Chinatown
Pop 1,262 (2021 Census) 1.1 km to downtown CREB district: City Centre
The smell of roast duck and char siu reaches you before you've found the front door of Dragon City Mall — this is a neighbourhood where the commercial strip and daily life are the same thing. Restaurants, herbalists, and grocers line the main stretch, and the Calgary Chinese Cultural Centre anchors one end with a roofline you can spot from blocks away. Multiple bus routes connect directly to downtown and points across the city, which suits a neighbourhood where most people rent and get around without a car.
Lunar New Year is when outsiders notice — dragon dances, street crowds, the whole stretch coming alive. But the daily rhythm is quieter: morning dim sum, errands at the Far East Shopping Centre, kids heading to Alberta Chung Wah School.
Safety
How safe the community is: crime and disorder per 1,000 residents against the city, and the trend.
Crime per 1,000 residents
Property and violent offences reported to police, Q3 2025 to Q2 2026.
Disorder calls per 1,000 residents
Calls about disturbances, suspicious people, mental health and the like, Q3 2025 to Q2 2026: calls, not crimes.
Crimes, Q3 2025 to Q2 2026: 50 property (62%), 30 violent (38%).
Disorder calls in Q2 2026: 39 disturbances, 14 suspicious person or vehicle, 4 mental health or intoxication, 12 other.
Crimes by quarter
Incidents each quarter; dashed: the straight-line trend.
Disorder calls by quarter
Incidents each quarter; dashed: the straight-line trend.
311 requests
Service requests to the City's 311 line from the community, by type and by month.
Most common requests
Requests by month
Housing market
Assessed home values by home type, and the district's CREB benchmark prices.
Assessed values by home type
CREB benchmark prices, City Centre district
Affordability
How home values and rents compare with incomes in the community.
Buying
A home here is assessed at 5.5 times the average income (city: 10.4 times).
Growth
Building permits, new business licences and the mix of businesses in the community.
What the permits add
Businesses by type
Schools
Schools in the community and the ones it is designated to, with their grades and programs.
Average Fraser Institute rating: 5.3/10 (3 of 12 schools rated)
Designated schools
Schools your address is assigned to attend
Check an address's designated school with the board: CBE · CSSD
Also in the community
Located here but may serve other attendance areas
Dining
Restaurants and cafes in the community, with their Google ratings.
Restaurants
- Minas Brazilian Steakhouse4.5 ★(2,706)
- Silver Dragon Restaurant (Calgary)4.1 ★(2,476)
Cafes
- HIDDEN CORNER4.8 ★(382)
- Cafe Gravity
Everyday
Grocery stores and everyday shops and services in the community.
Pharmacies
- Super M Drugs4.5 ★(21)
Banks
- RBC Royal Bank2.9 ★(39)
Shopping
- Dragon City Mall3.9 ★(1,552)
- Five Harvest Plaza3.8 ★(43)
- Opulence Centre3.9 ★(29)
- Far East Shopping Centre3.9 ★(19)
Health and wellness
Childcare, gyms, dentists and vets in the community, with their Google ratings.
Childcare
- Kids & Company Livingston4.9 ★(18)
- Downtown Children's Place Daycare4.1 ★(16)
Gyms and fitness
Culture
Libraries, landmarks, places of worship and arts venues in the community.
Museums and galleries
Attractions
Community centres
Places of worship
- Calgary Chinese Pentecostal Church4.5 ★(12)
- Chinese United Church4.3 ★(3)
Landmarks
Mobility
Transit stops and routes, bike paths and the distance to downtown.
Routes
The first five routes in the City's list that serve the community.
- Route 2→
- Route 3→
- Route 15→
- Route 17→
- Route 62→
Bike paths
Environment
Public trees, parks, natural areas and bike paths in the community.
Most common trees
Elm, American (45)Ash, Green (43)Elm, Brandon (36)Crabapple Species (21)Spruce, Colorado (21)Natural areas
1 supporting natural environment
Bike paths
Who lives here
Population, owners and renters, age, income and background from the last census.
- Population
- 1,262
- Owner households
- 24.1%
- Median age
- 38.6
- Average personal income, 2020
- $72,065
- Visible minority
- 52.9%
Visible minority is Statistics Canada's term for people who are neither white nor Indigenous.
Top ancestries
Top mother tongues
Nearby in Centre
Other communities in the same sector of Calgary.
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Before-you-buy report
What's changing around an address in Chinatown, Calgary before you buy:
- Rezoning and permit applications nearby
- Council decisions affecting the area
- Crime and 311 trends, and school changes
- Ground movement from satellite data
- The assessment trend against the community
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