Community safety & wellbeing indicator report
Community safety and wellbeing reporting
Calgary’s approach to community safety and wellbeing is evolving
Creating a safer Calgary starts with understanding what's happening in our community. This page shares key information about community safety and wellbeing, including service demands, community needs, and access to support.
Reporting will continue to evolve as Safer Together: A Community Safety and Wellbeing Plan for Calgary is implemented and new measures become available.
Key indicators
Community Safety and Wellbeing Dashboard
Click below to view an interactive dashboard of selected community safety and wellbeing indicators in Calgary.
About the data
The measures on this page come from different sources and may be updated on different schedules. A change in a measure can be influenced by many factors, including community conditions, awareness, reporting behaviour, service availability, operational practices, and changes to data collection.
The information should not be used to attribute a community-level change to a single program or organization. It provides a shared picture that can support planning, coordination and continued learning.
Where a definition, data source, or collection method has changed, a note will be included with the measure.
In the community
From feeling left out to helping others belong
Growing up in a low-income household, Karma often felt left out. At school, he was teased about his food and clothing. As a teenager, he began making choices he now regrets because he thought they would help him fit in.
Then, a conversation at a neighbourhood basketball court changed his direction.
A community social worker approached Karma and his friends with a simple question: What would they like to see in their neighbourhood? For the first time, he felt that someone genuinely cared about his ideas and believed he could help shape his community.
Karma began volunteering and later became a Youth Community Connector. In this role, he builds relationships with young people, community groups and service providers. He also helps youth turn their ideas into projects that make their neighbourhoods stronger.
The Community Connector program helps residents build relationships, strengthen local networks and lead neighbourhood action. Connectors work alongside Community Social Workers to listen to residents, identify local priorities and create opportunities for people to participate and lead.
For Karma, that first connection created opportunities to volunteer, gain experience, find steady employment and mentor other young people. He is now preparing to become the first person in his family to pursue a post-secondary education.
“When youth have hope, the whole community grows stronger.”
(Photo credit: Jevan Bailey)