Quality of life survey sheds light on ‘people in peril’: Calgary Foundation
Global News
Of 1,000 Calgarians surveyed, 61 per cent rated their quality of life as good or excellent.
The Calgary Foundation’s latest annual quality of life report suggests that factors ranging from economic security and public safety, Calgarians’ outlook on life in the city is shifting.
“This year’s report tells a story of a city split in two directions — the haves and the have nots,” Eva Friesen, the organziation’s president and CEO, wrote in the report.
Of 1,000 Calgarians surveyed, 61 per cent rated their quality of life as good or excellent — a drop of 14 per cent since 2020.
About 35 per cent of respondents were optimistic about Calgary’s economy, down from 50 per cent the year before.
“(That is) certainly one of the most significant drops in my memory,” Taylor Barrie, the vice-president of communications at the Calgary Foundation, said in an interview with Global News Morning Calgary on Thursday after the report was released.
The survery found 43 per cent of Calgarians feel stress related to financial issues, compared to 33 per cent in 2021. Those numbers were higher for people between the ages of 18 and 24.
Twenty-eight per cent of Calgarians are stressed about housing and 80 per cent of renters who filled out the survey said they had a rent increase in 2024.
The survey found 54 per cent of people who are employed full-time cannot find suitable accommodation, up from 40 per cent a year ago.
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