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Your city values Nose Hill Park at $40M. Seriously.

You won't believe how much land City Hall values.

Alright, folks, Cassidy Redcloud here, and we're looking at some fresh numbers from the Civic Intelligence Monitor, live as of 2026-04-20T12:05:51.741Z. And let me tell ya, what jumped out at me like a Chinook in January is the property assessment highlights. We're talking about some serious acreage here, with valuations that are just wild.

### Our City's Big Sprawls

According to these property assessment highlights, CANADA OLYMPIC PARK comes in with 3 properties, averaging an assessed value of $56,093,333. Think about that next time you're cruising down the Trans-Canada and see those ski jumps. But hold on, it gets bigger. NOSE HILL PARK, our giant urban prairie, has 7 properties assessed at an average of $40,863,286. That's a lot of grass, for real though. Then you've got Symons Valley Ranch, just one property, but it's valued at $20,650,000. These aren't just numbers, this is the city saying, "This land? It's gold."

It really makes you think about how we value our public spaces and what that means for future development. Will these massive valuations steer us towards more density in the core, or will the desire to keep these green spaces intact keep them off the developer's radar? We'll be watching to see how these big-ticket land values influence Calgary's next moves.

This is Calgary — we've seen the boom, we've seen the bust, and we showed up anyway.

Cassidy Redcloud, MiTL Sports Desk.

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