Calgary's highest community ridge.
1,190 m elevation means you see the Rockies to the west on a clear day, and downtown to the east from anywhere on the hill. Sunsets are a neighbourhood pastime.
Calgary's highest inhabited ridge, 1,190 metres above sea level. About 14,000 neighbours call it home, across Sienna Hills and Signal Ridge. Fifteen minutes east to downtown. An hour west to the Rockies. We sit on the shoulder Calgary grew out from.
Signal Hill · SW Calgary
We're not the biggest SW Calgary community, or the newest. We're the one with the view, the stones, the trails, and the association that keeps showing up.
1,190 m elevation means you see the Rockies to the west on a clear day, and downtown to the east from anywhere on the hill. Sunsets are a neighbourhood pastime.
16,000 whitewashed stones hauled up the hill by soldiers in 1914, arranged to spell the numbers of four Canadian Expeditionary Force battalions (137, 113, 151, 51). You can see them from Stoney Trail. It's one of Calgary's most unique historic sites.
Connects into Calgary's Regional Pathway system, you can bike from Signal Hill to Edworthy Park, Bowness, and all the way to downtown without leaving a paved trail. Battalion Park's green ridge is the neighbourhood spine.
Signal Hill Centre, Westhills Towne Centre, Westmarket Square, Signature Park Plaza, groceries, big-box, restaurants, services, a library. You almost never need to cross Sarcee.
Pools, fitness, ice rink, climbing wall, one of Calgary's top-three rec centres, and it's a 10-minute walk from most of Signal Hill. SHCA members also get priority booking on the community pickleball courts and outdoor rink.
SHCA has been volunteer-run since July 1987, Neighbour Day, community cleanup, skate nights, the rink flooding every winter. Active associations are what turn a subdivision into a neighbourhood.
Signal Hill occupies a 5.6 km² block of Southwest Calgary, made up of two sub-neighbourhoods: Sienna Hills and Signal Ridge. We're in Ward 6 at the municipal level, Calgary-West provincially, and Calgary Signal Hill federally.
Adjacent communities: Aspen Woods and Springbank Hill to the west, Westgate and Glendale to the north, Richmond to the east, Discovery Ridge to the south.
Signal Hill is a family-majority neighbourhood with ~5,250 dwellings and an established demographic mix. It's also one of Calgary's more ethnically diverse SW communities, reflecting the city's broader growth.
Source: Statistics Canada, City of Calgary community profile.
During the First World War, soldiers training in Calgary carried sixteen thousand whitewashed stones up the southern slope of Signal Hill and arranged them to spell the numbers of four battalions that mustered here. Ninety years later, the numbers are still legible from Stoney Trail.
Battalion Park was formally dedicated on November 3, 1991. It is one of the most unusual historic features of any Calgary community.
— Battalion Park, Signal Hill
Families in Signal Hill have strong public, Catholic, and charter options within the neighbourhood or a short drive.
School assignments depend on exact address; confirm with CBE or CCSD.
Signal Hill is built for the car and the commuter. Pathways for walking and biking are everywhere inside the community; the ring road takes you out fast.
Four major shopping centres sit inside or on the border of Signal Hill. Most residents can walk or drive 3 minutes to groceries, takeout, pharmacy, or a haircut.
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Signal Hill's demographic mix and income profile make it one of Calgary's strongest local retail markets. If you're a local business worth knowing about, our partner program gets you in front of the community.
If you live here, SHCA is how we keep this place the kind of neighbourhood you just described to a friend. Membership is $20/year, the key to everything your $20 funds.