The off-leash area at Lawery Gardens sets the morning tempo here — dogs and regulars working the same loop most days. Buses fan out toward Chinook Station and across Sarcee Trail, making the downtown commute easy without a car; the city is close, but the streets stay quiet. Calgary Quest School draws families from across Calgary, giving the blocks around it a purposeful midday rhythm that's distinct from a purely residential pocket.
Wildflower Arts Centre anchors the evenings for a creative crowd — classes and workshops that fill a weeknight. Owners and renters sit close together here, which gives Spruce Cliff a less uniform feel than some of its western neighbours.
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: 42 property (66%), 22 violent (34%).
Disorder calls in Q2 2026: 10 disturbances, 19 suspicious person or vehicle, 6 mental health or intoxication, 6 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, West district
Affordability
How home values and rents compare with incomes in the community.
Buying
A home here is assessed at 7.3 times the average income (city: 10.4 times).
Renting
A year of the average asking rent is 35% 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: 5.8/10 (1 of 10 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.
Bars and pubs
- JJ's Neighbourhood Pub Calgary4.2 ★(174)
Bakeries
- Pie Junkie4.5 ★(524)
- Fosters Bakery Ltd4.7 ★(66)
- Oguraya Bakery4.7 ★(10)
- Ohh La La Food Services Corp.
Everyday
Grocery stores and everyday shops and services in the community.
Health and wellness
Childcare, gyms, dentists and vets in the community, with their Google ratings.
Childcare
Gyms and fitness
Culture
Libraries, landmarks, places of worship and arts venues in the community.
Libraries
Community centres
Places of worship
Mobility
Transit stops and routes, bike paths and the distance to downtown.
Routes
- Route 9→
- Route 26→
- Route 93→
- Route 111→
Bike paths
Environment
Public trees, parks, natural areas and bike paths in the community.
Most common trees
Ash, Green (225)Spruce, Colorado (134)Elm, American (113)Spruce, White (83)Cotoneaster Species (63)6 parks
Natural areas
2 special protection environments
Bike paths
Who lives here
Population, owners and renters, age, income and background from the last census.
- Population
- 2,077
- Owner households
- 49.7%
- Median age
- 39.2
- Average personal income, 2020
- $72,344
- Visible minority
- 34.2%
Visible minority is Statistics Canada's term for people who are neither white nor Indigenous.
Top ancestries
Top mother tongues
Nearby in West
Other communities in the same sector of Calgary.
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Before-you-buy report
What's changing around an address in Spruce Cliff, 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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