Benchmark Prices – Detached | Calgary (2021–2025)
How detached home prices have evolved and diverged across Calgary communities over time.
A Data-Driven View Of Life In Calgary
Dashboards that show real-life Calgary — housing, wages, schools, health, safety, and long-run trends..
YYC-Wander is an independent Calgary project built with open public data, for renters, homeowners, parents, and community groups.
Start from what you care about:
• Housing: prices and rent trends → Housing Market Insights
• Neighbourhoods & schools: community density and school capacity → Civic & Social Analytics
• Safety: community crime patterns → Crime & Disorder
• Economy & energy: wages, migration, and oil cycles → Economy & Energy
• Health: substance deaths and public health trends → Public Health
• Stories: longer reflections on what the data means → Blog
Housing Market Insights
Compare how Calgary’s housing market is shifting across communities — prices, rent levels, and buy-versus-rent signals.
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.
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.
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.