At a glance

    Quadrant: NW/SW
    Population:     87,410
    Households: 33,765
    Total contacts to 211* for basic needs: 444
    Communities:
    • Bowness
    • Crestmont
    • Greenwood/Greenbriar
    • Haskayne
    • Rocky Ridge
    • Royal Oak
    • Royal Vista
    • Scenic Acres
    • Silver Springs
    • Tuscany
    • Varsity
    • Valley Ridge

    Low income demographics (percentage of people within the age group)

    8.4%

    Ages 0-17

    7.5%

    Ages 18-64

    7.5%

    Ages 65+

    Income inequality

    graph of income distribution for 2021 in Ward 1

    Statistics by category

    Ideas

    Residents from this ward shared the following ideas to help eliminate poverty from their community in 2021:
    • Increase public education about the experiences of poverty
    • More funding from the city for “backbone services” and hire local community activators
    • A shared space for artisans and tool- lending programs
    • More supports for affordable and accessible childcare
    • More appropriate cultural supports in the community
    • More supports for seniors aging in place
    • Increase measures to create food security
    Simple map of Calgary's municipal wards

    Next Ward

    Ward 2 is located in northwest Calgary and includes the following communities:
    Ambleton, Arbour Lake, Citadel, Evanston, Glacier Ridge, Hamptons, Hawkwood, Kincora, Nolan Hill, Ranchlands, Sage Hill. Sherwood, Simons Valley Ranch

    Poverty Profiles