Calgary

Total number of people experiencing homelessness:

2911 (2018)

Number of non-market housing units (including transitional housing):

16,702 (2015)

Number of clients on Calgary housing Company waitlist:

3,934 (2016)

Apartment Vacancy rate:

3.9% (2018)

1-bedroom Vacancy Rate:

3.6% (2018)

2-bedroom Vacancy Rate:

4.3% (2018)

Average cost of rent (bachelor):

$879/mo. (2018)

Average cost of rent (1 bdrm):

$1050/mo. (2018)

Average cost of rent (2 bdrm):

$1272/mo. (2018)

Incidence of core housing need:

27.7% (2015)

Income assistance (single individual living in private housing and facing barriers to full employment):

$866/mo. (2019)

Number of family and individual visits to Calgary Food Bank: 

170,093 (2016)

Income assistance (single individual living in private housing and expected to work):

$745/mo. (2019)

Percentage of Indigenous People in the total population:

3% (2018)

Number of Indigenous renter households in core housing need:

1,855 (2015)

Incidence of core housing need:

27.7% (2015)

Number of self-identified Indigenous Peoples in the 2018 Point in Time Homeless Count:

524 (2018)

Percentage of self-identified Indigenous Peoples in the 2018 Point in Time Homeless Count:

20% (2018)