At a glance

    Quadrant: SE
    Population:     86,355
    Households: 32,245
    Total contacts to 211* for basic needs: 430
    Communities:
    • Bonavista Downs
    • Chaparral
    • Deer Ridge
    • Deer Run
    • Diamond Cove
    • Lake Bonavista
    • Legacy
    • McKenzie Lake
    • Midnapore
    • Parkland
    • Queensland
    • Sundance
    • Walden
    • Wolf Willow

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

    7.5%

    Ages 0-17

    5.3%

    Ages 18-64

    5.4%

    Ages 65+

    Income inequality

    Statistics by category

    Ideas

    Residents from this ward shared the following ideas to help eliminate poverty from their community in 2021:
    • More resources and services, as well as better coordination of services
    • Transportation accessibility for deep south communities
    • Improved access to healthy, quality food
    • More affordable counselling services within the community so people do not need to travel
    • Do more to honour and support diverse cultures in the community
    • Additional supports for community clean up and mental well-being
    • Action to address the disproportionate wealth gaps across the city
    Simple map of Calgary's municipal wards

    Next Ward

    Ward 1 is located in northwest/southwest Calgary and includes the following communities:
    Bowness, Crestmont, Greenwood/Greenbriar, Haskayne, Rocky Ridge, Royal Oak, Royal Vista, Scenic Acres, Silver Springs, Tuscany, Varsity, Valley Ridge

    Poverty Profiles