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Cornerstone

Northeast · Residential · 7.6 km²

Cornerstone is a community in Calgary’s Northeast sector, 7.6 km² by the City’s boundary. At the 2019 civic census it had 2,648 residents in 1,285 dwellings, 55% of them owner-occupied and 17% apartments. The 2026 assessment roll averages $568k across 5,845 residential parcels (an average, not a median, and an assessment, not a price). 42 businesses hold a current City licence, 8 first issued in the last year. 73 development permit applications were filed in the last 12 months, 28 released.

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Boundary and position from the City of Calgary community file; the inset is the calgary.earth brand map.

At a glance

Figures as of 2026-10-27. Census 2019, assessment 2026 roll, licences and permits as held by the City on that day.

Residents2,6482019 census
Dwellings1,2852019 census
Owner-occupied55%share of dwellings
Average assessed value$568k2026 roll, residential
Licensed businesses42current licences
Development applications73last 12 months

Every figure

The bar is the percentile among all 313 City communities with a value.

Residentspeople · 20192,648
Densityper km² · 2019349
Under 35share · 201953%
Childrenshare · 201921%
Seniorsshare · 20195%
Dwellingshomes · 20191,285
Ownershipshare · 201955%
Apartmentsshare · 201917%
Single-familyshare · 201946%
Household sizepeople per home · 20192.1
Under constructionhomes · 2019520
Average assessed valueresidential · 2026$568k
Residential parcelsparcels · 20265,845
Licensed businesseslicences · 202642
Businesses per km²per km² · 20265.5
Businesses per 1,000per 1,000 residents · 202615.9
New licenceslast 12 months · 20268
New-business shareshare · 202619%
Development applicationslast 12 months · register73
Applications per 1,000last 12 months · register27.6

Composite views experimental

Mean of percentile ranks, 0–100. A reading of where a place sits, not a ranking of where to live.

Vibrancymean percentile of businesses per km², residents per km² and apartment share40
Momentummean percentile of new licences, new-business share and development applications per 1,000 residents81
Family homesmean percentile of ownership, single-family share and children share49
Everyday needsmean percentile of businesses per 1,000 residents, and the inverse of 311 requests per 1,000—

What’s being built

Development permit applications filed in the last 12 months, by kind. Applications, not approvals.

New homes & additions4
Suites & home businesses34
Business & change of use12
Signs7
Relaxations & compliance15
Other1

Read the applications in the Radar →

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