How popular is your name?
See how your name ranks in Alberta, how it has changed over time, and how common it is today (1980–2025).
Calgary Address Explorer
What Can a Calgary Address Tell You?
Explore schools, daily accessibility, property history, crime trends, taxes, and community insights from a single address.
- Property tax trends
- Matched CBE schools
- Community crime context
- Housing value changes
How Is Your Industry and Pay Changing in Calgary?
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YYC Life Tools
House Price Change Rate Race | Calgary (2021–2026)
Compare how Calgary areas and housing types rank by price growth since 2021.
How Time Lights Up Calgary（1885–2026）
Watch how housing spread across Calgary over time, and see which communities grew earlier, faster, and more densely. (Best viewed on PC or iPad)
Housing Market Insights
Calgary Housing Market Explorer (2021–2026)
Analyze benchmark prices, supply, demand, inventory and market pressure across Calgary housing sectors.
Rent & Price-to-Rent Explorer | Canada & Calgary (2019–2026)
Explore rent trends, housing affordability and price-to-rent conditions across Calgary and major Canadian cities.
Community Housing 2 · Median Value by Type | Calgary (2026)
Compare median assessed value by housing type across communities.
Schools & Families
Calgary Neighbourhood Density (Population & Housing)
Community-level view of population per km² and residential properties per km² across Calgary.
CBE School Capacity & Utilization (2015–2026)
Map and time-series views of capacity, weighted enrolment, and utilization rate (%) across Calgary public schools.
CBE Enrolment by School & Level (2019–2026)
Interactive dashboard of Calgary public school enrolment trends. Compare schools and levels across years, quadrants, and school types.
Crime & Disorder Insights
Calgary Crime Map & Community Safety Dashboard
Explore how crime patterns are changing across Calgary communities through interactive maps, historical trends, and community-level safety analytics.
Calgary Community Disorder Pressures (2024-2025)
Disorder indicators by community with time-series context, offering another lens on safety, livability, and local pressures across Calgary.
Crime Severity Index | 9 Cities (1998–2024)
Benchmarking Calgary against eight other cities on crime severity and long-term trend, helping place local change in a broader Canadian context.
Economy & Energy Insights
Alberta Economic Cycle Explorer | WTI Oil Price
Explore how Alberta’s oil economy connects with jobs, migration, housing construction, and rental market pressure.
Employment by Industry | Calgary (2015–2026)
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.
Average Hourly Wage by Industry | Calgary (2019–2026)
See how hourly wages compare across Calgary industries, with trends and YoY change..
Featured Insights & Stories
How Does Your Pay Compare in Calgary?
Compare your hourly wage with your industry average, the Calgary average, and recent wage trends using real local labour market data.
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How Much Property Tax Have You Really Paid in Calgary?
See how your home’s value changed, how much tax it has generated since 2005, and how it compares with similar homes in your community.
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From Michael to Noah: How Alberta Baby Names Changed (1980–2024)
A data story using Alberta Vital Statistics showing how baby names shifted from a few dominant classics in the 1980s to today’s highly diverse naming culture.
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.
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
ED Visits — Substance Use | Alberta (2016–2025)
Emergency department visits related to substance use — highlighting peak seasons, regional patterns, and hospital pressure over time.
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.
Opioid Death Locations | Calgary (2018–2025)
Breakdown of opioid deaths by site types and zones to support targeted interventions across Calgary’s neighbourhoods.
Explore All Dashboards & Stories
Browse dashboards in Civic & Social Analytics, Public Health Analytics, Crime & Disorder Insights, Housing Market Insights, Economy & Energy. Read long-form analysis in the Blog or learn more about my background on the About page.
A Data-Driven View of Life in Calgary
YYC-Wander brings together practical tools and local data to help you explore housing, wages, schools, and trends across Calgary.