Calgary is a smart city

Smart Calgary

A smart city improves the overall quality of life for people at home, work and play by integrating technology and data solutions in community building. By being a smart city, Calgary is evolving with our community’s needs to remain resilient. With a shifting economic environment, an ever-changing technological landscape, and new social opportunities, smart cities approaches are more important than ever.

How a smart city approach benefits Calgarians

A smart city approach leverages innovation, data and connected technology to improve quality of life through:

  • Increased connectivity

  • Expedited technological innovation

  • Increased social innovation

  • Improved service delivery

  • Increased efficiencies

  • More economic development opportunities

Why do we need a Smart Calgary Strategy?

Our world is undergoing significant shifts (public health, economic, technological, environmental and social crises) and it is more important than ever for The City to have a strategy that helps navigate our community through this velocity of complex technology advancements.

Our Smart Calgary Strategy

The Smart Calgary Strategy outlines how we will harness the power of data and technology to connect, engage and future-proof our community and services.

Download the Smart Calgary Strategy

Our priorities

  • Digital equity

    Ensure Calgarians have the hardware, access, and digital literacy skills they need to fully engage and participate online in our community, economy and society.

  • Experimentation

    Support and enable an experimental culture and approach to solving challenges with technology solutions. The Living Labs program and the implementation of the Technology Integration Centre are leading the way.

  • Partnerships and collaboration

    Build partnerships and collaborate within our community and surrounding regions to leverage co-creation opportunities.

  • Storytelling and engagement

    Collaborate and engage with the global community for smart municipal solutions.

A smart city approach is already helping our community

Find out how we apply smart technologies to help make life better every day for Calgarians and businesses.

Read our stories

Related information

The City's Digital Strategy

The Digital Strategy aims to improve digital access to The City’s services. This strategy serves as a long-term plan for how The City can leverage digital platforms to connect, communicate and engage with each other, with citizens and with other levels of government.

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