At a glance

    Quadrant: SE/NE
    Population:     84,400
    Households: 36,335
    Total contacts to 211* for basic needs: 1,856
    Communities:
    • Albert Park/Radisson Heights
    • Applewood Park
    • Belvedere
    • Bridgeland/Riverside
    • Dover
    • Erin Woods
    • Forest Heights
    • Forest Lawn
    • Inglewood
    • Manchester
    • Ogden
    • Penbrooke Meadows
    • Ramsay
    • Red Carpet
    • Renfrew
    • Southview
    • Twinhills

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

    19.4%

    Ages 0-17

    11.6%

    Ages 18-64

    17.0%

    Ages 65+

    Income inequality

    graph of income distribution in 2021 in Ward 9

    Statistics by category

    Ideas

    Residents from this ward shared the following ideas to help eliminate poverty from their community in 2021:
    • More supports to help with employment, job coaching and building skills
    • In planning and development, involve and engage the people who live in the community, drawing on existing strengths and solutions that work for them
    • More supports for personal grooming needs (e.g., showers)
    • Incentives for multi-family units to have some affordable rentals
    • Reallocation of police resources to address root issues in the community
    • More affordable housing and shelter supports
    • Increase education about existing resources and how to access them
    • More awareness about the experiences of living in poverty in the community
    • For those living in affordable housing, increase their agency over where they live
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    Next Ward

    Ward 10 is located in northeast Calgary and includes the following communities:
    Abbeydale, Coral Springs, Marlborough, Marlborough Par, Mayland Heights, Monterey Park, Pineridge, Rundle, Temple, Vista Heights, Whitehorn

    Poverty Profiles