Just west of the Beltline and close enough to downtown to walk on good days, Scarboro keeps a residential pace that its proximity doesn't disrupt. Scarboro United Church anchors one of its corners with the kind of permanence you stop noticing unless someone points it out, and Sunalta School keeps the surrounding blocks on a predictable morning schedule. Bus routes along the main commercial avenue connect regularly toward downtown and west into Killarney, so getting around without a car is practical rather than aspirational.
The two off-leash parks — Scarboro Park and Scarboro Triangle Park — sit within a few blocks of each other, and weekday mornings at both are reliably busy. For an inner-city neighbourhood, the density of walkable green space here is something residents count on.
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: 30 property (88%), 4 violent (12%).
Disorder calls in Q2 2026: 2 disturbances, 8 suspicious person or vehicle, 8 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 15.5 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
Schools
Schools in the community and the ones it is designated to, with their grades and programs.
Average Fraser Institute rating: 9.6/10 (1 of 5 schools rated)
Designated schools
Schools your address is assigned to attend
Check an address's designated school with the board: CBE · CSSD
Everyday
Grocery stores and everyday shops and services in the community.
More in the area
Health and wellness
Childcare, gyms, dentists and vets in the community, with their Google ratings.
Childcare
Culture
Libraries, landmarks, places of worship and arts venues in the community.
Libraries
Places of worship
- Scarboro United Church4.4 ★(116)
- 캘거리 미래교회(Calgary Future Church)5 ★(1)
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 6→
- Route 9→
- Route 20→
- Route 66→
Bike paths
Environment
Public trees, parks, natural areas and bike paths in the community.
Most common trees
Elm, American (155)Lilac Shrub Species (127)Ash, Green (124)Poplar Species (116)Spruce, Colorado (115)Natural areas
1 remnant environment
Bike paths
Who lives here
Population, owners and renters, age, income and background from the last census.
- Population
- 1,187
- Owner households
- 38.1%
- Median age
- 35.2
- Average personal income, 2020
- $76,931
- Visible minority
- 31.3%
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, 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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