Calgary vs Victoria: which should you move to?
Calgary or Victoria? Housing, rent, crime, climate, income, taxes and transit, side by side, from each city's own published figures. Written for someone deciding where to live, not for a ranking.
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Buying splits these two cities and renting barely separates them. Calgary's benchmark home was $569,200 in July 2026 against Victoria's $1,311,000, both Canadian dollars, yet a two-bedroom rented for $1,908 against $2,076. So Victoria is a serious option for renters, retirees with capital already made and anyone who wants the mildest winter in the country, 4.6 C in January against -7.6 C. Calgary is the city for a household that wants to own on employment income, especially since Alberta charges no land transfer tax where Victoria's costs $24,220. Owning in Victoria on a Calgary salary is the version that does not work.
| Measure | Calgary | Victoria | Advantage |
|---|---|---|---|
| City population | 1,306,784 (2021) | 91,867 (2021) | Not directly comparable |
| Metro population | 1,836,012 (2025) | 445,090 (2025) | Not directly comparable |
| Five-year growth Growth is pressure on rents and roads as much as it is opportunity, so it is reported without a winner. | 5.5% (2016-2021) | 7.1% (2016-2021) | Not directly comparable |
What a home costs in each
The figures the two cities' rent-versus-buy and mortgage calculators run on, read from the same tables.
| Measure | Calgary | Victoria | Advantage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benchmark home price MLS® HPI or equivalent benchmark. Lower is treated as the advantage, which is the buyer's view rather than the owner's. | $569,200 (July 2026) | $1,311,000 (July 2026) | Calgary |
| Detached house benchmark Victoria publishes a single house index rather than a composite, so the two rows repeat. | $743,900 | $1,311,000 | Calgary |
| Apartment or condominium benchmark | $297,600 | $548,600 | Calgary |
| Two-bedroom rent | $1,908/mo (average, October 2025) | $2,076/mo (average, October 2025) | Calgary |
| One-bedroom rent | $1,581/mo | $1,594/mo | Calgary |
| Two-bedroom rent against median income A year of two-bedroom rent as a share of the median household income below. A household paying the median rent out of the median income is a fiction, but it is the same fiction in both columns and it crosses currencies. | 23.4% of a year's income | 29.3% of a year's income | Calgary |
| Mortgage payment on the benchmark, 20% down 25-year amortization on Canadian semi-annual compounding, the convention in both. | $2,480/mo at 4.34% | $5,712/mo at 4.34% | Calgary |
| Price to household income Benchmark price divided by the median household income below. A ratio is comparable across currencies; the dollars are not. | 5.8× | 15.4× | Calgary |
| Property tax on the benchmark home The effective rate on market value, which is what the two rates have in common and what the Advantage column is decided on; the bills are in each city's own dollars. | $3,785/yr (0.665%, 2026) | $7,415/yr (0.566%, 2026) | Victoria |
| Transfer tax on the benchmark home Compared as a share of the price. Where the seller pays it, it is a cost of leaving rather than arriving. | None | $24,220 (buyer pays) | Calgary |
| Rent control A cap protects a sitting tenant and does nothing for the next lease, so neither column is simply better. | No cap on the amount | 2.3% guideline (2026) | Not directly comparable |
Calgary: The 2026 municipal rate of 0.38906% plus the provincial education rate of 0.27593%, applied to the assessed value. Victoria: The 2026 Class 1 residential total of $5.6559 per $1,000 of taxable value: municipal $3.7229 plus the CRD, local school, hospital district, BC Assessment, MFA and BC Transit levies, before the Home Owner Grant.
How safe each city is, by the numbers it publishes
Police-reported figures for the most recent year each force or statistics agency has released. Rates describe a whole city or metro area, and the spread between neighbourhoods inside one city is usually wider than the gap between the two cities.
| Measure | Calgary | Victoria | Advantage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crime Severity Index Statistics Canada's weighted index for the metropolitan area, where 100 is Canada in 2006. American cities have no equivalent series. | 61.7 (2025) | 74.6 (2025) | Calgary |
| Violent crime per 100,000 | 1,086 (2025) | 1,542 (2025) | Calgary |
| Property crime per 100,000 | 3,328 (2025) | 3,096 (2025) | Victoria |
| Homicides Counts, not rates, and a single year in a small city moves a long way on chance alone. What each figure covers is under the table. | 15 (2025) | 4 (2025) | Not directly comparable |
The CMA Crime Severity Index fell again in 2025 (61.7, down 3%) and sits well below the national 75.0, and homicides hit a ten-year low of 15. Police-counted violent crime still rose 4% over 2024 and 16% over the five-year average, driven by assaults, and property crime rose in 2025 on theft and fraud while staying below 2019 levels.
What the rates cover: Calgary Police Service 2025 crime report, city of Calgary, violent crime victims per 100,000 (16,973 victims; 1,082 in 2024). CPS counts violence by victims, not incidents.
Homicides: Calgary Police Service, city of Calgary, 2025; rate 1.0 per 100,000. Prior years: 21 (2024), 24 (2023), 27 (2022), 21 (2021), 34 (2020). Lowest count in ten years; fatal shootings fell to 2 from 7.
The Victoria CMA Crime Severity Index moved between 71 and 80 from 2021 to 2025 (72.7, 74.9, 80.2, 71.2, 74.6) with no sustained direction. The violent crime rate per 100,000 fell from 1,542 in 2021 to 1,439 in 2024 and then returned to 1,542 in 2025; the property crime rate fell from 3,319 in 2021 to 3,096 in 2025.
What the rates cover: Police-reported total violent Criminal Code violations, rate per 100,000, Victoria CMA, table 35-10-0177-01.
Homicides: Victoria CMA, 4 victims, 0.90 per 100,000 (table 35-10-0071-01). Counts were 5, 5, 2, 2 for 2021 through 2024.
Winters, summers and what the weather can do to a house
| Measure | Calgary | Victoria | Advantage |
|---|---|---|---|
| January mean | -7.6 °C | 4.6 °C | Not directly comparable |
| July mean | 16.9 °C | 17.2 °C | Not directly comparable |
| Precipitation a year | 445 mm | 901 mm | Not directly comparable |
| Snowfall a year | 139 cm | 39 cm | Not directly comparable |
| Sunshine a year | 2,396 hours | 2,109 hours | Calgary |
Environment and Climate Change Canada 1991-2020 normals, Calgary Int'l A (climate ID 3031093): January daily mean -7.6 C, July 16.9 C, 445.4 mm precipitation, 138.7 cm snowfall. Sunshine is not published in the 1991-2020 set; 2,396.3 hours is from the 1981-2010 normals for the same station. Chinook winds bring abrupt winter thaws.
Hazards: Summer hail is the costliest recurring hazard (major storms in 2020 and 2024), the Bow and Elbow rivers flooded the core in June 2013, wildfire smoke now degrades air quality most summers, and hard cold snaps reach below -30 C.
Environment and Climate Change Canada 1991-2020 normals at Victoria Int'l A (climate ID 1018620, at Sidney, 25 km north of downtown) for temperature, precipitation and snowfall. Sunshine is from the 1981-2010 normals at the same station; the 1991-2020 set does not publish a sunshine normal. Downtown is drier: Victoria Gonzales 1991-2020 normals show 5.8 C in January, 16.3 C in July and 110.6 mm in the wettest month against 155.3 mm at the airport.
Hazards: The region sits on the Cascadia subduction zone and carries Canada's highest earthquake risk; summers bring wildfire smoke from the BC interior and drought-driven watering restrictions, and winters bring atmospheric-river rain and occasional short snow events that stop traffic.
What people earn and what the government takes
| Measure | Calgary | Victoria | Advantage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $98,000 CAD (2020) | $85,000 CAD (2020) | Calgary |
| Unemployment rate | 6.8% (July 2026) | 5.0% (July 2026) | Victoria |
| Sales tax | 5% | 12% | Calgary |
| Top marginal income tax Federal plus provincial or state. The American figure leaves out payroll taxes and the cost of health insurance, both of which a Canadian household covers through the tax it pays here. | 48% | 53.5% | Calgary |
| Income tax on $100,000, single filer Computed from each jurisdiction's brackets at a single filer's $100,000 and rounded to the dollar, so a gap of a dollar is rounding rather than tax. Two cities in one province or state are shown as Even, because there the two cells describe the same tax and whatever separates them is method. | $21,733 CAD | $20,503 CAD | Victoria |
Calgary's unemployment rate has run above the national rate through 2025 and 2026 even as Alberta posted the largest proportional year-over-year employment gain among provinces (+91,000, +3.5%) to July 2026; fast in-migration keeps the labour force growing faster than hiring.
Main sectors: Oil and gas head offices and energy services, Finance, engineering and professional services, Logistics and distribution (YYC cargo, rail, inland port), Technology and agri-food, Health care and education.
Alberta has no provincial sales tax, no payroll tax and no land transfer tax; Calgary levies municipal property tax on assessed value.
In the 2021 Census the region's largest employers by sector were health care (29,750 workers), public administration (27,780), retail (22,540) and professional, scientific and technical services (19,655), per the South Island Prosperity Partnership's 2025 socio-economic profile. Victoria's unemployment rate is usually among the lowest of Canadian CMAs; the same report notes shortages in health care and construction and an ageing population.
Main sectors: Health care and social assistance, Public administration (provincial capital, CFB Esquimalt), Retail trade, Professional, scientific and technical services including software, Tourism, accommodation and food services.
BC has no payroll tax on employees beyond CPP and EI, and MSP health premiums were eliminated in 2020. Property transfer tax applies on purchase (1% to 3%, plus 20% foreign-buyer tax in the Victoria CMA) and a speculation and vacancy tax applies to homes left empty.
Whether you need a car
| Measure | Calgary | Victoria | Advantage |
|---|---|---|---|
| System | Calgary Transit (CTrain light rail Red and Blue lines, MAX bus rapid transit, bus network); Green Line LRT under construction | Victoria Regional Transit System (BC Transit buses and handyDART); no rail. BC Ferries and Harbour Air, Helijet and the Coho and Clipper ferries connect to Vancouver and Seattle. | Not directly comparable |
| Commute by public transit | 8.8% (2021) | 7.7% (2021) | Calgary |
| Walk or cycle to work | 5.1% (2021) | 15.3% (2021) | Victoria |
| Airport | Calgary International Airport, YYC, 19.4 million passengers in 2025 (record; 18.9 million in 2024), 108 destinations | Victoria International Airport (YYJ), at Sidney, 1,986,057 passengers in 2025, up 6.1% on 2024 and the busiest year since 2018 (Victoria Airport Authority 2025 Annual Report). Domestic-heavy; most international trips connect through Vancouver or Seattle. | Not directly comparable |
93.1 million trips in 2025 under the new automated passenger counting method, versus 93.7 million restated for 2024 (RouteAhead Annual Status Report 2025, May 7, 2026). Earlier published totals used a different method and are not comparable.
No verified systemwide annual total. BC Transit's 2025 year-in-review (Dec 19, 2025) reports the busiest route, the 95 Blink RapidBus, at more than 11,000 daily boardings; the Victoria Regional Transit Commission's Nov 2025 service plan reports 58.53 boardings per service hour by end of 2024, up 17.6% year over year and 21.2% above pre-COVID. Wikipedia cites APTA's Q4 2025 report at 26.56 million boardings for 2025 but the APTA PDF could not be fetched.
Health care, schools and what each city is like
Health care
Care is paid for through the Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan, which is free at the point of use for residents and covers physician and hospital services but not most prescriptions, dental or vision, so employer plans matter; the province split Alberta Health Services into separate acute care, primary care and continuing care agencies in 2024 and 2025, and finding a family doctor and waiting for specialists and elective surgery are the common complaints. Major hospitals are Foothills Medical Centre, Peter Lougheed Centre, Rockyview General, South Health Campus and Alberta Children's Hospital.
Education
The University of Calgary is the city's research university, with Mount Royal University, SAIT and Bow Valley College alongside it. K-12 is run by two publicly funded boards, the Calgary Board of Education and the Calgary Catholic School District, plus francophone boards and a sizeable provincially funded charter school sector; enrolment growth has outrun school construction in the newer suburbs.
Living there
Calgary is a spread-out, car-oriented city of single-family suburbs around a compact office core that still has high vacancy from the oil downturn, with the Rockies an hour west and a river-path network that people actually use. Winters are long but sunny and broken by chinooks, and the economy and housing market both swing with oil prices and with the in-migration surges that have made it one of Canada's fastest-growing metros since 2022.
Health care
Care is paid for by BC's Medical Services Plan, with no premiums since 2020, and delivered by Island Health; prescription drugs outside hospital are covered through income-tested Fair PharmaCare, so many households carry employer extended-health plans for drugs, dental and physio. Greater Victoria has three hospitals, Royal Jubilee (the cardiac and cancer referral site for Vancouver Island), Victoria General (trauma and pediatrics) and Saanich Peninsula; the region has a well-known shortage of family doctors, and BC runs a central waitlist (Health Connect Registry) to attach new patients to primary care.
Education
The University of Victoria (about 22,000 students) is the main research university, with Camosun College for trades and transfer programs and Royal Roads University in Colwood for working adults; the University of Victoria is regularly placed in the top three Canadian comprehensive universities by Maclean's. Public K-12 is run by the Greater Victoria School District (SD61) in the core, with Sooke (SD62) in the fast-growing West Shore and Saanich (SD63) on the peninsula; there are no charter schools in BC, and French immersion seats in SD61 are allocated by lottery.
Living there
Victoria is a government and university town at the south tip of Vancouver Island with the mildest winters in Canada, a walkable and bikeable core, and a large retiree population; the trade-off is island logistics, with every mainland trip by 95-minute ferry or a short flight, and a housing market priced close to Vancouver's. Most growth since 2016 has gone to Langford and the West Shore, 15 to 25 km out along a congested Highway 1, while the City of Victoria itself is dense apartment and heritage-house neighbourhoods where a third of commuters walk or cycle. Downtown has visible street homelessness and open drug use concentrated around Pandora Avenue, which shows up in the higher-than-national violent crime rate for a metro this size.
Where each city wins, and where it loses
Victoria's benchmark home was $1,311,000 in July 2026, which is also the detached figure, against $569,200 in Calgary, both in Canadian dollars. At 4.34% with 20% down that is $5,712 a month against $2,480. The recurring costs run the same direction: property tax of $7,415 a year at 0.566% of assessed value against $3,785 at 0.665% of a much smaller assessment, and $24,220 of property transfer tax at closing where Alberta charges nothing. Renting is a different market altogether. A one-bedroom averaged $1,594 in Victoria in October 2025 and $1,581 in Calgary, effectively the same, and a two-bedroom $2,076 against $1,908. A three-bedroom is where Victoria pulls away, $3,035 against $2,118. An apartment at $548,600 is the realistic Victoria purchase for most incomes.
Calgary's Crime Severity Index was 61.7 in 2025, below the national 75.0, and Victoria's was 74.57, just under it. Victoria's index has bounced between 71 and 80 for five years with no clear direction, while Calgary's has fallen for two. Property crime favours Victoria, 3,095.97 per 100,000 against Calgary's 3,328, which rose from 3,009 in 2024. The violent figures cannot be laid side by side. Victoria's 1,541.92 per 100,000 counts Criminal Code violations across the whole metro area; Calgary's 1,086 counts victims inside the city, because that is how Calgary Police report it. Homicides were 4 in the Victoria area in 2025, 0.90 per 100,000, against 15 in Calgary at 1.0. Victoria's violent rate is high for a metro this size and concentrates around Pandora Avenue downtown.
Victoria has the mildest winter of any Canadian city on this site: 4.6 C in January at the airport and 5.8 C at the downtown Gonzales station, against -7.6 C in Calgary, with 38.6 cm of snow a year against 138.7 cm. Summers are close, 17.2 C in July against 16.9 C, and Calgary is sunnier on the 1981-2010 record, 2,396.3 hours against 2,108.8. Victoria is much wetter, 901.2 mm a year against 445.4 mm, most of it between November and March. The hazards are what change your insurance and your planning. Victoria sits on the Cascadia subduction zone and carries the highest earthquake risk in Canada, along with summer smoke and drought watering restrictions. Calgary faces hail, with major storms in 2020 and 2024, the June 2013 flood and cold snaps below -30 C.
Median household income was $98,000 in Calgary in 2020 against $85,000 for the Victoria area, and $67,500 in the City of Victoria itself, a figure held down by how many people there live alone. Victoria has the steadier labour market, 5.0% unemployment in July 2026 against Calgary's 6.8%, because it runs on the provincial government, CFB Esquimalt, health care and the university rather than on oil prices. Health care employed 29,750 people in the region at the 2021 Census and public administration 27,780. On tax, Alberta charges 5% GST and nothing more where British Columbia charges 12%, and the top marginal rate is 48.0% against 53.5%. At $100,000 of employment income, though, the bill is about $21,733 in Alberta and $20,503 in BC. The Alberta advantage is at the top and at the checkout.
Victoria has no rail and never has; its transit is a BC Transit bus network whose busiest route, the 95 Blink, carries more than 11,000 boardings a day. Metro transit mode share was 7.7% in 2021, slightly below Calgary's 8.8%, and Calgary Transit carried 93.1 million trips in 2025 on two CTrain lines. Walking and cycling is where Victoria is exceptional: 15.3% across the metro area and 32.1% inside the city, the highest of any Canadian city, against 5.1% in Calgary. Beyond the city limits a car returns quickly, since most growth has gone to Langford and the West Shore along a congested Highway 1. Leaving the island means a 95-minute BC Ferries crossing or a flight, and YYJ handled 1,986,057 passengers in 2025 against 19.4 million at YYC.
Both provinces cover doctors and hospitals with no premiums and leave drugs, dental and vision to employer plans or income-tested coverage. Victoria has three hospitals, Royal Jubilee for cardiac and cancer referrals, Victoria General for trauma and pediatrics, and Saanich Peninsula, plus a well-documented shortage of family doctors and a provincial waitlist to attach to one. Calgary has five major hospitals and the same attachment problem. Schools differ in structure: Victoria is split among three districts, with French immersion seats in the core district allocated by lottery and no charter schools anywhere in BC, while Calgary has two large public boards and a provincially funded charter sector. Victoria is a capital and university town of 91,867 people inside a metro of 445,090, with a large retiree population. Calgary is 1.3 million people and growing fast.
The thing people underestimate is the island. Every trip to the mainland is a 95-minute ferry sailing with a reservation and a queue, or a flight, and Victoria's airport is domestic-heavy so most international routes connect through Vancouver or Seattle. Calgary flies to 108 destinations directly. That changes what a job interview, a hospital referral, a delivery or a weekend costs in hours. The second underestimate is how differently Victoria treats owners and renters. Its purchase price is 2.3 times Calgary's while its two-bedroom rent is 9% higher, and the annual property tax bill is nearly double Calgary's. Someone renting a flat in Fairfield and walking to work is paying near-Calgary money for the mildest winter in the country. Someone buying the same building's neighbouring house is paying Vancouver money.
Better here
- The benchmark home is $569,200 against Victoria's $1,311,000, and the payment on it is $2,480 a month against $5,712.
- Alberta charges no land transfer tax, against the $24,220 due at a Victoria closing.
- The annual property tax bill on the benchmark is $3,785 against $7,415 in Victoria.
- Median household income was $98,000 in 2020 against $85,000 for the Victoria area and $67,500 in the city itself.
- Sales tax is the 5% GST alone against 12% in British Columbia, and the top marginal rate is 48.0% against 53.5%.
- YYC flies to 108 destinations and handled 19.4 million passengers in 2025, against 1,986,057 at Victoria's airport.
Worse here
- January averages -7.6 C with 138.7 cm of snow a year, against 4.6 C and 38.6 cm in Victoria.
- Walking and cycling made up 5.1% of commutes in 2021 against 32.1% inside the City of Victoria.
- Unemployment was 6.8% in July 2026 against Victoria's 5.0%, and the economy still turns on oil prices.
- Property crime rose to 3,328 per 100,000 in 2025 from 3,009, above Victoria's 3,095.97.
- Alberta puts no ceiling on rent increases, only a limit of one every 365 days with three months' notice.
- Home insurance runs about $210 a month against $185 in Victoria, and hail is the recurring claim.
Choose Calgary if
- you intend to buy and want the payment near $2,480 rather than $5,712
- you are a high earner and want a 48.0% top rate with no provincial sales tax to pay
- you fly often and want 108 direct destinations instead of a connection through Vancouver
- you want a detached house at $743,900 rather than an apartment at $548,600
The Calgary guide · Neighbourhoods · Calgary rent vs buy · Calgary mortgage calculator
Better here
- January averages 4.6 C at the airport and 5.8 C downtown, the mildest winter in the country, with 38.6 cm of snow a year against Calgary's 138.7 cm.
- 32.1% of city commuters walked or cycled in 2021, the highest share of any Canadian city, against 5.1% in Calgary.
- Rent is close to Calgary's despite prices being 2.3 times higher: $1,594 against $1,581 for a one-bedroom in October 2025.
- Unemployment was 5.0% in July 2026 against 6.8% in Calgary, on a base of government, defence, health care and the university.
- Property crime ran 3,095.97 per 100,000 in 2025 against Calgary's 3,328.
- British Columbia holds a rent increase in an existing tenancy to 2.3% in 2026; Alberta sets no ceiling at all.
Worse here
- The benchmark home is $1,311,000 and the payment on it is $5,712 a month, against $2,480 in Calgary.
- Closing costs include $24,220 of property transfer tax, and the annual property tax bill is $7,415.
- Median household income for the metro area was $85,000 in 2020, and $67,500 in the city, both below Calgary's $98,000.
- The region carries the highest earthquake risk in Canada, on the Cascadia subduction zone.
- Transit is buses only, with a metro mode share of 7.7% in 2021, below Calgary's 8.8%, and no rail of any kind.
- Every mainland trip is a 95-minute ferry crossing or a flight, and most international routes connect through Vancouver or Seattle.
Choose Victoria if
- you rent, or arrive with the price of a house already made somewhere else
- you want to walk or cycle to work and will accept 901.2 mm of rain a year for it
- you work in government, health care, defence or the university and want a 5.0% unemployment rate
- you can treat the ferry as a feature rather than a tax on every trip
The Victoria guide · Neighbourhoods · Victoria rent vs buy · Victoria mortgage calculator
Calgary or Victoria, in short
Is Calgary or Victoria cheaper to live in?
To buy, Calgary, by a lot. The benchmark home was $569,200 against $1,311,000 in July 2026, which is $2,480 a month against $5,712, plus $24,220 of transfer tax in Victoria and none in Alberta, and an annual property tax bill of $3,785 against $7,415. To rent, they are close. A one-bedroom averaged $1,581 in Calgary and $1,594 in Victoria in October 2025. Calgary keeps a smaller edge on everything else, with 5% sales tax against British Columbia's 12%.
Is Calgary or Victoria safer?
They are closer than the reputation of either suggests. Calgary's 2025 Crime Severity Index was 61.7 and Victoria's 74.57, with the national figure at 75.0. Property crime is lower in Victoria, 3,095.97 per 100,000 against 3,328 in Calgary. Homicide rates are similar, 0.90 per 100,000 in the Victoria area against 1.0 in Calgary. The violent-crime rates cannot be compared directly, since Victoria's counts metro-wide violations and Calgary's counts victims within the city. Victoria's violent rate is high for its size, concentrated downtown around Pandora Avenue.
Which has the better climate, Calgary or Victoria?
Victoria, for anyone who dislikes winter. January averages 4.6 C at the airport and 5.8 C downtown against -7.6 C in Calgary, and annual snowfall is 38.6 cm against 138.7 cm. July is nearly identical, 17.2 C against 16.9 C. Calgary is drier at 445.4 mm a year against 901.2 mm, and sunnier on the older 1981-2010 record, 2,396.3 hours against 2,108.8. Victoria's serious hazard is earthquake risk on the Cascadia zone; Calgary's is hail, with major storms in 2020 and 2024.
How much does living on Vancouver Island actually change things?
More than most people budget for. Victoria sits at the south tip of the island, so every mainland trip is a 95-minute BC Ferries sailing, a Coho or Clipper crossing to Seattle, or a flight. The airport handled 1,986,057 passengers in 2025 and is domestic-heavy, with most international itineraries connecting through Vancouver. Calgary's airport flies to 108 destinations and handled 19.4 million passengers. Inside Greater Victoria the island logic also shows up as one congested Highway 1 out to Langford and the West Shore, where most growth has gone.
Where the figures come from
Housing figures are the ones behind each city's calculators, dated on those pages. The rest are listed here with the date they were retrieved. See the methodology for how facts, estimates and opinion are kept apart.
- Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population: Calgary, City (CY), Alberta · Statistics Canada · retrieved Supports: City population, Five-year growth, Median household income, Transit commute share, Walk and cycle commute share
- Population estimates, July 1, by census metropolitan area and census agglomeration, 2021 boundaries (table 17-10-0148-01) · Statistics Canada · retrieved Supports: Metro population
- Canada's population estimates: Subprovincial areas, 2025 · Statistics Canada, The Daily · retrieved Supports: Five-year growth, character
- Police-reported Crime Severity Index and crime rate, by census metropolitan area, 2025 · Statistics Canada, The Daily · retrieved Supports: Crime Severity Index, Crime trend
- 2025 Crime Report, Report to Calgary Police Commission · Calgary Police Service · retrieved Supports: Violent crime rate, Property crime rate, Homicides, Crime trend, City population
- Canadian Climate Normals 1991-2020, Calgary Int'l A · Environment and Climate Change Canada · retrieved Supports: January mean, July mean, Annual precipitation, Annual snowfall
- Canadian Climate Normals 1981-2010, Calgary Int'l A · Environment and Climate Change Canada · retrieved Supports: Sunshine hours
- Labour Force Survey, July 2026 · Statistics Canada, The Daily · retrieved Supports: Unemployment rate, Labour market
- Calgary unemployment rate dropped in July, but remains among highest in Canada · CBC News · retrieved Supports: Unemployment rate
- Alberta tax overview · Government of Alberta · retrieved Supports: Sales tax, Income tax on $100,000, Tax notes
- Alberta 2025 & 2026 Tax Rates & Tax Brackets · TaxTips.ca · retrieved Supports: Top marginal income tax, Income tax on $100,000
- Canada 2025 & 2026 Tax Rates & Tax Brackets · TaxTips.ca · retrieved Supports: Income tax on $100,000
- RouteAhead Annual Status Report 2025 (IP2026-0142, Attachment 2) · City of Calgary, Calgary Transit · retrieved Supports: Transit ridership, Transit system
- From home to work: Commuting in Canada's cities, May 2024 · Statistics Canada · retrieved Supports: Transit commute share
- YYC Calgary International Airport welcomed 19.4 million passengers in 2025 · Calgary Airports · retrieved Supports: Airport passengers
- Calgary victim's family not celebrating Calgary's 10-year low homicide rate · CP24 / CTV News · retrieved Supports: Homicides
- Data about Calgary's population · City of Calgary · retrieved Supports: City population, Median household income
- Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (table 98-10-0002-01) · Statistics Canada · retrieved Supports: City population, Five-year growth
- Population and dwelling counts: Census metropolitan areas, census agglomerations and census subdivisions (table 98-10-0003-01) · Statistics Canada · retrieved Supports: population.metro (2021 census count), population.growthPct5y (CMA comparison)
- Crime severity index and weighted clearance rates, police services in census metropolitan areas (table 35-10-0026-01) · Statistics Canada · retrieved Supports: Crime Severity Index, Crime trend
- Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, police services in census metropolitan areas (table 35-10-0177-01) · Statistics Canada · retrieved Supports: Violent crime rate, Property crime rate, Crime trend
- Number and rate of homicide victims, by census metropolitan areas (table 35-10-0071-01) · Statistics Canada · retrieved Supports: Homicides
- Canadian Climate Normals 1991-2020, Victoria Int'l A (climate ID 1018620) · Environment and Climate Change Canada · retrieved Supports: January mean, July mean, Annual precipitation, Annual snowfall
- Canadian Climate Normals 1991-2020, Victoria Gonzales (climate ID 1018610) · Environment and Climate Change Canada · retrieved Supports: climate.note (downtown comparison)
- Canadian Climate Normals 1981-2010, Victoria Int'l A · Environment and Climate Change Canada · retrieved Supports: Sunshine hours
- Household income statistics by dwelling and household characteristics: census metropolitan areas (table 98-10-0061-01) · Statistics Canada · retrieved Supports: Median household income
- Household income statistics by household type: census subdivisions (table 98-10-0057-01) · Statistics Canada · retrieved Supports: economy.medianHouseholdIncome (city figure in note)
- Labour force characteristics, three-month moving average, by census metropolitan area, seasonally adjusted (table 14-10-0459-01) · Statistics Canada · retrieved Supports: Unemployment rate
- Greater Victoria Metropolitan Region Socio-Economic Profile 2025 · South Island Prosperity Partnership · retrieved Supports: Main sectors, Labour market
- Personal income tax rates · Province of British Columbia · retrieved Supports: Top marginal income tax
- Provincial sales tax (PST) · Province of British Columbia · retrieved Supports: Sales tax
- 2025 personal tax rates, British Columbia (combined federal and provincial) · EY Canada · retrieved Supports: Income tax on $100,000, Top marginal income tax
- Main mode of commuting by commuting duration, time leaving for work, age and gender: census metropolitan areas (table 98-10-0457-01) · Statistics Canada · retrieved Supports: Transit commute share, Walk and cycle commute share
- Main mode of commuting by commuting duration, time leaving for work, age and gender: census subdivisions (table 98-10-0458-01) · Statistics Canada · retrieved Supports: transit.transitModeSharePct (city), transit.walkBikeModeSharePct (city)
- Year in review: a successful 2025 for BC Transit · BC Transit · retrieved Supports: Transit ridership
- 2026/27 Annual Service Plan, Victoria Regional Transit Commission report #14 · BC Transit · retrieved Supports: Transit ridership
- 2025 Annual Report · Victoria Airport Authority · retrieved Supports: Airport passengers
- The sky's the limit: Victoria airport has high hopes for year ahead · Victoria News · retrieved Supports: transit.airport (exact passenger count 1,986,057)
- Hospitals and health centre locations · Island Health · retrieved Supports: Health care
- City of Calgary Monthly Statistics Package, July 2026 · Calgary Real Estate Board (CREB®) · retrieved Supports: Benchmark price of $569,200, Benchmark prices by property type
- Rental Market Survey: Calgary, average rent by bedroom type, October 2025 · Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation · retrieved Supports: One-bedroom average rent of $1,581, Two-bedroom average rent of $1,908
- Current property tax rates · City of Calgary · retrieved Supports: 2026 municipal residential rate, 2026 provincial education rate
- Premium information for homeowner and small rental loans · Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation · retrieved Supports: Mortgage default insurance premium rates by loan-to-value
- CMHC revises homeowner mortgage loan insurance premiums · Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation · retrieved Supports: The 20 basis point surcharge on a 30-year insured amortization
- Regulations amending the Insurable Housing Loan Regulations and the Eligible Mortgage Loan Regulations (SOR/2025-55) · Canada Gazette, Part II · retrieved Supports: The $1.5 million insured price cap, 30-year amortization for first-time buyers and new builds
- Minimum qualifying rate for uninsured mortgages · Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions · retrieved Supports: The qualifying rate of the contract rate plus two points, or 5.25%
- Interest rates charged for new and existing lending by chartered banks · Bank of Canada · retrieved Supports: The default mortgage rate of 4.34%, uninsured five-year-plus fixed, funds advanced May 2026
- How much will my home really cost? · Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation · retrieved Supports: Closing costs of 1.5% to 4% of the purchase price, Home inspection and appraisal ranges
- Land Titles and Surveys common documents fee schedule · Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction, Government of Alberta · retrieved Supports: Transfer registration fee, Mortgage registration fee
- During a tenancy: rent increases · Government of Alberta · retrieved Supports: No cap on rent increases, 365-day frequency limit, Notice periods
- Alberta's tax advantage · Government of Alberta · retrieved Supports: Alberta levies no land transfer tax
- July 2026 statistics: Victoria Real Estate Board monthly news release · Victoria Real Estate Board · retrieved Supports: Victoria Core single-family benchmark of $1,311,000, down 2.8% year over year, Victoria Core condominium benchmark of $548,600, down 2.2% year over year, Victoria Core townhouse benchmark of $857,300, 673 sales and 3,847 active listings board-wide in July 2026
- Rental Market Survey: Victoria (CY), average rent by bedroom type, October 2025 · Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation · retrieved Supports: One-bedroom average rent of $1,594, Two-bedroom average rent of $2,076, Three-bedroom-plus average rent of $3,035, Victoria CMA vacancy rate of 3.3%
- 2026 Property Tax Mill Rate · City of Victoria · retrieved Supports: 2026 Class 1 residential total rate of $5.6559 per $1,000 of taxable value, Municipal residential rate of $3.7229, of which $1.3782 is police, Additional school tax of 0.2000 above $3 million and 0.4000 above $4 million
- Home owner grant · Province of British Columbia · retrieved Supports: The grant of up to $770 on an eligible principal residence outside the northern and rural area
- Property transfer tax · Province of British Columbia · retrieved Supports: Transfer tax brackets, First-time buyer and new build exemptions
- Rent increases · Province of British Columbia · retrieved Supports: 2026 rent increase guideline of 2.3%