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McDougall School

Office · mid-rise office building · 455 6 St SW

McDougall School (455 6 St SW) is a 29.7 m mid-rise office building in Downtown Commercial Core, Calgary. Its main structure is the 158th tallest office roof of the 775 ranked in this record, and 91st of 119 in Downtown Commercial Core. The City assesses the parcel at $15.1M on the 2026 roll, 136th of 822 sites in the record by assessed value. A Plus 15 walkway touches the parcel. The nearest CTrain platform is 7th Street SW, 254 m away in a straight line. 1,428 scheduled transit trips call within 300 m of the parcel on a weekday. Since 2012 the City has recorded 20 building permits and 1 development permit on the parcel, the largest a $1.4M provincial/commercial misc. permit for alteration, applied for in 2020. It appears on the City’s Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources as McDougall School.

LiDAR roof height29.7 m

Storey-equivalent (derived)8

Footprint1,448 m²

Parcel11,910 m²

Year built (roll)—

Assessed 2026$15.1M

Structures on parcel2

Nearest CTrain254 m

Civic address: 455 6 St SW, Calgary, AB
Community: Downtown Commercial Core (DNC)
City sub-property use: C101 Office · all Office sites
Land use district: CR20-C20/R20 — Commercial - Residential Core (Commercial - Core)
Height rank: #158 of 785 citywide · #91 of 111 in Downtown Commercial Core
Footprint to parcel: 12% of the parcel under LiDAR footprints
Parcel pieces: 1 titled piece · roll 067027300
Coordinates: 51.049279, -114.077329

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Massing and site plan

Left: isometric massing of every LiDAR structure on the parcel, at true scale, viewed from the south-west with 3.9 m storey lines. Right: plan of the parcel with surrounding footprints, Plus 15 walkways and nearby stations. Open this building in the 3D city →

29.7 m · 1,309 m² · 11.5 m · 139 m²

Context within 210 m. Grey footprints darken with height; lime is the Plus 15 network.

How it compares

Roof height against the Downtown Commercial Core median and tallest, and against the city.

Access

Public-geometry tests only; confirm routes, entrances and hours with the building.

CTrain

Nearest station: 7th Street SW, 254 m straight-line (route 201/202). Planned Green Line station 7 Avenue SW is 704 m away (Downtown Segment, per the City’s Green Line map).

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Plus 15

The City’s Plus 15 walkway geometry touches this parcel; the plan above shows the connected segments in lime. Confirm access points, hours and the interior route with the building.

Cycling

The best-rated cycling facility within 400 m of the parcel is a protected lane (Cycle Track), 12 m away.

Winter access

The parcel fronts a Priority 1 snow and ice clearing route, 12 m from its edge. Priority 1 routes are cleared first after a snowfall.

Accessible crossing

The nearest accessible pedestrian signal is at 4 Avenue and 6 Street, 101 m from the parcel. The closest signalised crossing, 4 Avenue and 7 Street at 100 m, has no accessible signal recorded.

Straight-line tests against The City of Calgary Calgary Bikeways, Snow and Ice Clearing Priority Routes and Traffic Signals, retrieved 2026-09-24. Bikeways are ranked by the City's comfort level, where 1 is a protected lane and 4 a major street. Snow priority is a clearing order, not a clearing time. An accessible pedestrian signal gives audible and tactile crossing cues; a signal recorded as unknown is not counted as having none.

Transit service

Scheduled Calgary Transit service at the door, not only the distance to a platform.

1,428 scheduled transit trips call within 300 m of this parcel on a representative weekday, 211 of them between 07:00 and 09:00, across 24 routes and 24 stops. The closest stop is EB 5 AV SW @ 6 ST SW, 88 m away.

Service class	Trips on the service day
REGULAR	692
MAX	373
LRT	336
EXPRESS	27

Routes: 1 Bowness/Forest Lawn · 2 Mount Pleasant/Killarney 17 Av SW · 4 Huntington · 5 North Haven · 6 Killarney/26 Av SW · 7 Marda Loop · 13 Altadore · 15 Deerfoot Meadows · 22 Richmond Rd SW · 62 Hidden Valley · 64 MacEwan · 66 Lakeview · 109 Harvest Hills · 116 Coventry Hills · 117 McKenzie Towne Express · 131 East Bow Express · 142 Panorama · 151 New Brighton Express · 201 Red Line - Somerset - Bridlewood/Tuscany CTrain · 202 Blue Line - Saddletowne/69 Street CTrain · 500 Airport Express · 503 Symons Valley Express · MG MAX Green North Pointe/ City Centre · MY MAX Yellow Woodpark/City Centre.

Calgary Transit Scheduling Data (GTFS), service day 2026-09-28 inside the 2026-09-15 to 2026-12-20 service period. A trip is counted once however many stops it calls at inside the radius. Schedules change each service period; this is the schedule, not observed service.

Parking

What the City’s own tariff record says about kerbside parking beside this parcel.

Paid on-street parking within 200 m

447 metered stalls across 78 City parking zones touching this walking radius, at $1.00 to $4.25 per hour depending on zone and time of day. Maximum stay 30 to 180 minutes. Tariff zones 4b, 5, 6.

Enforced 0910-1520 MON-FRI; 0910-1750 MON-FRI; 0910-1750 MON-SAT; 0940-1520 MON-FRI.

Closest zone

5 Av SW, Fr 6 St SW To 7 St SW — 4 m from the parcel, 12 parallel stalls, tariff zone 4b, 120-minute maximum.

When	Rate
Mon-Fri 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM	$3.50 per Hour
Mon-Fri 11:00 AM to 1:30 PM	$3.75 per Hour
Mon-Fri 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM	$3.50 per Hour
Saturday: 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM	Free 2 Hours, max:2 Hours
Sunday/Holidays:	Free parking
Free parking to 7 AM Mon-Fri	See Signs /Parking Restrictions

The City of Calgary On-Street Parking Zones with Rates, retrieved 2026-09-24. Counts cover Active paid parking zones only: loading bays, taxi stands, accessible stalls and permit-only zones are excluded, and off-street parkades are not in this dataset. Tariffs and enforcement hours change; confirm on the sign.

Heritage inventory

The City of Calgary Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources records the following on this parcel.

McDougall School

Construction year: 1908
Architect: Hopkins, Edward Collins
Style: Renaissance Revival
Typology: School (Normal)
Development era: 1906 to 1913 (Pre WWI Boom, Age of Optimism)
Original use: Education
Planning theme: Education
Designation: Provincial Historic Resource
Provincial: 1982-01-01
Inventory class: CWHR

This imposing downtown school, the first building of its size and quality in Calgary, was erected in 1906-08 by the Provincial Department of Public Works to serve as Alberta's first normal school for the education of teachers. It was designed by Edward Collins Hopkins of Calgary, who served as architect for the Department of Public Works between 1906-07, and was completed under the supervision of A.M. Jeffers, architect of the Legislature Building. It was one of the first buildings designed by the Provincial Public Works Department, and demonstrates the importance given to education by the newly established provincial government. The cornerstone was laid in 1907 by Premier Rutherford and the school dedicated by him a year later. In 1922, when the building was taken over by the Calgary Board of Education for use as an elementary school, it was renamed McDougall School in honour of Albert

Character-defining elements: The character-defining elements that define the McDougall School include such features as: - heavy use of sandstone on exterior facade; - elements embodying the Beaux-Arts style, such as its symmetrical facade, cornice, four giant order composite columns flanked by two pilasters, horizontal stone banding between the first and second stories, fenestration pattern and style, ornate stone window trim with some variation on each storey, rusticated masonry on the first floor, arched recessed doorways on main floor; - entablature bearing the words "McDOUGALL SCHOOL"; - circular tablets bearing the n

Source: The City of Calgary Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources, entry 246.

Assessment history

Assessed values are The City of Calgary’s taxation figures by roll year, not sale prices or rents; Alberta does not publish transaction prices.

Roll 067027300 · Office

Series not charted. The City’s published values for this roll number change by more than half or double between years, which usually signals a re-numbered, split or partially assessed account rather than a market movement. The published figures are listed below without a trend claim.

Published values by roll year

Roll year	Assessed value	Change
2005	$3.3M	—
2006	$4.4M	33.4%
2007	$6.6M	49.2%
2008	$8.1M	22.7%
2009	$8.5M	4.6%
2010	$3.7M	-56.8%
2011	$0	-100.0%
2012	$17.5M	—
2013	$26.2M	49.6%
2014	$12.3M	-53.2%
2015	$39.1M	218.2%
2016	$46.0M	17.7%
2017	$40.4M	-12.2%
2018	$15.2M	-62.5%
2019	$21.2M	39.9%
2020	$18.4M	-13.1%
2021	$16.6M	-9.9%
2022	$23.5M	41.4%
2023	$23.8M	1.5%
2024	$21.3M	-10.8%
2025	$17.5M	-17.6%
2026	$15.1M	-13.6%

Development and building permits

Applications the City has located on this parcel since 2012, from the Development Permits and Building Permits datasets.

Recent development permits 1 since 2012

Applied	Permit	Category · description	Status
2024-06-03	DP2024-03916	Outdoor Cafe CHANGES TO SITE PLAN: OUTDOOR CAFE (ADJACENT TO 7TH STREET)	Released Approval

Recent building permits 20 since 2012 · 0 in the City’s office class

Applied	Permit	Class · work	Est. cost	Status
2026-05-28	BP2026-09427	7103 - Special Function - Class 1 · Temporary Tier 3 Temporary Tents/ Structures	$8,000	Completed
2025-06-26	BP2025-12373	7103 - Special Function - Class 1 · Temporary Premiere's Stampede Breakfast tent	$8,000	Completed
2025-02-11	BP2025-02471	6299 - Provincial/Commercial Misc. · Alteration Exterior Repairs	$238,100	Completed
2024-06-06	BP2024-11123	7103 - Special Function - Class 1 · Temporary Premiere's Stampede Breakfast tent	$8,450	Completed
2023-06-20	BP2023-09645	7103 - Special Function - Class 1 · Temporary Temporary Structure - Special Event Tent	$7,590	Completed
2022-07-04	BP2022-11589	7103 - Special Function - Class 1 · Temporary Premiers Stampede Breakfast - special event	$7,197	Completed
2020-05-20	BP2020-06087	6299 - Provincial/Commercial Misc. · Alteration Group D Office	$1.4M	Expired
2020-04-08	BP2020-04168	6299 - Provincial/Commercial Misc. · Fire/ Security Alarm Elevator and fire alarm upgrades	$641,800	Completed

Declared estimated project cost across all 20 non-residential building permits on the parcel since 2012: $4.0M. Permit descriptions are the City’s records at retrieval; applicant and contractor names are not reproduced.

Inspections

What City inspectors recorded against the permits on this parcel.

32 inspection results are published against 16 of the 20 building permits on this parcel, from 2014-07-06 to 2026-08-05. The most recent occupancy inspection was accepted on 2018-07-08.

What was inspected

Result of each visit

Outcome	Inspections
Acceptable	18
Acceptable with Conditions	7
Acceptable Add Inspection	6
Not Acceptable	1

Stage

Inspection type	Count
Final	13
Progress	9
Occupancy	8
Framing	2

The 14 most recent inspection results

Date	Permit	Stage	Checklist	Outcome	Inspector note
2026-08-05	BP2025-02471	Final	All Directives	Acceptable	No deficiencies noted. No further building inspections required. File Closed.
2026-08-05	BP2025-02471	Progress	All Directives	Acceptable	No deficiencies noted. No further building inspections required. File Closed.
2025-07-06	BP2025-12373	Final	All Directives	Acceptable with Conditions	All temporary structures must remain secured to the ground at all times until they are removed from the site. As per permit conditions, all temporary structures associated with this permit must be removed from site by no later than July 7, 2025. As per City of Calgary, advisory Bulletin - Temporary Outdoor Tents and Ca
2024-07-07	BP2024-11123	Final	All Directives	Acceptable with Conditions	All temporary structures must remain secured to the ground at all times until they are removed from the site. As per permit conditions, all temporary structures associated with this permit must be removed from site by no later than July 8, 2024.
2024-07-07	BP2024-11123	Final	All Directives	Acceptable with Conditions	As per City of Calgary, advisory Bulletin - Tents and Canopies for outdoor special events: Cooking appliances may be used under a canopy with the following provisions: 1. No barbeques are permitted under a canopy. 2. A maximum of two (2) cooking appliances that may produce grease laden vapours are permitted per canopy
2024-07-07	BP2024-11123	Final	NBC AE 3.1. General	Acceptable with Conditions	Division B.3.1.6.1. Emergency access route must remain clear and unobstructed at all times for emergency access and evacuation routes.
2023-07-09	BP2023-09645	Final	Field Level Hazard Assessment (FLHA)	Acceptable	Field Level Hazard Assessment: Conditions were +30, mostly sunny, No unsafe conditions identifiedSafety boots and vest worn.
2023-07-09	BP2023-09645	Final	Directives	Acceptable	No Infractions Noted - No Further BLDG. Inspections Required
2023-07-09	BP2023-09645	Final	General Inspection Observations	Acceptable	Special Event Tent Inspection for Premier's Stampede Breakfast erected as per plan. Open canopy no sides. Gutters being installed at time of inspection- tent legs adequately weighted. - griddles in place under 10x10 tents - ensure propane properly stored outside canopies-red pop up CS canopies around the plaza are not
2022-07-10	BP2022-11589	Final	Directives	Acceptable	No Further Building Inspections Required
2022-07-10	BP2022-11589	Final	General Inspection Observations	Acceptable	Special Event Tent Inspection for the Premier's Stampede Breakfast: - 4 -20 x 20 and 1 - 20 x 10 canopy tents in place and weighted appropriately. - propane griddles in place for cooking. No open flame appliances. - individual 10 x 10 pop ups for serving and condiments
2022-07-10	BP2022-11589	Final	Field Level Hazard Assessment (FLHA)	Acceptable	Field Level Hazard Assessment: Conditions were +24C, partly cloudy. No unsafe conditions identified Hard hat, Safety boots and vest worn.
2020-09-16	BP2020-04168	Final	DIRECTIVES	Acceptable	Received fire alarm verification, close file
2019-01-22	BP2017-06575	Progress	DIRECTIVES	Acceptable	Parkade switchgear replacement is complete. Received C- Schedules. Received sprinkler verification. Received fire alarm verification. Documents have been uploaded to file. Permit file closed.

An inspection result is a record of one visit, not a verdict on the building. 1 of these 32 results are recorded as Not Acceptable. In the City's process a Not Acceptable result is an ordinary step: the inspector lists what must change and the work is re-inspected, which is why the most common outcome across the record is Acceptable Add Inspection. Most results relate to a single tenant improvement rather than the whole building. Inspector notes are The City of Calgary's own text at retrieval, with contact details removed; applicant and contractor names are never read.

The City of Calgary Building Inspections Results, joined to building permits by permit number, retrieved 2026-09-24.

Occupiers and licensed businesses

The public record of who operates on the parcel, labelled by source.

Businesses licensed by the City on this parcel 0 as of 2026-09-24

No City of Calgary business licence is recorded at this address or inside this parcel.

Not a tenant roster. The City licenses specific business types (retail, food service, personal services, contractors, wholesalers, schools and similar). Most office occupiers such as professional firms need no municipal licence and do not appear here. Matched by civic address and by licence location inside the parcel; home-based licences are excluded.

No individuals are named. The City issues many personal-service licences to people trading under their own name. Suite numbers are never published, and where a licence reads as an individual rather than an organisation the name is withheld and only the licence category is shown. Names of sources this site does not use are omitted.

Nearby office buildings

The six nearest office building sites in the record, by straight-line distance between parcel centroids.

Hewlett Packard Tower715 5 Ave SW125.5 m · built 1974 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 85 m
700 4 Ave SW75.5 m · built 1979 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 90 m
808 5 Ave SW94.5 m · built 1982 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 138 m
700 6 Ave SW85.9 m · built 1968 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 138 m
736 6 Ave SW89.2 m · built 1981 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 140 m
805 5 Ave SW11 m · built 1968 · Office · Downtown Commercial Core · 146 m

Where this building sits in the record

Every collection this building belongs to, from the same public data shown above.

Downtown Commercial Core office buildings Southwest Calgary All Office sites Land use CR20-C20/R20 Plus 15 connected buildings Heritage office buildings Named office buildings Paid street parking Office buildings near CTrain Transit service ranking Assessment cycle 2015–2026 Construction record

McDougall School questions

Answers drawn from the record.

How tall is McDougall School?

The main structure on the parcel has a LiDAR roof height of 29.7 m in The City of Calgary’s 3D building data, a storey-equivalent of about 8 at 3.9 m per storey.

When was McDougall School built?

The City’s roll does not publish a usable year of construction for this account.

What is the assessed value of McDougall School?

The City of Calgary assesses this parcel at $15.1M in total on the 2026 roll, 136th of 822 sites in this record. Assessed value is the City’s figure for property tax, not a sale price or an asking price.

What is McDougall School zoned?

The parcel is designated CR20-C20/R20, Commercial - Residential Core, under the City of Calgary Land Use Bylaw. Confirm the designation and any amendments with the City before relying on it.

Which CTrain station is closest to McDougall School?

7th Street SW Station, 254 m in a straight line from the parcel centroid.

Who is in McDougall School?

No City of Calgary business licence is recorded at this address or inside the parcel. Most office occupiers such as professional firms do not need a municipal licence, so the register is not a tenant roster.

Has McDougall School been inspected?

The City publishes 32 inspection results against 16 permits here, between 2014-07-06 and 2026-08-05. The most recent occupancy inspection was accepted on 2018-07-08. Each result records one visit and most relate to a single tenant improvement, so this is not a verdict on the building.

How good is transit at McDougall School?

1,428 scheduled transit trips call within 300 m of the parcel on a representative weekday, 211 of them in the morning peak, across 24 routes. The closest stop is EB 5 AV SW @ 6 ST SW, 88 m away. That is the published schedule for one service period, not observed service, and it counts each trip once however many stops it makes nearby.

Can staff cycle or get there in winter at McDougall School?

The best-rated cycling facility within 400 m is a protected lane, 12 m away. The parcel fronts a Priority 1 snow and ice clearing route. These are straight-line tests against City layers.

Where can visitors park at McDougall School?

The City of Calgary's tariff record shows 447 paid on-street stalls in 78 zones within 200 m of the parcel, at $1.00 to $4.25 per hour. The closest is 5 Av SW, Fr 6 St SW To 7 St SW, 4 m away. Loading bays, taxi stands, accessible stalls and off-street parkades are not counted, and rates change, so confirm on the sign.

Is office space available at McDougall School?

This profile is built from public records and does not track availability, rents or tenancy. Submit a private requirement and current options in the building or nearby will be confirmed through Commercially.

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Public record sources: Current Year Property Assessments (Parcel), Historical Property Assessments (Parcel), Assessment Subproperty Use Codes, 3D Buildings - Citywide (LiDAR roof outlines), Land Use Districts, Transit LRT Stations, Green Line Stations, Plus 15, Historic Resource (Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources), Development Permits, Building Permits, Calgary Existing Buildings - Performance Metrics (BenchmarkYYC), Calgary Business Licenses, On-Street Parking Zones with Rates, Building Inspections Results, Residential Parking Zones, Snow and Ice Clearing Priority Routes, Traffic Signals, Calgary Bikeways — The City of Calgary, retrieved 2026-09-24. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Building names, floor counts and architects, where shown, come from Wikidata (CC0). No brokerage, listing-data or commercial research source is used.

Boundary: Assessed values are the City’s assessment-roll figures for taxation and are not sale prices, asking rents, vacancy or availability; Alberta does not publish transaction prices. LiDAR heights are roof-surface elevations above the lowest ground point at the building perimeter and can differ from architectural heights. Storey equivalents are derived at 3.9 m per storey and are not floor counts. Distances are straight-line. Permit descriptions are the City’s records at retrieval and do not establish current use, tenancy or availability. Read the methodology.

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