Ogden, Calgary

The Ogden Royal Legion is an abandoned building located in the Ogden neighborhood. It was previously used as a Royal Canadian Legion building and community centre. It was abandoned in 2012, and sat vacant until 2026. It is widely considered the most dangerous abandoned building in the city by local Calgary urban explorers, due to its large amount of violent crime, mold, asbestos, and other toxic materials.

In November 2023, the city of Calgary ordered the building to be demolished, in which the owners would take the city to court over the decision.^[3]

The attempt from the owner to cancel the demolition order was dismissed by the Court of King's Bench in mid-2025, with the city hiring a contractor to demolish the building for 2026.^[4]

In the early morning hours of October 1, 2025, the building would be engulfed in a fire. Roughly one third of the building was burnt, and emergency demolition of portions of the building underwent. Due to the unsafe conditions inside the building, fire fighters were not allowed to enter the building.^[5]

The Calgary Fire Department was dispatched to an abandoned house located at 7400 Ogden Road Southeast in the early morning hours of 6 October, 2020 after reports of a fire. No one was injured as a result of the fire, but the fire was deemed suspicious.^[6]

On 8 March, 2021, police were called to a residence located at 7800 21 Street SE in the Ogden neighborhood following reports of a dead body. When police arrived, a man in his early 60s was found lying dead on their front lawn, and another man on scene was taken into custody.^[7]

On 31 May, 2021, reports came in of a sexual assault of a 14 year old girl in the Lynnwood area of Ogden, in the Ogden Off Leash Dog Park.^[8]

Police were called to the area of 50 Avenue SE and Ogden Road, located directly outside of the Ogden neighborhood, on 22 August, 2021, for reports of a dead body. At the time of the discovery, the remains had been significantly decomposed, and no identification was found. This incident remains unsolved, and the victim has not been identified.^[9]

In the afternoon hours of September 1, 2021, there was an officer involved shooting and stand-off in the area of 18 Street SE following a car-theft incident in the Ogden neighborhood.^[10]

From 10 January, 2022 to 30 January, 2022; a string of 6 robbery incidents and multiple sexual assault incidents occurred in the Ogden, Montgomery, and Manchester neighborhoods of Calgary, all believed to be perpetrated by the same suspect.^[11] It is then believed the suspect would do the same on 26 February, 2022 in the Glendale, Rosscarrock, and Forest Lawn neighborhoods.^[12]

In the City of Calgary's 2012 municipal census, Ogden had a population of 8,702 living in 3,879 dwellings, a 3.2% increase from its 2011 population of 8,432.^[13] With a land area of 4.1 km² (1.6 sq mi), it had a population density of 2,122/km² (5,500/sq mi) in 2012.^[14][13]

Residents in this community had a median household income of $47,500 in 2000, and there were 18.1% low income residents living in the neighbourhood.^[15] As of 2000, 14.6% of the residents were immigrants. A proportion of 19.9% of the buildings were condominiums or apartments, and 33.3% of the housing was used for renting.^[2]

In December 2012, CP Rail decided to relocate its corporate head offices to Ogden.^[17] This move involved building new corporate offices within the existing century-old Ogden rail yard.

The community is served by Banting & Best Elementary and Sherwood Community public schools, as well as St. Bernadette Elementary School (Catholic).

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