Scarboro/Sunalta West
Pop 922 (2021 Census) 3 km to downtown CREB district: City Centre
Oliver Quarry Park is the off-leash anchor — the morning gathering point where you tend to learn your neighbours by their dogs before their names. For groceries, most residents cross into West Hillhurst for FreshCo or Sunterra Market, close enough to register as a local errand rather than a separate trip. Several bus routes thread through here, connecting south across the city and north to Dalhousie Station, with downtown close enough to reach on foot when the weather cooperates.
The Pumphouse Theatre in Sunalta — a working professional venue in a converted pumping station — is close enough that an evening show doesn't require a plan, just a jacket.
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.
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 16.9 times the average income (city: 10.4 times).
Renting
A year of the average asking rent is 34% of the average personal income here.
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: 5.1/10 (2 of 10 schools rated)
Designated schools
Schools your address is assigned to attend
Check an address's designated school with the board: CBE · CSSD
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 9→
- Route 20→
- Route 66→
- Route 90→
Bike paths
Environment
Public trees, parks, natural areas and bike paths in the community.
Most common trees
Spruce, Colorado (97)Poplar Species (51)Crabapple Species (50)Oak, Bur (31)Aspen, Quaking/Trembling (29)Bike paths
Who lives here
Population, owners and renters, age, income and background from the last census.
- Population
- 922
- Owner households
- 38%
- Median age
- 35.2
- Average personal income, 2020
- $76,888
- Visible minority
- 31.4%
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 Scarboro/Sunalta West, 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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