GREAT NEIGHBOURHOODS MAKE A GREAT CITY
Our Ward 9 Maps highlight the amazing people, projects, infrastructure, and big dreams that truly make our neighbourhoods and our city GREAT! Order your free copies today, and discover some of magic that exists right here in our own backyard!
NEW! The Official Kids Guide to Ward 9
Co-created with the incredible and talented kids of Ward 9, this map shares pictures of the places kids love most in their neighbourhoods. It is a celebration of what they notice, what they value, and how they experience their communities. Behind each drawing is a simple but powerful truth: great neighbourhoods help raise great kids. And when we build cities with parks, pathways, playgrounds, and vibrant public spaces, we give children room to grow, explore, and belong.
As the final map in our Ward 9 mapping series, we wanted this one to be really special - something that captured the heart of why we do this work. This map shows what’s possible when we look at city-building through the eyes of our children, and reminds us that if we design Calgary for our youngest residents, we actually create a better city for everyone.
NEW! Where Water Flows in Ward 9
Water is life. It connects everything. From the confluence of the Bow and Elbow Rivers, where Indigenous Peoples have gathered for millennia, to the built infrastructure beneath our feet, this map reveals the visible and hidden flows that continue to shape our city. It shows how the choices we have made, what we have paved, protected, or overlooked, continue to dictate the way water moves through Ward 9 and Calgary. And in a time of climate uncertainty, those choices carry even more weight.
This map invites us to reflect on the legacy of our past decisions and the possibilities that emerge when we treat water not as waste, but as life. Managing it wisely is not optional - it is essential to the future we hope to build together.
Who is Ward 9?
As the Ward 9 City Councillor, I am often asked to describe my constituency to all kinds of people in all manner of circumstances. I proudly say: Ward 9 comprises the working neighbourhoods and landscapes of East Calgary that built the city we know today; and due to its diversity of places and people, it is actively building the city we are becoming.
And while this is true in a physical sense - our culturally rich neighbourhoods and our vibrant industrial landscapes are engines of Calgary’s established and emerging economies - it is perhaps even more true of our people. Calgary has never been more diverse than we are today - we are an outstanding example of Canada’s world-leading successfulness as a pluralistic society.
We are the stories we tell ourselves, and this map tells a different story about who we are. ‘Who is Ward 9’ serves to celebrate the incredible people that live, work, and volunteer in East Calgary. Through their stories, cultural indicators, working landscapes, and demographics, we can see a more fulsome picture of the epicenter of this change. Ward 9 is the model where Calgary lives together in community.
THE Eventful City Guide to Ward 9
Great neighbourhoods, the ones that thoughtfully consider people and place, incorporating mixed-uses, walkable spaces, and abundant amenities, are one of the best urban design concepts humans have come up with to support the complex, interrelated needs of a diverse economy and a vibrant culture. When these great neighbourhoods are networked together and located in close relationships with industrial landscapes, the stage is set for society to reap supercharged benefits.
The Eventful City Guide to Ward 9 Map pays tribute to the City of Calgary’s flagship work on arts and culture: The Eventful City Strategy, showcasing all that makes Calgary a world-class leader in arts and culture and highlighting the vibrant and culturally rich neighbourhoods of Ward 9 that play a vital role in setting our beloved Calgary up for long-term success.
LET’S TALK ABOUT FOOD ACCESS IN WARD 9
Ward 9 is home to some of the absolute best and most diverse mixed-use neighbourhoods in the city. Abundant multi-cultural food producers and restaurants, innovative urban farming leaders, and thoughtful community resources all working together to improve food security and reconnect Calgarians to our local food system.
But there are also food challenges associated with poverty and accessibility that have continued to worsen as the cost of living and inflation persistently outpace wages.
This map is our snapshot in time as to the state of food access in Ward 9 as well as the beginning of a conversation as to how we may best reintegrate food back into a more resilient understanding of our habitat.
Ward 9 Dream Network
Smart, economic and environmentally sustainable growth includes multi-modal transportation that supports walking, cycling, public transit, and reduced reliance on automobiles. Regardless of where we live, work, learn, or play, young children, teens, seniors, women, parents with infants, or those with diverse mobility needs all deserve access to safe, sustainable, accessible, and affordable modes of active transportation.
This map depicts our already amazing active modes network, the projects we’re proud of that the city is actively delivering now, and the missing links that we must turn our advocacy towards. Our objective is to deliver The Dream Network for all ages, all abilities, all the time.
WARD 9 Guide to RECREATION
There are hundreds of opportunities to relax, play, train, and compete across Ward 9! From internationally ranked disc golf courses to accessible playgrounds, we’ve got something for everyone - it’s a big part of what makes a Great Neighbourhood so great. But we’re not quite finished and every one of our communities is bursting with potential. Explore the wonders of your own backyard with the Ward 9 Recreation Map!