The Safeway at the heart of the commercial strip is the kind of everyday anchor that makes a neighbourhood work — groceries, a stop at Shoppers Drug Mart, back home without the errand becoming a project. Thorncliffe sits comfortably north of downtown, close enough to commute without friction, residential enough that the streets quiet down after dinner.
Forbes Innes Arena pulls the hockey crowd through winter, and the THORNCLIFFE off-leash park runs steady year-round — dog owners tend to treat it as much a social stop as a walk. Corpus Christi Church has been a fixture long enough that it reads less like an institution and more like something the neighbourhood grew up around.
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: 72 property (63%), 42 violent (37%).
Disorder calls in Q2 2026: 65 disturbances, 35 suspicious person or vehicle, 15 mental health or intoxication, 16 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, North district
Affordability
How home values and rents compare with incomes in the community.
Buying
A home here is assessed at 11.0 times the average income (city: 10.4 times).
Renting
A year of the average asking rent is 38% 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: 5.3/10 (5 of 15 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
- Golden Sands Chinese Restaurant4.3 ★(870)
- Bow Tie Pizza (Centre St)4.7 ★(635)
- China Palace Restaurant4.1 ★(457)
- Pho Mai Thy4.3 ★(449)
- Tops Pizza & Sports Bar4.3 ★(222)
Cafes
- Tim Hortons3.8 ★(890)
Bars and pubs
- Brickwell Taphouse4.3 ★(588)
- The 56 Restaurant & Lounge4.4 ★(210)
Bakeries
- Orchid Pastry4.4 ★(30)
Everyday
Grocery stores and everyday shops and services in the community.
Groceries
- Safeway Thorncliffe4.1 ★(1,421)
- Latino Food Market4.5 ★(599)
- FreshCo Thorncliffe3.7 ★(35)
Pharmacies
- Shoppers Drug Mart3.6 ★(376)
- I.D.A. Sandstone Pharmacies Simons Valley4.2 ★(79)
- FreshCo Pharmacy Thorncliffe4.2 ★(23)
- The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy4.8 ★(22)
- Thorncliffe Pharmacy5 ★(5)
Banks
- CIBC Branch with ATM2.9 ★(94)
Health and wellness
Childcare, gyms, dentists and vets in the community, with their Google ratings.
Childcare
- Bright Kids Daycare Thorncliffe4.8 ★(51)
- Amana Early Learning Centre Thorncliffe4.8 ★(44)
- EduCentre Early Learning5 ★(14)
- FUN KIDS CLUB CALGARY4.1 ★(14)
- Summit Kids - CorpusC4.7 ★(10)
Gyms and fitness
- Jazzercise North Calgary5 ★(18)
Dentists
- Thorncliffe Family Dental4.8 ★(312)
Vets
- Centre Street Veterinary Clinic4.6 ★(338)
- Highland Park Animal Clinic4.7 ★(123)
Culture
Libraries, landmarks, places of worship and arts venues in the community.
Attractions
Community centres
Places of worship
- Corpus Christi Catholic Church4.6 ★(84)
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints4.8 ★(67)
- Good Shepherd Moravian Church4.5 ★(28)
- Thornhill Baptist Church4.8 ★(27)
- Grace City Church - Formerly Urban Grace Church4.9 ★(18)
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 4→
- Route 5→
- Route 20→
Bike paths
Environment
Public trees, parks, natural areas and bike paths in the community.
Most common trees
Spruce, Colorado (1,106)Ash, Green (798)Elm, American (530)Poplar Species (472)Spruce, White (397)33 parks
Natural areas
1 supporting natural environment
Bike paths
Who lives here
Population, owners and renters, age, income and background from the last census.
- Population
- 9,299
- Owner households
- 56.6%
- Median age
- 40.2
- Average personal income, 2020
- $50,544
- Visible minority
- 35.2%
Visible minority is Statistics Canada's term for people who are neither white nor Indigenous.
Top ancestries
Top mother tongues
Nearby in North
Other communities in the same sector of Calgary.
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Before-you-buy report
What's changing around an address in Thorncliffe, 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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