Where to Pray in Calgary: Musallas, Prayer Rooms and Friday Prayer by Quadrant

The quickest way to find somewhere to pray in Calgary is Prayer Space. Tap it, allow your location, and every mosque, musalla and prayer room is sorted by distance. Below is the plan-ahead version, quadrant by quadrant, by the names people actually use. For every masjid with addresses and Jumu'ah sittings, see mosques in Calgary.

At any hour: Green Dome and Fairview

Two mosques are reliably open around the clock: Green Dome, Al-Madinah Calgary Islamic Assembly on 80 Ave NE, and Fairview Southeast Mosque on 78 Ave SE, a former church run by the IISC. Both have big car parks.

A few others list 24 hours on Google, but one mosque complained it was late when a reviewer phoned at midnight. For fajr before a flight or isha after a late shift, pick one of these two.

Northeast

Most of the city's mosques are here. The names you'll hear:

• Green Dome: Al-Madinah, 4616 80 Ave NE, with the Green Dome Islamic School on site. Not the SW Masjid, which also has a green dome.
• Akram Jomaa (often spelled Akram Juma): Akram Jomaa Islamic Centre, 2624 39 Ave NE. One of the largest mosques in Calgary, with a ladies' section in the main hall and parking for a Friday crowd. Shoes go on the stand by the stairs.
• Alfalah: Alfalah Calgary Islamic Center (ACIC), 1411 33 St NE, inside the Action Dignity Society building. A musallah, not a full masjid, with a roomy sisters' mezzanine and a wudu area reviewers call spotless. Jumu'ah isn't guaranteed, so check ahead.
• Abu Bakr: Abu Bakr Islamic Centre, 3030 3 Ave NE. Easy to drive past: the entrance is round the side, at unit 100.
• Al-Hedaya: Al-Hedaya Islamic Centre, 108 Savanna Ave NE, a small musalla for Savanna and Saddle Ridge. Google says temporarily closed; the centre's website still lists daily prayers. Phone first.

Eat or shop, then pray at these five:

• Karahi Boys, Falsbridge Dr NE: sit-down Pakistani, known for goat karahi.
• Haveli Sweets & Restaurant, Falshire Dr NE: known for butter chicken.
• Afghan Chatkhara, Castleridge: naan baked in the tandoor while you wait.
• Chicken on the Way, Temple: halal fried chicken and fish.
• Calgary Produce Market, Westwinds: a halal meat counter, groceries and hot Pakistani takeout at the back. The butcher's halal meat goes into the cooked food too.

Friday. The Genesis Centre on Falconridge Blvd NE hosts Jumu'ah in a rented hall, three sittings. Village Square Leisure Centre had one, but the City closed most of the building for repairs on 31 August 2026, until the end of 2027, so confirm before going.

Downtown and the inner city

• The downtown mosque: Downtown Calgary Mosque (IISC), 1009 7 Ave SW. The lunch-break dhuhr stop, with Jumu'ah and free parking for the visit.
• The MCC musalla: Calgary Downtown Musalla, on the mezzanine of Arts Commons behind Olympic Plaza. Go in through Arts Commons, beside Anatolia, and up the stairs. It isn't open for fajr. A May 2026 schedule had Friday khutbahs.

Just outside the core, two places to eat keep a prayer space. Calgary Shawarma on Edmonton Trail NE is a family-run counter with free parking. Get the mixed wrap, garlic sauce on the side (it's strong). D Spot Dessert Cafe on 17 Ave SW does waffles, crepes and milkshakes big enough to split. It's the late-night dessert stop with a prayer space. Check its hours first.

Southwest

SW Masjid (also "the southwest mosque") is the Calgary Islamic Centre SW (CICSW) at 5615 14 Ave SW, near Sirocco CTrain station. One of the oldest mosques in Calgary, it's green-domed with a minaret and a well-liked women's area. On Fridays the lot fills, so read the street parking signs. People get tickets.

Otherwise prayer rooms are thin here. Ishtar Restaurant on Macleod Trail SW is a Middle Eastern restaurant and hookah lounge with a prayer space for guests. Reviewers name the BBQ platter, Ishtar salad and baklava. It also serves alcohol. For Friday, Woodcreek Community Association in Woodbine hosts Jumu'ah.

Southeast

• Abu Huraira musalla: Abu Huraira Musalla, 5147 20 Ave SE, run by the Al Azhar Youth Center. A small, clean room for daily prayers near the 17 Ave SE halal strip. Check ahead for Jumu'ah.
• Al-Huda: Al-Huda Musallah, 5701 17 Ave SE, on the strip itself. Volunteer-run, freshly recarpeted, with Friday prayer.
• Alkawthar: Alkawthar Community Centre, 5204 16 Ave SE, a block off the strip. No hours listed, so phone.
• Fairview: Fairview Southeast Mosque, 230 78 Ave SE. The first Jumu'ah khutbah is in English. Sisters pray in the basement and men upstairs. With no wudu area, the three clean restrooms do that job.
• The Imambargah: Hussaini Association of Calgary, 4755 34 St SE, the city's Shia Ithna Ashari centre since 1986. The other Shia centre, Bab-ul-Hawaij, is at 3025 12 St NE.
• South Calgary: Islamic Centre of South Calgary, 180 Legacy Main St SE. Enter at the back beside Pie Junkie. Jumu'ah is held, and the door locks between prayers.

Zak's Mart on Macleod Trail SE has a halal meat and grocery shop, a small prayer space and an Afghan and Pakistani kitchen. Order the chapli kebab. Reviewers also name the lamb curry. Friday in the far south: Cardel Rec South in Shawnessy (use the east entrance), and McKenzie Towne Hall, with limited parking.

Northwest

• Alsalam Centre: Al-Salam Centre, 6415 Ranchview Dr NW, with separate prayer halls for men and women. It shares space with a youth centre and an Islamic kindergarten and elementary school, and holds Jumu'ah and Eid. The hall holds hundreds but the car park doesn't. Regulars take buses 129, 105 or 97 from Dalhousie station.
• Ranchlands: Islamic Association of NW Calgary, 7750 Ranchview Dr NW, a short walk up the road, also with separate spaces; it is closed for renovation for now, with Jumu'ah at the Ranchlands Community Centre. "The Ranchlands mosque" can mean either.

Flipp'n Burgers on 10 St NW in Kensington serves smash burgers. It has a prayer room and a patio, the only halal spot I found with both. Canadian Pizza Unlimited on 52 Ave NW is a value stop with flat-price unlimited toppings. The chain says its meat toppings are beef, chicken and turkey, but ask which meats are halal before you order. Friday prayer is in two church halls: St. Thomas United in Hawkwood and Symons Valley United in Kincora.

Airport, campus, hospital and the malls

• University of Calgary: multi-faith rooms MH 317 and 317A, third floor of MacEwan Hall, with ablution stations in the washrooms outside.
• Mount Royal University: room W201, with ablution stations in W208A and W208B.
• Hospitals: Foothills, Peter Lougheed, Rockyview, South Health Campus and the Alberta Children's Hospital each have a multi-faith room. Ask at the information desk.
• Malls: Chinook, Market Mall and CrossIron Mills don't advertise one. From Chinook, Fairview mosque and Ishtar are minutes away. From Market Mall, the prayer room at Canadian Pizza Unlimited on 52 Ave NW is about two kilometres north. From CrossIron Mills, start with Hazrat Bilal in Saddlestone.

Out of town

Airdrie has Jamia Masjid Riyadhul Jannah on 2 Ave NE. Chestermere has Al-Madinah Chestermere Islamic Centre in Chestermere Plaza (see halal food in Chestermere). Okotoks United Church opens its hall for Jumu'ah. In Banff, the Bow Valley Muslim Association sends daily prayer to the Fenlands Recreation Centre.

Before you drive

Every Friday time here is reported, not promised. Times shift, bookings end, and a business prayer room can become storage overnight. Phone first if you're making the trip. For daily times, the prayer times guide links each mosque's own timetable. Next, read up on halal restaurants in north Calgary and how the prayer space, grocery and patio filters work.