Live in Temple
A 1977 northeast Calgary community — one of the four 'Properties' neighbourhoods with Rundle, Pineridge and Whitehorn — bracketed by McKnight Boulevard and two CTrain stations.
Temple's land was first proposed under the name Montrose in the early 1910s, sat undeveloped through the Great Depression, was annexed by the city in 1961, and was not actually built out until 1977. At the 2021 census it held 10,525 residents in 3,440 dwellings — one of the larger and denser of the northeast's older communities, at roughly 4,050 people per km² — with 41% of residents immigrants. This is what living here is actually like.
One of four 'Properties' communities, bracketed by two CTrain stations
Bordered north by McKnight Boulevard, east by 68 Street NE, south by 32 Avenue N, and west by 52 Street NE. Ward 10.
Temple's land was proposed under the name Montrose in the early 1910s, then sat undeveloped through the Great Depression. The city annexed the site in 1961, but the community itself was not built out until 1977, as one of a cluster of four northeast neighbourhoods — Temple, Rundle, Pineridge and Whitehorn — originally platted as "Properties." Nobody recorded when Temple Properties became simply Temple.
The boundaries are McKnight Boulevard to the north, 68 Street NE to the east, 32 Avenue N to the south, and 52 Street NE to the west — a rectangle of 2.6 km² that borders Whitehorn, Rundle and Pineridge on three sides.
Housing mix. Condominiums and apartments make up about 5.4% of the building stock, and rental housing sits at 22.6% — still a mostly owner-occupied, low-rise community. Median household income was $87,000 and low income was recorded at 11%.
Who lives here. At 10,525 residents in 3,440 dwellings, Temple is one of the largest and densest of the four Properties communities — about 4,050 people per km². 41% of residents are immigrants, predominantly of South Asian origin, making it one of the more diverse older communities in the northeast.
- Homes are around fifty years old — original roofs, windows, furnaces and electrical panels are at or past design life
- Aluminum wiring was still being used in Alberta in this era; have it inspected specifically
- No CTrain station sits inside the community itself — Rundle and Whitehorn are both a drive or a bus ride away
- Airport flight paths are a real consideration across the northeast
- Sunridge Mall carries the everyday shop, but it means a drive rather than a walk for most of the community
- Getting west to the mountains means crossing the entire city — budget well over an hour to Kananaskis
How Temple got here
- 1910sThe land is proposed under the name 'Montrose' as part of early northeast subdivision plans.
- 1930sDevelopment stalls through the Great Depression and the land sits unbuilt for decades.
- 1961The site is annexed by the City of Calgary.
- 1977Temple is built out as one of a cluster of four northeast communities — Temple, Rundle, Pineridge and Whitehorn — originally platted as 'Properties.' No record survives of when Temple Properties was shortened to Temple.
- 2021Federal census counts 10,525 residents in 3,440 dwellings (about 4,050 people per km²), with 41% of residents immigrants, predominantly of South Asian origin — one of the northeast's largest and most diverse older communities.
- TodayTemple remains anchored by Sunridge Mall and reachable from two CTrain stations, Rundle and Whitehorn, on the Blue Line.
No lake and no river valley — Prairie Winds and Elliston carry the recreation load
There is no river valley or provincial park at this stretch of the city. The open space is civic: Prairie Winds Park, eight to thirteen minutes north by the Genesis Centre, with a spray park, wading pool, zip line and playing fields, and Elliston Park, fifteen to twenty minutes southeast, home of the Globalfest fireworks.
The resident's angle: the genuine recreational advantage here is proximity to two indoor recreation hubs — Village Square Leisure Centre and the Genesis Centre — both under fifteen minutes away. Chestermere Lake, twenty to twenty-eight minutes east, is the nearest full recreational lake, the honest counterweight to being some distance from the mountains.
22 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 22 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. Temple sits between two CTrain stations and close to Sunridge Mall, but the mountains are a genuine haul from this side of the city.
Every gym within reach
The northeast is served by large civic facilities rather than a dense cluster of private clubs, with the nearest paid gyms sitting in the Sunridge Mall retail district. Confirm hours before you count on any of them.
- Genesis Centre adds gymnasiums, fitness centre, indoor courts and programming, north across McKnight
- Max Bell Centre is a further option for twin arenas, south across the city
- Sunridge Mall has commercial gyms five to eight minutes away, the closest paid option to the community
- The community's own pathways and Prairie Winds Park are the free option
| Facility | What it is | Drive |
|---|---|---|
| Village Square Leisure Centre open | Wave pool, arena, fitness space, gymnasium and a library branch under one roof, southwest on 56 Street NE. | 6–10 min |
| Genesis Centre open | The northeast's anchor recreation facility: gymnasiums, fitness centre, indoor courts and community programming. | 8–12 min |
| Sunridge-area fitness clubs open | Commercial gyms in the Sunridge Mall retail district — the closest paid option to the community. | 5–8 min |
| Max Bell Centre open | Twin arenas and community recreation space, south across the city. | 14–19 min |
| Prairie Winds Park open | Not a gym, but the free option: playing fields, spray park and walking trails next to the Genesis Centre. | 8–13 min |
| Temple community pathways open | Free option: the internal pathway network and green space around the community's two elementary schools. | 1–3 min |
Check hours and membership terms. City-run facilities like Village Square and the Genesis Centre run programming schedules that shift seasonally, so confirm current hours before you plan a routine around either.
Four elementaries inside the community, and high school outside it
Annie Foote and Guy Weadick serve the community for public elementary, and St. Thomas More and Father Scollen serve the Catholic side, with Father Scollen carrying on to grade 9. Designated senior highs sit outside the boundaries, which means a bus or a drive from grade 10 onward for most families.
| School | Board | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Annie Foote School | Calgary Board of Education | Public K–6, inside the community; also serves Skyview. |
| Guy Weadick School | Calgary Board of Education | Public K–6, inside the community on Templehill Road NE. |
| St. Thomas More School | Calgary Catholic | Catholic K–6, inside the community; also serves Monterey Park. |
| Father Scollen School | Calgary Catholic | Catholic K–9, inside the community. |
| Junior and senior high designations | Both boards | Designated senior highs sit outside the community boundaries. Confirm the current designation for a specific address with the board 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 junior and senior high designation for a specific address with the board before you buy — northeast designations have been reviewed repeatedly as enrolment has shifted across the quadrant.
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 Temple last and weakest of any quadrant, same as the rest of the northeast
- McKnight Boulevard and Deerfoot Trail are priority-plowed routes, so access into the rest of the city holds up
- Village Square's arena and pool, and the Genesis Centre, carry the indoor season
- Elevation of 1,090 m means the cold snaps bite slightly harder than in the river valley communities
- Family Day long weekend brings Genesis Centre and Village Square to their busiest
- Sunridge Mall is the default indoor errand on the coldest days
- Coldest stretches usually break with a chinook, if a late one
- Airport flight paths overhead are more noticeable in the still, cold air
- Melt and refreeze on side streets through the month
- Rundle and Whitehorn stations both have exposed, windswept platforms — dress for the wait
- Prairie Winds Park and the community's own green space start to reopen
- Spring break sends families to the Genesis Centre and the Village Square pool
- Last hard frosts — planting waits until the long weekend
- Prairie Winds Park's playing fields dry out and reopen
- Migratory birds return to Elliston Park's lake, a drive southeast
- Hail season begins — the northeast gets more than its share through the summer
- Long evenings — sunset past 9pm by month end
- Community league and field sport seasons start
- Chestermere's boating season begins, a short run east
- Thunderstorm season is fully under way
- Peak daylight at the solstice — over 16 hours
- School year ends at Annie Foote, St. Thomas More, Father Scollen and Guy Weadick
- Chestermere beaches fill on warm weekends
- Evening thunderstorms build over the foothills and cross the city
- Calgary Stampede — ten days, about 20 minutes southwest
- Globalfest fireworks at Elliston Park run through late July and August
- Hottest month, with little shade in the older parts of the community
- Sunridge Mall's parking lot is at its fullest of the year
- Globalfest continues at Elliston Park
- Chestermere Lake at its warmest, a short drive east
- Quietest weeks before all four of Temple's schools reopen
- Zoo visits pick up before school starts, west along Memorial Drive
- School year restarts at Annie Foote, St. Thomas More, Father Scollen and Guy Weadick
- First frost typically arrives late in the month
- Sunridge Mall is busiest with back-to-school shopping
- Prairie colour turns across the open ground by the Genesis Centre to the north
- First snow is normal, and normally melts
- Snow tires go on
- Chestermere quiets down for the season
- Shorter evenings noticeable by mid-month
- Dark by 5pm
- Indoor recreation season restarts at Village Square and the Genesis Centre
- Sunridge Mall's holiday retail season begins
- Freeze sets in on Chestermere Lake, east of the city
- Zoolights at the Calgary Zoo, west along Memorial Drive
- Holiday quiet across the community
- Chestermere ice starts to hold
- Chinooks, when they come, arrive late and weak here, same as the rest of the northeast
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 transit photography from the site's shared library — the Fish Creek and south-Calgary-specific images used on the southern pages are deliberately excluded, because this community is in the northeast and those are not its surroundings. Nothing here is presented as a photograph of Temple itself.