YYC-Wander · Calgary civic, housing & public data — refreshed over time, not just once.
When I moved to Calgary, I wanted to get to know the city a little better — its neighbourhoods, schools, housing patterns, public health trends, and the stories behind all the numbers. Calgary publishes a huge amount of open data, but a lot of it is spread across PDFs, APIs, yearly reports, and different portals. I realized that many people — even those who care deeply about the city — don’t always have an easy way to explore it.
This project began partly as a personal challenge, eh. I wanted to try building something that even large organizations sometimes find hard to keep running: a platform that stays updated, stays local, and stays useful for anyone curious about how Calgary is changing. Community reports often stop once the document is published, but the data behind them keeps moving — and I’ve always felt that the real value of analytics comes from consistency over time. So I thought, why not create something that grows along with the city?
Every dashboard here is built from public data and refreshed as new numbers become available. My hope is simply to make things a bit easier for others — researchers, volunteers, policy teams, or just curious Calgarians — to see what’s happening, compare trends, and form their own interpretations. Good data shouldn’t sit in silos; it should help people ask clearer questions.
This platform is still evolving — I’m continuing to add datasets, refine the ETL pipelines, expand the dashboards, and improve the overall structure as I learn more. It’s ongoing work, and I know there’s plenty of room to grow, but it feels meaningful. If one person can help keep the data conversation going, maybe others will join in. And that’s often how real understanding — and sometimes even real change — begins here in Calgary.
If you’d like to talk about data, ETL, or Calgary’s open datasets, feel free to reach out.