Furdale primarily consists of acreages and luxury homes, and is considered a major bedroom community of Saskatoon.

The province is planning to build a Perimeter Highway through Furdale in the coming years, which has sparked controversy among residents.

219 (also known as Lorne Avenue) were completed during the summer of 2007 in order to handle the large amounts of traffic back and forth to the new Dakota Dunes Casino.

It was farmed for a time before being sold, at which point it was subdivided and registered with the Land Titles Office as "Plan FN".

Around 1950, the community members of Glencairn came together to create a curling rink in a former dairy barn and called it the Furdale Curling Club, referencing the multiple fur farms located in the area beginning around the 1930s, including the Saskatoon Silver Fox Farm operated by Dr. R.H. MacDonald which was one of the largest in the area, consisting of more than 700 animals.