Redstone Community Guide: Living in Redstone, Calgary

Redstone, a 2010s Community in Calgary's Far Northeast

Redstone occupies the top corner of northeast Calgary under the T3N postal prefix, in Ward 5. Métis Trail NE runs along the west side, Stoney Trail closes the north edge, 60 Street NE bounds it on the east, and 128 Avenue NE separates it from Skyview Ranch to the south. Qualico Communities launched the community in 2010, which makes almost every house here a product of the last fifteen years. At the 2021 federal census Redstone counted 9,050 residents living in private households (City of Calgary community population data, 2021 Census of Canada). The quadrant picture sits in the Northeast Calgary community hub.

The build-out plan was large. CREB's March 2021 community profile put Redstone at roughly 80 per cent complete at that point, heading toward about 2,500 single-family homes and close to 1,000 multi-family residences. The result is a street grid where four product types sit within a block of each other: front-attached-garage detached homes, laned detached homes with a rear garage off the alley, side-by-side duplexes, and townhome rows. Buyers who want the same era of construction on a different grid usually compare Redstone with Cornerstone to the east, Skyview Ranch directly south, and Saddle Ridge further down Métis Trail.

Age structure tells you a lot about how the streets feel. In the 2021 census, 2,250 Redstone residents were under fifteen, about a quarter of the community, and roughly 70 per cent were between fifteen and sixty-four (City of Calgary community population data, 2021 Census of Canada). Households here skew toward first purchases and growing families, and a meaningful share of the newer detached stock is designed with multigenerational living or a legal secondary suite in mind. The trade is that the amenity build-out is still catching up: as of August 2026 no school has opened inside Redstone, and the closest large retail is a short drive away. Buyers comparing quadrants often start with the established inner-city options in Bridgeland and Renfrew before deciding how much new construction is worth to them.

"In a community this young, the possession date on title is the most useful number on the page. It tells me which Alberta new-home warranty windows are still open, which ones closed years ago, and what the buyer is taking on. I read that before I read the finishes."
Raj Bhopla, eXp Realty

Quick Facts, Redstone

Data last verified: August 2026.

How Redstone Breaks Down

Redstone reads as one community on the map and three markets on the ground, and the divider is phase order. Qualico built south to north from 2010, so a listing's position relative to 128 Avenue NE tells you roughly how old the house is, how grown-in the landscaping looks, and which warranty windows have already closed.

Positions above are relative to the community average sale price of about $637,000 and about $356 per square foot (HonestDoor, August 2026). They are a starting frame for comparison, and a specific property still needs a comparable-sales review. An appraisal is a separate exercise.

Reading a 2010s Spec Home in Redstone

With more than a decade in home building before real estate, Raj reads the parts of a house that cost real money and disappear under paint and staging. A young community changes the question list. There is no knob-and-tube here and no polybutylene supply piping, because both were long gone by 2010. What matters instead is warranty timing, how a spec house was finished on a schedule, and how a young lot behaves once the fill settles.

Warranty windows, and where a Redstone home sits in them: Alberta's New Home Buyer Protection Act applies to homes with building permits taken out on or after 1 February 2014, and it sets a minimum of one year on labour and materials, two years on delivery and distribution systems, five years on the building envelope and ten years on major structural components (Government of Alberta, new home warranty). Do the arithmetic against the possession date. On an August 2026 purchase, the one and two year windows are closed on everything in Redstone, the five year envelope window is closed on anything completed before roughly mid 2021, and only the ten year structural coverage remains on homes finished from about 2016 onward. The earliest Redstone phases, permitted before February 2014, sit outside the mandatory program entirely, so any coverage there depends on whether the builder carried a voluntary program.

Grading and settlement on young fill: a subdivision built on engineered fill keeps settling for years after possession. Check that the ground still falls away from the foundation on all four sides, that downspouts extend past the backfill zone, that window wells drain, and that the walk and driveway have not tipped back toward the house. This is the most common and most expensive item to get wrong on a community this young.

Attic and envelope detail: a spec house is built to a schedule, and the corners of an attic are where a rushed insulation crew shows. Look for even blown-in depth to the eaves, baffles at the soffit vents, and no compressed batts around the bathroom fan runs. Ice damming and a cold upstairs bedroom usually trace back to that one detail, not to the furnace.

Garage pads, aprons and the lane: on a laned home the detached garage slab and its apron are the elements most exposed to frost movement. Look at the joint where the apron meets the lane, at cracking across the slab, and at whether the man door still latches square. On front-garage homes, the driveway and the garage floor tell the same story.

Basement development and suites: a large share of Redstone basements were finished after possession. Ask for permits, check egress window sizing in any bedroom, look at how the ceiling was framed around ducting and beams, and if there is a suite, confirm it is registered with the City. A low or unpermitted development changes both value and future resale.

None of these are dealbreakers on their own. They separate a cosmetic refresh from a real project, and pricing them before an offer is the work. The room-by-room version sits in what Raj looks for during a showing, and the full budgeting method is in the guide to evaluating a Calgary renovation or flip. Buyers weighing the same build era one community over should read the Cornerstone guide, where the phases are newer again.

Where to Eat Near Redstone

Redstone's own retail is convenience scale, so most sit-down dining sits in the Cornerstone and Country Hills corridor within a five to fifteen minute drive. Here are six places near the community, each independently checked as operating in 2026.

Each restaurant above was checked in August 2026 against a current operator listing or an independently dated review page. Restaurants change, so call ahead for hours.

Getting Around from Redstone

Redstone sits inside a strong road network, which is the quiet advantage of buying this far out. Stoney Trail runs along the north edge, Métis Trail carries traffic south to Airport Trail and Deerfoot Trail, and Country Hills Boulevard moves east and west. Times below are off-peak estimates and grow at rush hour and school pickup.

Drive times are approximate off-peak estimates (Google Maps) measured from the middle of the community and vary by address. There is no LRT station inside Redstone. Transit riders reach Calgary Transit's Blue Line (Route 202) at Saddletowne Station, currently the northeast terminus, by local bus or a short drive. The City of Calgary's Blue Line LRT Extension project would carry the line about one kilometre further to 88 Avenue NE and 60 Street NE, with a future connection toward the airport, and no in-service date should be assumed. Data last verified: August 2026.

The Redstone Market Right Now

Redstone's average sale price sat near $637,000 in August 2026, down about 2 per cent from the previous month and up about 2.5 per cent year over year, at roughly $356 per square foot across 84 transactions recorded so far in 2026 (HonestDoor, August 2026). That places the community 114th of 306 Calgary neighbourhoods by price, which is a fair summary of what Redstone is: mid-market pricing on almost entirely modern housing stock.

Set that beside the citywide picture and the value case gets clearer. CREB's June 2026 benchmark was $572,500 for total residential across Calgary, $750,500 for detached and $299,000 for apartments, while the West district detached benchmark reached $1,025,000 and City Centre detached $996,800. Redstone's average sits above the citywide total-residential benchmark and well below the citywide detached benchmark, which is what you would expect from a community whose inventory is a mix of detached, duplex and townhome. Compare the per-square-foot figure with west-side pricing and the reason people drive further north becomes arithmetic you can check yourself.

Two cautions. First, the average moves with the mix: a month heavy on townhome sales pulls it down, a month heavy on suited detached pulls it up, so price a property against its own product type. Second, the benchmark figures above are district and citywide numbers published by CREB, and no community-level CREB benchmark is quoted here for Redstone. Sellers preparing to list get the most leverage from presentation and pricing discipline, which is covered in the guide to physical staging in Calgary. For the current quadrant-level numbers see the Northeast Calgary market snapshot, and for the closest comparable inventory look at Cornerstone and Skyview Ranch.

Data last verified: August 2026. Market conditions change, and pricing depends on property type, condition, lot position, garage configuration and current active inventory.

Frequently Asked Questions About Redstone

About Raj Bhopla

Raj Bhopla

eXp Realty, Calgary Realtor with a builder's eye

Raj Bhopla brings more than a decade of home-building and construction experience to Calgary real estate. In a community like Redstone, where almost every house was built in the last fifteen years and four product types share the same streets, that background helps buyers read past the finishes and understand build quality, warranty timing, renovation scope and long-term resale before they commit.

Whether he is helping a first-time buyer learn what to look for, attending a builder appointment on a new build, advising a seller on preparation and physical staging, or evaluating a renovation project, Raj's approach stays practical, calm and focused on helping clients make confident decisions across Calgary.

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