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Development pulse

What is happening in Calgary development now

Every figure below counts municipal filings this platform has acquired, and every one of them opens to the records that produced it. Windows are measured back from 2026-08-31 — the most recent activity in the record, not today’s date, so a gap in ingestion cannot masquerade as a quiet week in Calgary.

Anchored 2026-08-31Acquired 2026-08-31
Filed in 7 days
71
Filed in 30 days
334
Filed in 90 days
1,312
Communities active
186
Redesignations, 90 days
105
Under appeal
13
Official recordCounts of filings as published by the municipality. A filing is a proposal, not a building.

Filings per day, last 90 days

Official recordOne column per calendar day on which the municipality recorded at least one in-scope filing.
The same values are listed in the table below this chart.010203006-0306-0906-1606-2306-3007-0507-1007-1607-2307-2908-0508-1208-1808-2508-28
Days with no filing are absent rather than plotted as zero — Calgary does not file on weekends, and a run of zeroes would read as a slowdown rather than a calendar.
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In-scope municipal filings per day
CategoryFilings
06-0322
06-0418
06-0521
06-061
06-0818
06-0926
06-1023
06-1127
06-1219
06-1518
06-1632
06-1728
06-1823
06-1916
06-2213
06-2321
06-2425
06-2526
06-2626
06-2933
06-3039
07-015
07-0219
07-0320
07-041
07-051
07-0631
07-0721
07-0817
07-0923
07-1015
07-111
07-1325
07-1419
07-1517
07-167
07-1711
07-2019
07-2136
07-2216
07-2323
07-2417
07-261
07-2723
07-2836
07-2921
07-3038
07-3137
08-013
08-0420
08-0520
08-0613
08-075
08-1022
08-1123
08-1219
08-1318
08-1412
08-161
08-1712
08-1819
08-1923
08-2028
08-2114
08-2414
08-2517
08-2622
08-2720
08-2812

Communities running above their own baseline

Our analysisA ratio against each community's mean monthly filings across its whole recorded history. Not a comparison between communities.
5 of 186 active communities
Communities filing above their historical monthly average
CommunityFilings, 30 daysMonthly averageRatioRecord spans
LEGACY81.17.4×2005–2026
INGLEWOOD51.05.1×1979–2026
HORIZON51.24.1×1982–2026
FOOTHILLS72.82.5×1985–2026
DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL CORE147.91.8×1979–2026

Communities with fewer than 60 filings on record, or a baseline below half a filing a month, are excluded: a ratio computed on those is arithmetic rather than signal. Two filings against a baseline of 0.05 is “40×” and means nothing.

Most active communities, last 30 days

Official recordA count of filings. It does not measure how much is being built, or how large any of it is.
The same values are listed in the table below this chart.DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL CORE14LEGACY8FOOTHILLS7BELTLINE7STILLWATER6INGLEWOOD5HORIZON5GRANVILLE5MANCHESTER INDUSTRIAL4STONEY 23SOUTH FOOTHILLS3EAST SHEPARD INDUSTRIAL3
Industrial and commercial districts rank high because a large site generates many filings over its life, not because more is proposed there.
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In-scope filings by community, last 30 days
CategoryFilings
DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL CORE14
LEGACY8
FOOTHILLS7
BELTLINE7
STILLWATER6
INGLEWOOD5
HORIZON5
GRANVILLE5
MANCHESTER INDUSTRIAL4
STONEY 23
SOUTH FOOTHILLS3
EAST SHEPARD INDUSTRIAL3

What kind of filing

Official recordThe three regulatory layers are separate statutory acts and are never merged.
development permit
225
filed in the last 30 days
building permit
84
filed in the last 30 days
rezoning
22
filed in the last 30 days
other
1
filed in the last 30 days
policy amendment
1
filed in the last 30 days
subdivision
1
filed in the last 30 days

Notable recent filings

Our analysisSelected by published evidence — unit counts, declared value, parcel assembly, appeals — not by an opaque score.
Notable filings in the last 90 days
FileAddressWhy it is hereStatusFiled
BP2026-11212#202 736 MCDOUGALL CO NE203 dwelling units · $54.8M declared construction value · Site assembled from 212 published parcelsStatus unknown. The municipality records this as Pending Prescreen Review.2026-06-18
BP2026-14617565 RIVERFRONT AV SE210 dwelling units · $26.6M declared construction valueStatus unknown. The municipality records this as Pending Plans Review Assignment.2026-08-04
BP2026-15064115 NOSTALGIA DR SE161 dwelling units · $120.0M declared construction valueStatus unknown. The municipality records this as Pending Prescreen Review.2026-08-10
BP2026-099812122 MAHOGANY BV SE141 dwelling units · $32.0M declared construction value · Site assembled from 3 published parcelsStatus unknown. The municipality records this as Hold - Prescreen Review.2026-06-03
BP2026-15865#1000 2725 86 AV SE161 dwelling units · $41.2M declared construction value · Site assembled from 3 published parcelsStatus unknown. The municipality records this as Pending Plans Review Assignment.2026-08-20
BP2026-10647#308 2164 MAHOGANY BV SE79 dwelling units · $26.9M declared construction value · Site assembled from 88 published parcelsStatus unknown. The municipality records this as Hold - Prescreen Review.2026-06-11

Projects that gained filings

Our analysisA project is this platform's assertion that several municipal files describe one development. Each join shows its own method and confidence.
DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL COREmixed use

Restaurant: Licensed - Small — 660 2 AV SW

NEW: RESTAURANT: LICENSED - SMALL, RESTAURANT: FOOD SERVICE ONLY - SMALL, CHILD CARE SERVICE, HOTEL, MULTI-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, RETAIL AND CONSUMER SERVICE…

Permit issued368 municipal files2026-08-12The permit has been issued or released. Issuance means work may lawfully begin; it is not evidence that work has begun.
DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL COREinstitutional

Land Use Amendment - To Accommodate Development — 616 3 ST SW

Land Use Amendment - to accommodate development

Permit issued294 municipal files2026-08-27The permit has been issued or released. Issuance means work may lawfully begin; it is not evidence that work has begun.
DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL COREoffice

Interior Alteration and Use — #4700 855 2 ST SW

INTERIOR ALTERATION AND USE

Permit issued184 municipal files2026-08-14The permit has been issued or released. Issuance means work may lawfully begin; it is not evidence that work has begun.
RESIDUAL WARD 12 - SUB AREA 12Amixed use

Multi-Residential Development — 300 144 AV NE

NEW: MULTI-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT (19 PHASES, 18 BUILDINGS, 129 UNITS)

Permit issued152 municipal files2026-08-20The permit has been issued or released. Issuance means work may lawfully begin; it is not evidence that work has begun.
CANADA OLYMPIC PARKmixed use

Podium At Aiss'Ka'Pooma Building A — 18 CANADA OLYMPIC CM SW

Podium at Aiss'Ka'Pooma Building A

Permit issued128 municipal files2026-08-25The permit has been issued or released. Issuance means work may lawfully begin; it is not evidence that work has begun.
BRENTWOODmixed use

Northland Village - South Building & Parkade — 5045 NORTHLAND DR NW

Northland Village - South Building & Parkade

Permit issued121 municipal files2026-08-04The permit has been issued or released. Issuance means work may lawfully begin; it is not evidence that work has begun.

Recent land use redesignations

Official recordA redesignation changes what may lawfully be built. It is not an approval to build.
Land use redesignations filed in the last 90 days
FileAddressChange proposedStatusFiled
LOC2026-01662806 9 AV SER-C2 → H-GOSubmitted2026-08-28
LOC2026-0165625 6 AV SECC-EPR → DCSubmitted2026-08-27
LOC2026-01645307 MACLEOD TR SWC-COR3 f3.0h46 → MU-2Submitted2026-08-25
LOC2026-01629416 FAIRMOUNT DR SER-C1 → H-GOSubmitted2026-08-24
LOC2026-016312939 METIS TR NEC-R3 f0.3h18;I-C;M-1;R-G;M-G → S-CRI;S-CRI;S-CRI;S-CRI;S-CRISubmitted2026-08-24
LOC2026-016110100 17 AV SES-FUD;S-FUD;S-FUD;NO-LUD → MU-1;S-UN;S-CRI;MU-1Submitted2026-08-20
LOC2026-01591215 14 AV SWDC → CC-XSubmitted2026-08-19
LOC2026-016021850 40 ST SER-G → S-CRISubmitted2026-08-19
LOC2026-01583940 19 AV SWR-C1 → R-C2Submitted2026-08-18
LOC2026-015614010 52 ST NES-FUD;S-FUD;S-FUD;S-FUD → I-G;I-G;S-UN;S-CRISubmitted2026-08-13
Historical comparisonBounded by what this platform has acquired.

Recent activity measured across records acquired from 2026-01-01 onward. This is not a statement about all development in Calgary — only about what these sources publish and what this platform retained. Within that window the record is complete across every live source; older filings appear only where they are material enough to bundle. Counts cover Calgary and every other live municipality in the slice.

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