Annual Waste Disposed at City of Calgary Landfills per Person monitors the total amount of garbage (in kilograms) disposed at the waste management facilities managed by The City of Calgary, including waste from private haulers. This measure does not capture waste that is generated in Calgary and disposed of at facilities not managed by The City of Calgary.

Per cent of Residential Waste Diverted from Landfill Through Blue and Green Cart Programs represents the per cent of residential waste that is diverted from landfill through the Blue Cart and Green Cart programs, out of the total waste generated by single-family households. Since the Blue Cart Program was first implemented in 2009, the program continues to receive less material as packaging types change and printed materials decline. The Green Cart Program was implemented in the second half of 2017, and was completed in conjunction with a change from weekly to every other week Black Cart collection.

Average Response Time for a Waste & Recycling Service Request is the average number of days a customer waits to receive an initial response after submitting a service request. This measure can be affected by factors such as extreme weather and changes to programs. In 2017, there was an increase in service requests which were related to the rollout of the Green Cart Program.

Annual Black Cart Waste Collected per Household is the average amount (in kilograms) of garbage collected by residential collection crews from each single family household.

Waste & Recycling Services Performance Measures are used to assess the performance of The City of Calgary's waste services. Four measures have been approved for the One Calgary 2019-2022 Service Plans and Budgets: annual waste disposed at City of Calgary landfills per person, annual Black Cart waste collected per household, per cent of residential waste diverted from landfill through Blue and Green Cart programs, and average response time for a Waste & Recycling Service Request. See Accountability Reports for more information.

Waste Composition studies are periodically conducted by Waste and Recycling Services to help assess the performance of diversion and education programs and inform improvements and new program design. This dataset is for Green Cart waste from residential dwellings, and represents the weighted average of samples of 20-25 residences collected in 22 communities in each of the four seasons of 2020 (88 samples). The communities sampled were selected to collectively represent the range of housing types and demographics in Calgary. The weight per cent composition is provided for a number of material categories and subcategories. For more information please visit: Green cart composting

Waste Composition studies are periodically conducted by Waste and Recycling Services to help assess the performance of diversion and education programs and inform improvements and new program design. This dataset is for Green Cart waste from residential dwellings, and represents the weighted average of samples of 20-25 residences collected in 22 communities in each of the four seasons of 2020 (88 samples). The communities sampled were selected to collectively represent the range of housing types and demographics in Calgary. The weight per cent composition is provided for a number of material categories and subcategories. For more information please visit: Green cart composting

Tree Canopy contains polygons outlining the extent of tree cover for all land within the City of Calgary. The tree canopy was derived by Remote Sensing software using City of Calgary Orthophotos and Lidar. The resulting data was then quality controlled and edited using various photogrammetric and processing tools.

Tree Canopy contains polygons outlining the extent of tree cover for all land within the City of Calgary. The tree canopy was derived by Remote Sensing software using City of Calgary Orthophotos and Lidar. The resulting data was then quality controlled and edited using various photogrammetric and processing tools.

The assessed values of residential, non-residential and farm land properties in Calgary. The properties in this dataset consist of Calgary lands that have a registered parcel at Alberta’s Land Titles Office. Properties that are on The City of Calgary’s annual property assessment rolls, but excluded from this dataset, are titled parking stalls, titled storage units, machinery & equipment property, and linear property (as defined in the Municipal Government Act). *Year of construction available starting in ROLL_YEAR = 2020.*

For detailed property assessment information, visit https://assessmentsearch.calgary.ca