Vibrant Communities Calgary

• Calgary’s living wage now at more than $26 per hour, according to report

  A new report estimates Calgary's living wage for 2025 at $26.50 per hour. That's $2 more than last year and more than $10 higher than Alberta's current minimum wage.

  Economy

  Nov 13, 2025
  
• Calgary’s ‘living wage’ hit by soaring cost of food and housing

  A new report says the living wage (the cost of paying for all neccesities) in Calgary is 63 per cent higher than the province's minimum wage.

  Economy

  Nov 18, 2024
  
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• Social disorder in public spaces on the rise in Calgary: report

  A new report by Vibrant Communities Calgary found that social disorder is on the rise in Calgary, and incidents are increasingly happening in public spaces like transit.

  Canada

  May 28, 2024
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• Calgary the second most unequal city in Canada: report

  The 2022 community well-being report, which was published on Tuesday, aims to identify and analyze important metrics for well-being and poverty reduction in Calgary last year.

  Canada

  Mar 8, 2023
• Affordable housing task force clears 1st hurdle at Calgary city committee

  The proposal was brought to the city's executive committee on Tuesday in a notice of motion from councillors Courtney Walcott, Gian-Carlo Carra and Kourtney Penner. 

  Canada

  May 17, 2022
• Kenney slams confidence agreement between Liberals and NDP

  Premier Jason Kenney slammed the agreement between the Liberals and NDP and said it would keep "anti-Alberta policies in place for the next three years." 

  Canada

  Mar 22, 2022
• 77,000 more Calgarians fell into poverty during the pandemic: study

  Vibrant Communities Calgary said 77,000 Calgarians have fallen below the poverty line and some of the 189,000 already in poverty have fallen further behind.

  Canada

  May 28, 2021
• Calgary’s post-pandemic recovery top of mind ahead of provincial budget

  Alberta's provincial budget to be tabled on Feb. 25 will be the first since the COVID-19 pandemic began in the province last year.

  Money

  Feb 23, 2021
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• Examining what the new minimum wage means for Albertans

  Franco Savoia with Vibrant Communities Calgary said there is a misconception that most minimum wage earners are teenagers living at home. He says the majority of the 122,000 minimum wage workers in Alberta are adults trying to support their own children

  Canada

  Sep 28, 2018
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• Calgary advocate hopes groups focus on new Canadian poverty measure

  A Calgary-based poverty reduction advocate is applauding a plan to set a national poverty measurement.

  Economy

  Aug 25, 2018