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Monthly Digest

January 2026

Here's what updated this month.

Housing

December 2025 data

Benchmark $554,700 -4.7% YoY
Sales 1,126 -14.6% YoY
Inventory 3,860 +28.9% YoY
Days on Market 53 +20 days YoY

Months of supply: 3.4. All five metrics moved in the same direction — prices, sales, and days on market all declined while inventory climbed nearly 29%. At 3.4 months of supply, Calgary sits within CREB's balanced market range heading into the new year.

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Districts

DistrictBenchmarkYoY
North East $473,200 -7.6%
East $409,300 -7.1%
City Centre $554,500 -6.0%
North $521,700 -5.4%
South East $545,800 -5.1%
West $684,300 -3.8%
South $556,800 -3.7%
North West $615,000 -1.2%

Property Types

TypeBenchmarkYoY
Detached $726,900 -2.6%
Semi-Detached $666,800 -1.6%
Row $421,300 -5.6%
Apartment $303,600 -7.4%

Crime New this month

Q4 2025 data

Total Incidents 23,311 -5.9% YoY

City-wide crime incidents dropped nearly 6% compared to Q4 2024. This marks a continued downward trend from the quarterly totals seen earlier in the year.

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Community Crime Movers

Biggest drops: Woodbine -47.2%, Beddington Heights -37.8%, Thorncliffe -35.0%

Biggest increases: Cliff Bungalow +77.8%, Altadore +65.5%, Mission +62.5%

The three communities with the largest increases are all in Calgary's inner south, while the biggest reductions came from established suburban neighborhoods.

Economy

Unemployment 6.4% -1.0pp YoY
Calgary CPI 2.1% +0.3pp YoY
WTI Oil $57.97 -17.3% YoY
Natural Gas $3.05 +58.9% YoY

Energy markets diverged sharply — natural gas nearly doubled YoY while oil fell 17%. Unemployment dropped a full percentage point from last December, though EI recipients remain elevated at nearly 22,000.

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Community Spotlight

Safest Community

Discovery Ridge

Population: 4,202 · Safety: 95th percentile · Avg value: $895K

A west Calgary community 11 km from downtown, home to 4,202 residents. An established community with property values well above the city median. Discovery Ridge sits at the southwestern edge of the city, bordered by the Tsuu T'ina Nation to the south and Griffith Woods Park along the Elbow River to the east.

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What's New on Calgary Pulse

  • Crime comparisons are now more reliable across time periods (switched to incidents-primary methodology)
  • Safety sections on community profiles got a cleaner layout
  • K-12 school pages now show both Fraser Institute academic and overall ratings
  • 311 service request charts now include trend lines for easier pattern spotting

Building towards making Calgary's data easier to explore — one dataset at a time.