u/NebulaGreat6980

Many real estate websites show the nearest school, but that's not always the school your address is actually assigned to.

I built a free Calgary Address Explorer that first matches the correct CBE/CCSD assigned schools, then calculates the actual walking and driving times to each one.

It also includes flood risk, crime trends, community profile, daycare, property history, and more.

Free to use: What Can a Calgary Address Tell You?

I'd love to hear your feedback. Is showing the assigned school more useful than simply showing the nearest school?

Hi everyone,

A couple of weeks ago I shared a free Calgary Address Explorer that I've been building as a personal project. Several people here gave really helpful suggestions, so I spent the past two weeks adding some of the most requested features.

New additions include:

Flood Risk School PAT Rankings (2022–2025) Community Profile Fire Station & Hydrant Access

The goal is to bring together information that's normally spread across multiple Calgary websites into one address search.

If anyone has a few minutes to try it, I'd really appreciate any feedback—especially if you spot incorrect data or have ideas for improving it.

https://yyc-wander.ca/Explorers/address.html

Over the past few weeks, many Calgary residents have tried the Address Explorer, shared ideas, reported bugs, and suggested new features.

What Can a Calgary Address Tell You?

Many of the recent improvements came directly from community feedback. Thanks to those suggestions, I've recently added:

• Matched CCSD schools for each address

• Walking routes and travel times to nearby schools

• Improved accessibility information for key destinations across the city

• A variety of smaller improvements based on community suggestions

What started as a personal project has gradually become something shaped by the people who use it.

One of the most rewarding parts has been seeing how many practical ideas come directly from local residents. Features I never would have thought of on my own often come from someone simply saying, "It would be useful if it could also show..."

As someone who moved to Calgary not long ago, building this tool has also been a way to learn more about the city and the communities that make it unique.

So if you've used the Address Explorer, shared feedback, reported an issue, or simply stopped by to take a look, thank you. Every suggestion has helped make it a little more useful for the next person.

I'd love to hear what would make it even better.

Hi everyone,

I've been building a free Calgary Address Explorer using public data.

Recent updates include:

• CBE and CCSD school matching
• School utilization information
• School walking and driving times
• Crime, disorder and 311 trends
• Property tax and assessment history
• Accessibility to major destinations

I'd love to hear what information you look for before buying a home.

What Can a Calgary Address Tell You?

Thanks!

I've just updated the Calgary Address Explorer:

What Can a Calgary Address Tell You?

Recent improvements include:

* Added matched CCSD schools for each address

* Added walking times and routes to nearby schools

* Improved accessibility information for important local destinations

* And many other enhancements

Many of these updates came directly from suggestions shared by the community since the Address Explorer launched.

I truly appreciate everyone who has taken the time to share ideas, report issues, and provide feedback. Your input has helped make the tool more practical and more relevant to everyday life in Calgary.

Most importantly, it makes me feel like I'm not just throwing a stone into a lake and watching it disappear. People are actually using the tool, sharing suggestions, and helping shape its future.

Thank you for being part of the journey.

I was exploring Statistics Canada Crime Severity Index data and built a dashboard comparing major Canadian cities.

Crime Severity Index | Canadian City Benchmark

Latest CSI:

• Winnipeg: 124.4
• Edmonton: 101.1
• Regina: 100.3
• Canada: 77.9
• Calgary: 62.3
• Toronto: 59.4

Curious what people think drives the differences between cities.

Housing? Policing? Economic conditions? Addiction? Something else?

I was curious how Calgary compares with other Canadian cities using Statistics Canada Crime Severity Index data.

Interactive dashboard:

Crime Severity Index | Canadian City Benchmark

You can compare:

• Calgary

• Edmonton

• Vancouver

• Toronto

• Montreal

• Ottawa

• Halifax

• Winnipeg

• Canada overall

Curious whether these numbers match your perception of safety in Calgary.

I’ve been experimenting with building a Calgary housing transparency tool using public City data.

You can search a Calgary address and explore things like:

• nearby school capacity

• community crime trends

• disorder / 311 patterns

• building permit history

• property tax trends

• assessment history

I originally started this as a personal civic data project because I felt a lot of Calgary housing information is scattered across different systems and difficult to compare in one place.

Curious whether people here think tools like this are actually useful when researching neighbourhoods or housing decisions.

What’s Really Happening Around Your Calgary Home?

I built an interactive Calgary crime map using Calgary Open Data to explore how community safety patterns have changed over time.

You can compare:
• community crime trends
• safety patterns
• historical changes across Calgary communities

Curious whether the trends match what people have been noticing in their own areas lately.

Calgary Crime Map & Community Safety Dashboard

You can compare:

• community crime rates

• historical trends

• Calgary safety patterns

• long term changes by area

Calgary Crime Map & Community Safety Dashboard

Curious whether the trends match what people in your community have been feeling lately.

I’ve been working on a Calgary local data project and recently added an address explorer that connects multiple public civic datasets around a single Calgary address:

https://yyc-wander.ca/Explorers/address

It combines things like:

• CBE school matching

• school capacity utilization

• community crime trends

• housing density

• property tax history

• assessment value comparisons

One thing I noticed while building this is that a lot of useful public data already exists, but most of it remains isolated and difficult for ordinary residents to connect together.

A large part of the work was building the ETL and data relationships behind the scenes to make those datasets more interactive and easier to explore.

Still improving it step by step, but I thought some people here interested in Alberta civic data, urban growth, schools, or housing pressures might find it useful.

I’ve been building a Calgary local data project called YYC-Wander, and I just added a new address explorer:

https://yyc-wander.ca/Explorers/address

You can enter a Calgary residential address and explore things like:

• matched CBE schools

• school capacity utilization

• community crime trends

• housing density

• property tax history

• assessment value comparisons

A big part of the work was connecting multiple Calgary public datasets together behind the scenes through ETL and data relationships.

Still improving it step by step, but I thought some people here might find it interesting or useful.

Would genuinely love feedback from fellow Calgarians.

I’ve been working on a Calgary-focused data project, and I just added a new Industry Explorer page.

It lets you compare different industries in Calgary using wage trends, employment trends, and business survival data.

Here’s the link:

https://yyc-wander.ca/Explorers/industry

I’m still improving it, so any feedback on the layout, usefulness, or missing data would be really appreciated.

I’m especially curious whether this kind of local data tool is useful for people thinking about career changes, business planning, or understanding Calgary’s economy.

Hi everyone,

I’ve been working on a Calgary open data project, and I built a dashboard using publicly available CBE data to look at school capacity and utilization from 2015 to 2026.

👉 https://yyc-wander.ca/Civic_Social_Analytics/School_Capacity_Cbe.html

It includes:

A map of schools showing utilization levels

Trends over time

Filters by quadrant, school

While exploring the data, I noticed that some schools are operating well above capacity, while others are not, depending on location and type.

I’m not drawing any conclusions here, but I thought it might be useful context for discussions around education planning and growth in Calgary.

Curious how others interpret this.

Hi everyone,

I’ve been working on a Calgary open data project, and I recently built an interactive dashboard looking at CBE school capacity and utilization from 2015 to 2026.

👉 https://yyc-wander.ca/Civic_Social_Analytics/School_Capacity_Cbe.html

It includes:

A map of schools showing how full they are (latest school year)

Utilization trends over time

Filters by quadrant, school, and program type

While building this, one thing that stood out to me was how uneven things can be —

some schools are consistently over capacity, while others still have room.

I’m curious if this matches what people are seeing in their own communities.

I’m just organizing publicly available data here, not trying to push any conclusions —

would really appreciate any feedback or observations.

I’ve been working with Alberta open data and built a small dataset to look at how business composition has changed across major cities over the past decade.

If anyone is interested, I put together a simple interactive view here:

https://yyc-wander.ca/Economy_Energy_Insights/Busi_Class

Curious to hear perspectives.

Does this align with how people see the economic direction of Calgary and Alberta?

Hi everyone,

I built a dashboard using Government of Alberta data comparing major cities including Calgary, Edmonton, Red Deer, Lethbridge, Airdrie, and St. Albert.

It tracks:

• Total businesses

• New businesses added each year

• Estimated 1-year / 3-year / 5-year survival rates

With so many debates around Alberta’s economy, growth, affordability, and policy direction, I thought some people here might appreciate seeing the numbers directly.

Curious what trends stand out to others.

Link:

https://yyc-wander.ca/Economy_Energy_Insights/Busi_Survival