home to the nearby, named amenities that shape routines—parks like Riley Park and everyday shopping like Safeway—without overpromising. A simple map-style narrative helps buyers understand how they’d use the location.
Show the factors that change how a home feels in an inner-city setting: natural light, exposure, and practical storage. These details often separate otherwise similar options.
Hillhurst offers an inner-city, amenity-dense way of living where Kensington, parks, and the river pathway system sit close together, and where walking and biking can genuinely carry daily life. It also offers real housing choice between condos and detached homes without leaving the central city. It’s not the right match for someone seeking a strictly residential environment removed from commercial activity or someone who wants to avoid shared-building considerations entirely.
This description is compiled from the figures above and from published sources. It is not a statistic.
Hillhurst currently has 26 active for-sale listings with a median asking price of $1,149,950 and an average of $724 per square foot, pointing to a premium positioning for current inventory. Homes have been listed for an average of 99 days so far, suggesting buyers may have time to compare options and negotiate selectively, while investors should watch for value pockets amid higher pricing. With 8 new listings in the past 30 days, fresh supply is coming to market, giving active buyers more choice in the near term.
AI-written commentary on the active public listing snapshot as of November 11, 2026. Not financial advice.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census estimate.
Estimated from census areas whose centres fall inside the verified community research boundary. Areas can cross neighbourhood edges and census sample counts are rounded. Each shown field has at least 80% coverage by population across the selected census areas.
Walkability 92 · Transit access 95 · Bikeability 89
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