Live in Redstone
A 2010 master-planned community at the city's northern edge, between Stoney Trail and Métis Trail — and one of Calgary's fastest-built communities of the last decade.
Redstone was launched by Qualico Communities in 2010 on 360 acres at the city's northern boundary, between Stoney Trail and Métis Trail. It built out fast: the City of Calgary's 2018 municipal census counted 4,846 residents, and by the 2021 Census of Canada that had grown to 9,050 residents in 2,665 dwellings, with 70% of those dwellings built between 2016 and 2021 alone. Half the housing stock is single-detached, and its own schools are still years from opening. This is what living here is actually like.
The northern edge, built out faster than almost anywhere else
Bounded north by Stoney Trail, east by 60 Street NE, south by 128 Avenue NE and the community of Skyview Ranch, and west by Métis Trail NE. Ward 5.
Redstone was launched by Qualico Communities in 2010 on 360 acres (1.46 km²) at the city's northern boundary. The developer built in unusual product types for the time — "Participarks" with permanent circuit-training equipment, and garden-lot homes with verandas facing park space rather than the street.
It is still an edge community, bounded by Stoney Trail to the north, Métis Trail NE to the west, 60 Street NE to the east, and 128 Avenue NE and Skyview Ranch to the south. Ward 5.
Growth. The City's 2012 municipal census recorded no population at all — Redstone was still a construction site. By 2018 that was 4,846 residents, and by the 2021 Census of Canada it had reached 9,050 residents in 2,665 dwellings, with 70% of those dwellings built between 2016 and 2021 alone. Half the housing stock is single-detached, and average household size is 3.4 people — well above the citywide 2.6.
Who lives here. 63% of residents were immigrants at the 2021 count, and median household income was $100,000, above the city median of $98,000. 78% of households own against 22% renting, and just 6% of residents fall under Calgary's low-income measure, well below the citywide 9%.
- No school has opened inside the community yet — the CBE and Catholic schools approved for Redstone are still years from opening, 2028 at the earliest for the Catholic K–6
- Homes are almost entirely new-build, so none of the older-community issues around original furnaces or wiring apply here
- The Redstone Community Association was only registered provincially in December 2021
- Being this far north puts CrossIron Mills closer than Sunridge Mall, but adds real minutes to a downtown commute
- Retail inside the community is limited to Redstone Plaza; most bigger errands mean a short drive to Cityscape or Country Hills Village
- Airport flight paths are a real consideration across the northeast — visit at different times of day
How Redstone got here
- 2010Qualico Communities launches Redstone on 360 acres at the city's northern edge, introducing "Participarks" and garden-lot homes with verandas facing park space — product types new to Calgary at the time.
- 2012The community is still not yet populated according to the City of Calgary's municipal census — three years after launch, it remains largely under construction.
- 2018Municipal census counts the first substantial population: 4,846 residents in 1,381 dwellings.
- 2019Redstone adds 1,002 residents in a single census period, one of the fastest-growing communities in the city that year.
- 2021Redstone Plaza, a six-hectare mixed-use retail development, opens in spring; by census day the community is nearly 80% built out.
- 2021The Redstone Community Association is registered provincially on December 21. The Census of Canada counts 9,050 residents in 2,665 dwellings, 70% of them built in the preceding five years.
- 2024Alberta's provincial budget approves design funding for a new CBE K–4 school and a new Calgary Catholic K–6 school inside Redstone — the community's first schools, still years from opening.
A Participark first, and the northeast's bigger civic parks a drive away
Redstone's own open space is its Participark and internal pathway network — permanent outdoor circuit-training equipment built into the community rather than added later. There is no river valley or provincial park at this edge of the city; the bigger civic parks, Prairie Winds Park and Elliston Park, sit well south.
The resident's angle: the honest trade here is scale. What Redstone has is walkable and free — its own pathways and training equipment — but the destination parks and Chestermere Lake are both a real drive, not a short one, from this far north in the quadrant.
21 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.
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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. Redstone's numbers are shaped by its position at the very north of the city: CrossIron Mills is closer than most Calgary malls, and downtown is one of the longer commutes on this site's northeast pages.
Every gym within reach
The community is served by two large facilities north and south of it rather than a cluster inside its own boundaries, plus chain gyms in the surrounding retail nodes. Confirm hours before you count on any of them.
- Vivo for Healthier Generations sits north-central, with pools, ice, climbing and a fieldhouse
- Genesis Centre is the quadrant's other anchor: gymnasiums, fitness centre and indoor courts
- Anytime Fitness serves the immediate Redstone/Skyview Ranch postal area, a short drive away
- The Participark and pathway network are the free option, inside the community itself
| Facility | What it is | Drive |
|---|---|---|
| Vivo for Healthier Generations open | Large north-central Calgary recreation centre: pools, ice, climbing, fieldhouse and fitness space under one roof. | 8–13 min |
| Genesis Centre open | The northeast's anchor recreation facility: gymnasiums, fitness centre, indoor courts and community programming. | 10–15 min |
| Village Square Leisure Centre open | City leisure centre with a wave pool, arena, fitness space and a library branch. | 18–24 min |
| Anytime Fitness — Redstone/Skyview Ranch open | 24-hour chain gym serving the T3N postal area immediately around the community. | 3–5 min |
| GoodLife Fitness — Country Village open | National chain club in the Country Village / Harvest Hills area, north-central Calgary. | 9–14 min |
| Redstone Participark open | Free option: permanent outdoor circuit-training equipment built into the community's pathway network. | 1–3 min |
Village Square is a real drive from here. It is the biggest civic leisure centre in the northeast, but at roughly twenty minutes it is not a casual trip from this far north — Vivo and Genesis Centre are the practical everyday options.
No school inside the community yet — designations sit outside it for now
Both a CBE and a Calgary Catholic school are approved for Redstone, but neither has opened. The Catholic K–6 has a planned address — 106 Red Sky Way NE — and an estimated opening around 2028; the CBE K–4 has design funding but no confirmed construction date. Until then, students are designated to schools outside the community.
| School | Board | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Redstone Elementary School | Calgary Board of Education | K–4 school approved for design funding in Alberta's 2024 budget. No confirmed construction start or opening date yet. |
| Redstone School | Calgary Catholic | K–6 Catholic school planned for 106 Red Sky Way NE, with an estimated opening around 2028. |
| Peter Lougheed School | Calgary Board of Education | Designated public elementary/middle option in neighbouring Saddle Ridge, used until Redstone's own schools open. |
| Nelson Mandela High School | Calgary Board of Education | Designated public senior high in Martindale, opened 2016. |
| Bishop McNally High School | Calgary Catholic | Designated Catholic senior high serving northeast Calgary. |
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 designation and busing arrangement for a specific address with the board before you buy — with no school open inside Redstone yet, this is the single biggest open question for a family moving here.
Month by month, what living here looks like
Not a highlights reel — the actual annual rhythm, including the dates residents have to remember.
- Chinooks reach the far north of the city last and weakest of anywhere in Calgary
- Stoney Trail is a priority snow route, so access holds up
- Vivo and Genesis Centre carry the indoor season
- Open prairie north of Stoney Trail means real wind exposure
- Coldest stretches usually break with a chinook by month end
- Indoor recreation at Genesis and Vivo at its busiest
- Longer daylight becomes noticeable
- Airport-adjacent traffic on Métis Trail is the winter bottleneck
- Melt and refreeze on side streets through the newer phases
- Community pathways and the Participark reopen for the season
- Construction traffic resumes on unbuilt lots as the ground thaws
- First patio afternoons at Redstone Plaza on warm days
- New-build move-ins pick up again for the season
- Last hard frosts — planting waits until the long weekend
- Migratory birds return to the community's stormwater ponds
- Street sweeping clears the winter gravel
- Long evenings — sunset past 9pm by month end
- Field sport seasons start on the community's shared greens
- Hail season begins — the northeast gets more than its share
- Redstone Community Association programming ramps up
- Peak daylight at the solstice — over 16 hours
- School year ends for the designated schools students bus or drive to
- Thunderstorm season fully under way
- New-phase construction in full swing on the community's unbuilt edges
- Calgary Stampede — ten days, a genuine drive from this far north
- Evening thunderstorms roll in from the west
- Hottest month, with little mature tree shade in the newer phases
- CrossIron Mills busy with summer shoppers
- Quietest weeks before school returns
- Harvest traffic increases on the highways north of the city
- Warmest stretch for the Participark and pathway network
- New-home possession dates cluster before the fall
- School year restarts at the designated schools outside the community
- First frost typically arrives late in the month
- Redstone Plaza and Country Hills Village busiest with back-to-school
- Prairie colour turns north of Stoney Trail
- First snow is normal, and normally melts
- Snow tires go on
- Construction on unbuilt phases winds down for the season
- Shorter evenings noticeable by mid-month
- Dark by 5pm
- Indoor recreation season restarts at Vivo and Genesis Centre
- Holiday retail season begins at CrossIron Mills
- Freeze sets in on the community's stormwater ponds
- Holiday lights through the newer streets and show homes
- Quiet across the community over the break
- CrossIron Mills at its busiest for holiday shopping
- Chinooks, when they come, arrive late and weak this far north
36 photographs of the community and its surroundings
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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 — the Fish Creek and Midnapore-specific images used on the southeast pages are deliberately excluded, because this community is at the far northern edge of the city and those are not its surroundings. Nothing here is presented as a photograph of Redstone itself.