Calgary Built Brief #18 | Prepared for October 30, 2026; updated November 2, 2026
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Modular homes are being installed at Colliery Parc beside Lawrence Grassi Middle School. The 120-home development led by Canadian Rockies Public Schools combines 20 below-market staff rentals, 20 homes for Canmore Community Housing, another five earmarked for its purchase, and 75 market homes. Avalon’s Ryan Scott expects first possessions in January or February 2027, with full build-out potentially extending to the end of 2028, depending on sales.
The population picture is more complicated than uninterrupted growth. Alberta’s latest dashboard estimate puts Canmore at 17,341 residents in 2025, down 1.33% over the preceding year but up 10.4% over five years. Those are annual estimates, not new census results. The last released federal census counted 15,990 residents in 2021, up 14.3% from 2016.
In Three Sisters, Alberta lists Logel Homes’ Altitude development as under construction, while Logel advertises move-in-ready condos. The wider pipeline includes development permits approved in June for 94 stacked townhomes at 200 Yarrow Road and 249 apartments at 700 and 800 Village Road. Those municipal approvals establish permitted projects, not verified construction starts.
The rental pipeline includes 120 homes with ground-floor commercial space at 1651 Palliser Trail. Its April approval still carries conditions to satisfy before construction. YWCA Banff’s Higher Ground plan specifies 14 emergency-shelter units and 106 transitional and affordable homes. An October 16 ministerial site visit was not confirmation of a construction start.
Tourism construction remains a separate approval question. Silvertip’s gondola application entered provincial public notice October 27, with its master development plan and disposition under review. Stone Creek proposes a 3.2-kilometre route connecting a highway-area base, Silvertip Resort Village and Mount Lady Macdonald, with hospitality facilities at the summit. Construction is not approved. The public-comment period closes November 26.