Vibrant Communities Calgary - Enough For All

    Measuring poverty

    1 in 10

    Calgarians live in income poverty (5-year average)

    $55,727

    Official poverty line for a family of 4 in Calgary

    150,000

    Calgarians live under the official poverty line

    Meeting Basic Needs

    120%

    increase in total food bank visits from 2021-2024

    84,600

    Households in Calgary that spend more than 30% of their income on shelter and earn less than 65% of Calgary's median income.

    $24.45

    Calgary’s hourly living wage

    25 %

    Of Albertans experience food insecurity

    46,810

    Calgarians are considered "working poor"

    3121

    Calgarians are experiencing homelessness (2024 Point in Time Count)

    45%

    of working-age Albertans do not have the literacy skills to perform most jobs in today’s economy reliably and consistently.

    2nd

    Calgary is the second most unequal city in Canada after Toronto

    4.8%

    Rental vacancy rate in Calgary

    Calgary's Well-being Dahsboard with 10 icons of all the different enough for all levers, including food security, income support, affordable housing, justice, physical and mental health, employment, adult literacy, early childhood education, and more.

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