Housing Supply & Demand Trends | Calgary (2022–2025)
Track new listings, sales, inventory and months of supply to read Calgary’s housing market temperature.
A Data-Driven View Of Life In Calgary
An independent, data-driven view of Calgary using public open data.
These dashboards aren’t about one conclusion — they reveal trends over time and across regions.
Different people, needs, and situations will notice different patterns — because these dashboards are meant to be explored — and that’s the point.
Housing Market Insights
Compare how Calgary’s housing market is shifting across communities — prices, rent levels, and buy-versus-rent signals.
Benchmark Prices – Detached | Calgary (2021–2025)
How detached home prices have evolved and diverged across Calgary communities over time.
Rent — 6 Cities (1-Bed) | (2019–2025)
Rental market comparison for 1-bedroom units across major Canadian cities, including Calgary.
Price-to-Rent Ratio | Calgary (2021–2025)
Tracking long-run buy-versus-rent signals through the Calgary price-to-rent ratio.
Schools & Families
For parents and planners — understand school capacity, utilization, and academic rankings across Calgary.
How Popular Is Your Name in Alberta? (1980–2024)
Search a baby name to explore its popularity in Alberta. Instantly see the total number of babies, the peak popularity year, how often the name was used in 2024, and the historical boy–girl split from 1980–2024.
Alberta Popular Baby Names (1980-2024)
Province-wide trend view of popular baby names in Alberta. Names are included if they reached the Top 20 in any year, then tracked across 1980-2024 so you can compare long-term popularity patterns for boys and girls names.
CBE School Capacity & Utilization (2015–2024)
Map and time-series views of capacity, weighted enrolment, and utilization rate (%) across Calgary public schools.
Education — School Rankings (Calgary 2022–2023)
Interactive rankings by school, grade, and year, highlighting academic performance patterns across Calgary.
Calgary Neighbourhood Density (Population & Housing)
Community-level view of population per km² and residential properties per km² across Calgary. Switch between regions (Centre, North, South, West, etc.) and filter by community to compare how compact or low-density each neighbourhood is.
Crime & Disorder Insights
See how Calgary’s crime patterns have changed over time and how they compare with other Canadian cities.
Calgary Crime — Community Trends | Calgary (2017–2024)
Community-level crime patterns to inform local prevention efforts and resource allocation.
Crime Severity Index | 9 Cities (1998–2024)
Benchmarking Calgary against eight other cities on crime severity and long-term trends, placing local change in a broader Canadian context.
Calgary Crime — Area Trends | Calgary (2017–2024)
These dashboards help residents and policymakers understand neighbourhood-level crime trends, seasonality, and long-term patterns across Calgary.
Economy & Energy Insights
Connect Calgary’s labour market and energy cycles — unemployment, wages, and Brent oil price.
Unemployment Rate & Brent — Calgary (2017–2025)
Calgary’s unemployment dynamics plotted against Brent FOB — where cycles move together, and where local conditions break away from the oil story.
Business Survival 1Y · 3Y · 5Y — Alberta Major Cities (2001–2024)
Track total businesses, new incorporations, and 1/3/5-year survival across Alberta’s major cities — compare Calgary, Edmonton, Red Deer, Lethbridge, Airdrie, and St. Albert across time.
Employment by Industry — Calgary (2019–2025)
See how Calgary’s labour market shifts across industries — year-over-year changes plus a year-specific pie to quickly read which sectors are gaining or losing share.
Featured Insights & Stories
Quick insights with everyday relevance for Calgarians — safety, neighbourhoods, wages, and local trends.
Which Calgary Communities Report the Lowest Crime Rates?
A data-driven comparison across 7-year, 3-year, and 1-year windows, using CPS public crime reporting.
Labour — Wage per Hour | Calgary (2019–2025)
Tracking Calgary’s hourly wages by industry — revealing labour trends and long-term economic shifts from 2019 to 2025, with context for workers, employers, and policy discussions.
Why Do Strikes Belong to Big Companies? Where Did Restaurant Workers Go?
A Calgary data story on wages, rent, and why front-line restaurant workers’ rights often stay on paper.
Public Health Analytics
Track substance-related harms and public health pressures in Calgary over time.
Acute Substance Deaths — Overview (Calgary 2016–2025)
Monthly mortality trends and turning points since 2016, with context for policy and prevention.
Opioid Death Locations | Calgary (2018–2025)
Breakdown of opioid deaths by site types and zones to support targeted interventions across Calgary’s neighbourhoods.
Naloxone Kits — Distribution | Calgary (2018–2025)
Naloxone kit distribution by site type and zone — visualizing coverage, gaps, and equity across Calgary’s harm reduction network.
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