Live in Legacy
A 900-acre master-planned community at Calgary's southern edge, building out since 2011 against a 300-acre environmental reserve and the Bow River escarpment.
Legacy was started by WestCreek Developments in 2011 on former farmland south of Walden, and it has grown fast: 6,420 residents in 2,766 dwellings at the 2019 civic census, and 8,000 by the 2021 federal census. It is built around a 300-acre protected environmental reserve and 15 km of pathways along the Bow River escarpment, with four retail nodes — the largest, Township, anchored by Sobeys — and every homeowner belongs to the mandatory Legacy Residents Association. This is what living here is actually like.
The southern edge, and a reserve instead of a lake
Bounded north by 210 Avenue SE (shared with Walden), west by Macleod Trail South, and east by the Bow River escarpment, with open land at the city's edge to the south. Ward 14.
WestCreek Developments began building Legacy in 2011 on former farmland south of Walden, at the literal southern edge of the city. It has grown fast since: the 2019 civic census counted 6,420 residents in 2,766 dwellings, and by the 2021 federal census that had reached 8,000 — a decade earlier the same land held 11 people.
The boundaries are straightforward: 210 Avenue SE to the north, shared with Walden, Macleod Trail South to the west, and the Bow River escarpment to the east. South of the community is open land at the edge of the city.
The reserve, not a lake. Legacy has no private lake. What it has instead is a 300-acre protected environmental reserve along the escarpment, with 15 km of pathways running through it, plus six colour-themed playgrounds and four retail nodes — the largest, Township, anchored by a Sobeys.
Every homeowner belongs to the Legacy Residents Association, a mandatory non-profit set up in 2014 to maintain the amenities and land inherited from the developer — separate from the volunteer-run, opt-in Calgary Legacy Community Association that runs events.
- Downtown is 28–36 minutes on a good day — one of the longer commutes on this site
- The mandatory Legacy Residents Association fee is $60/year for a single-family home, due 1 June
- Only two schools are open inside the community so far, both Catholic; CBE designations sit outside it
- Living Spirit School only opened in February 2026 — enrolment is still filling in
- No CTrain station is close; Somerset-Bridlewood is the nearest, across Macleod Trail
- South of the community is open land — the honest edge of the developed city
How Legacy got here
- 2011WestCreek Developments begins building Legacy on former farmland at Calgary's southern edge, south of Walden.
- 2014Homeowners establish the Legacy Residents Association, a non-profit created to maintain the amenities and lands inherited from the developer.
- 2018All Saints High School opens, a Calgary Catholic grades 10–12 school with a capacity of 1,500, serving Legacy and the wider deep-south.
- 2019Civic census counts 6,420 residents in 2,766 dwellings — still building out.
- 2021Federal census counts 8,000 residents, up from just 11 a decade earlier — one of Calgary's fastest-growing communities.
- February 2026Living Spirit School opens, a Calgary Catholic K–9 school with capacity for 510 students, expandable to 905; it is officially blessed that May.
A 300-acre reserve along the escarpment, not a lake
The Legacy Environmental Reserve runs the length of the community's eastern edge, where the land drops to the Bow River escarpment — 300 protected acres and 15 km of pathways. Inside the built community there are six colour-themed playgrounds, a pump track and amphitheatre, storm-pond parks, soccer fields and a community garden.
The resident's angle: this is public, protected reserve land, not a fenced private amenity — anyone can walk it, which is different from the member-only lakes elsewhere in the southeast. Fish Creek Provincial Park is a further 14–19 minutes north for a bigger day out, and Kananaskis Country is closer from here than from almost anywhere else in the city, southwest via Macleod Trail and Highway 22.
20 places, with real drive times
Road-adjusted distance and drive time from the centre of the community to each destination, nearest first. Filter by category.
Showing 1–12 of 20 places, nearest first.
Method: distances and drive times are estimated from the centre of the community to each destination using Calgary's road grid, and are rounded to honest ranges rather than presented as precise figures. The numbers here are lopsided by design: the community's own reserve and retail are close, and downtown, the airport and the CTrain network are all a genuine drive.
Every gym within reach
The community's own reserve pathways and rink are free and close; paid options cluster either right in Township or a real drive away at Seton.
- Among the largest YMCAs in the world — multiple pools, twin arenas, gymnasiums and a climbing wall
- Anytime Fitness sits inside Township, a few minutes from anywhere in the community
- GoodLife and Orangetheory are both at Seton, alongside the YMCA
- The reserve's 15 km of pathways and the Legacy Village Way rink are the free option, covered by the annual fee
| Facility | What it is | Drive |
|---|---|---|
| Brookfield Residential YMCA at Seton open | Among the largest YMCAs in the world: multiple pools, twin arenas, gymnasiums, climbing wall and a library branch. | 17–23 min |
| Legacy Environmental Reserve pathways open | Free option: 15 km of pathways through the community's own 300-acre reserve. | 1–3 min |
| Legacy Village Way rink open | Outdoor skating rink maintained by the Legacy Residents Association, included in the annual fee. | 2–4 min |
| Anytime Fitness — Township open | 24-hour access chain gym at the Township retail node. | 1–4 min |
| GoodLife Fitness — Seton open | National chain club in the Seton Urban District. | 17–23 min |
| Orangetheory Fitness — Seton open | Heart-rate-based group interval training studio at Seton. | 17–23 min |
Confirm before you commit to Seton. It is the closest full-service cluster, but it is still a real drive from Legacy — this is not a next-door amenity the way it is for the communities immediately around South Health Campus.
Two Catholic schools inside the community; public designations sit outside it
Living Spirit School (K–9) opened in February 2026 and All Saints High School (10–12) has served the deep south since 2018 — both Calgary Catholic. No Calgary Board of Education school sits inside Legacy's boundaries yet.
| School | Board | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Living Spirit School | Calgary Catholic | K–9, opened February 2026 at 154 Legacy View SE, capacity 510 expandable to 905. |
| All Saints High School | Calgary Catholic | Grades 10–12, capacity 1,500, opened 2018 at 729 Legacy Village Road SE — serves Legacy and the wider deep south. |
| Designated public schools | Calgary Board of Education | No CBE school sits inside Legacy yet; public elementary and junior high designations are in neighbouring communities. Confirm the current designation for a specific address with the CBE before you buy. |
| Calgary Catholic School District | Calgary Catholic | Alberta funds Catholic education the same way it funds public education, so there is no tuition for a resident student at either board. |
Alberta funds Catholic education the same way it funds public education, so there is no tuition for a resident student at either board. Confirm the current public designation for a specific address with the CBE before you buy — with no CBE school inside the community, students are designated to schools in neighbouring communities, and that assignment can change as the area keeps building out.
Month by month, what living here looks like
Not a highlights reel — the actual annual rhythm, including the dates residents have to remember.
- Legacy Village Way rink runs its full skating season
- The reserve's pathways ice over on shaded stretches near the escarpment
- Macleod Trail gets priority plowing over the community's own residential streets
- Chinooks reach this far south with less force than the inner city
- Living Spirit School marks its first anniversary in the community this month
- A chinook can turn the rink to slush for a day before it refreezes
- Township's parking lot is at its busiest of the winter
- Longer light by month end over the open land south of the community
- Meltwater runs off the escarpment into the reserve faster than the pathways can dry
- Legacy Residents Association fee notices go out ahead of the 1 June deadline
- First bare pavement on Legacy Boulevard
- Wind off the open country south of the community picks up as the snow goes
- The six colour-themed playgrounds reopen for the season
- Reserve trails dry out enough for regular use by mid-month
- Heritage Pointe Golf Club opens for the season south of the community
- Last hard frosts before the long weekend
- Legacy Residents Association fees are due 1 June; interest applies after
- The pump track and amphitheatre at Brown and Purple Parks come back into use
- Long evenings — sunset past 9pm by month end
- Community garden plots go in
- School year ends at All Saints and Living Spirit
- Peak daylight at the solstice, over 16 hours
- Township's restaurant patios fill on warm evenings
- Thunderstorm season is fully under way over the open southern edge
- Legacy Residents Association's annual Stampede Breakfast runs at All Saints High School
- Calgary Stampede itself is a half-hour-plus drive north
- The reserve's escarpment trails are the community's best shade on hot afternoons
- Evening thunderstorms roll in off the foothills to the west
- Kananaskis is the closer mountain trip for this community, southwest via Highway 22
- Back-to-school retail picks up at Township
- Heritage Pointe's golf season is at its peak
- Quiet, warm evenings on the reserve pathways
- School year restarts at All Saints and Living Spirit, both still filling in enrolment
- Legacy Residents Association's Annual General Meeting is held this month
- First frost typically arrives late in the month
- Aspens along the escarpment turn before the rest of the community's young trees
- First snow is normal on the reserve's exposed escarpment before it settles elsewhere
- Snow tires go on ahead of the season
- Heritage Pointe closes for the season
- Shorter evenings noticeable by mid-month
- Dark by 5pm across the community
- Legacy Village Way rink crews begin prep for the season
- Township's holiday retail season begins
- Wind off the open land south of the community is a real factor
- Rink typically opens for the season this month, ground and weather permitting
- Holiday lights along Legacy Boulevard
- Chinooks, when they arrive, are milder here than further north in the city
- Reserve pathways quiet through the holiday stretch
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Honesty note. This page uses only the general Calgary, seasonal, Alberta-wildlife and day-trip photography from the site's shared library — nothing here is presented as a photograph of Legacy itself, its reserve, or its escarpment specifically.