Calgary sits at City Score rank #187 with a standing of 49%, from 7 of 8 open-data pillars (tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, growth, safety). Missing pillars score at median standing so thin coverage cannot inflate the rank. Rising 76 places versus 2022 (#263 → #187).
Latest owned placements: building permit value rank #6 of 25 (2025); indoor radon rank #62 of 327 at 135 Bq/m³ survey mean. Full tables and method notes live on each study edition; atlas readings for the same slug open from the topic buttons.
Against the national corpus, Calgary carries a City Score standing of 49% (rank #187 of 343) with 7 of 8 pillars observed. That sits 0 points below the Alberta peer average across 51 ranked cities. Within Alberta, Calgary ranks #27 of 51 on City Score.
The strongest signal in the current chart is population growth (standing 85%, rank #51 of 343, +2.5% annual growth). The weakest observed pillar is indoor radon (standing 19%, rank #62 of 327). Crime severity uses the Statistics Canada police-service CSI mapped to Calgary, Alberta (table 35100026), not a regional proxy.
Drinking-water hardness on the water atlas reads 191 mg/L as CaCO₃ for Calgary. Compare that figure to the hardness pillar on the chart and to the national hardness guide on the hub.
