New BrightonCalgary
13,048 people call this neighbourhood in Calgary home. Calgary is split into 152 neighbourhoods, and this is one.
Is New Brighton a good place to live?
Health is a strength (A). It is strong on schools as well (A). Housing is expensive (C). All told, that adds up to an A overall and a rank of #24 of 473 in Alberta. On that grade it does better than 88% of Canadian towns.
Rents here are the metro area's average, shared by every town and neighbourhood in it. Safety less sure: this is the whole city's figure, because the city doesn't publish open neighbourhood crime rates. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.
How New Brighton grades
Each subject compares New Brighton with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes New Brighton stand out
The 3 things New Brighton does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in New Brighton.
New Brighton gets an A for health
Life expectancy in the region is 83.0 years (85.0 for women, 80.9 for men, 2022/2024). The three chronic conditions the survey tracks average 16% of adults, lower than both Alberta’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (17%). The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 56%, ahead of the 53% for Alberta. Closer to home, a hospital sits 4.3 km from the average resident of New Brighton, about the norm of 3.7 km.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | New Brighton | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very good or excellent health | 56% | 51% | 52% |
| Smokers | 7.9% | 12% | 12% |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 83.0 | 81.2 | 81.5 |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · Health survey and life expectancy: one figure for all of the Calgary Zone
8 of New Brighton’s 12 tested schools score in the top two fifths in Alberta
Counting each board with a school within 3 km gives 2, below both Alberta’s towns (3) and Canadian towns (3). Elementary schools here average 511 students, against 274 in Alberta. Catholic schools make up 8 of 21, above the 18% in Alberta. In or within 3 km of New Brighton: 12 elementary schools and 9 schools for every grade, with 13,562 students.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| Divine Mercy School CatholicLargest elementary schoolElementary · Grades K–6 | Elementary · Grades K–6 | 781 | English Catholic |
| Lakeshore School Second fifth in AlbertaLargest secondary schoolAll grades · Grades 6–9 | All grades · Grades 6–9 | 980 | English public |
| St. Gianna School CatholicResults in the top fifth in AlbertaElementary · Grades K–6 | Elementary · Grades K–6 | 383 | English Catholic |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | New Brighton | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Provincial school lists and results, 2025/26
Household incomes in New Brighton top those of 98% of Canadian towns
Commutes averaged 27 min, about level with both Alberta’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min). Driving is how nine in ten commuters got to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | New Brighton | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Car or van | 90% | 88% | 89% |
| Average trip | 27 min | 26 min | 26 min |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · These are May 2021 figures, gathered while COVID-19 kept many people home or out of work.
Wildfire low, radon 8.1%: how New Brighton stands on hazards
The earthquake risk numbers here cover the city of Calgary
For earthquakes New Brighton is middling, $0.023 a year per $1,000 against $0.030 for the typical town. No one has filed a flood map for New Brighton on the national inventory. For radon tests, the only official count covers all of the Calgary Health Region, New Brighton included.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | New Brighton | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 8.1% | 7.5% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.023 | $0.013 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
More households own their home in New Brighton than in Alberta’s towns or across Canadian towns: 86%
Measured across the Calgary metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom
A year’s rent came to 18% of the median household income, lower than both Alberta’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%). Owners put the median home at $492,000, higher than both Alberta’s towns ($400,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000).
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | New Brighton | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 86% | 74% | 74% |
| Rent as a share of income | 18% | 20% | 20% |
| Median home value, 2021 | $492,000 | $400,000 | $406,000 |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 19% | 21% | 18% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · These are 2021 census values, as owners judged them, set against household income in 2020.
Dry weather: only 445 mm of rain and snow a year falls on New Brighton, less than on 82% of Canadian towns
Frost comes on 193 days a year, close to Alberta’s towns (193) and above Canadian towns (159). June is the wettest month, with 113 mm of rain and snow on average. Also worth knowing: the frost-free season runs from 21 May to 18 September, 119 days. March is the snowiest month, with 24 cm on average.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | New Brighton | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Precipitation a year | 445 mm | 431 mm | 883 mm |
| July afternoon high | 23.5°C | 23.5°C | 25.5°C |
| Days with frost a year | 193 | 193 | 159 |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Calgary (Airport))
Visible minorities make up more of New Brighton than of Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 41%
2% of residents have an Indigenous identity, below Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike.
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
49.9% of New Brighton’s residents are women
By the 2021 count the town had 6,510 women and 6,525 men, while Canada has 50.9% women.
| New Brighton | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 27% | 18% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 69% | 67% | 64% |
| 65+ | 4.3% | 15% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 11% | 15% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 61% | 54% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Alberta and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
New Brighton in November: highs near 4°C, lows near −8°C
The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Calgary. Snowfall in a normal November: 19 cm. Next comes December, with normal highs of freezing and lows of −12°C. A normal November brings 16 mm of rain and snow.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −1°C | −12°C | 34 mm |
| Spring | 10°C | −2°C | 108 mm |
| Summer | 22°C | 9°C | 232 mm |
| Autumn | 11°C | −1°C | 71 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Calgary (Airport)); the forecast is on the Weather page
New Brighton’s MP is Tom Kmiec (Conservative Party of Canada), for Calgary Shepard
As part of Calgary, New Brighton is governed by the city’s council, not one of its own.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
Each person Calgary Library serves borrows 12.7 items, more than at 82% of Alberta’s town libraries
Calgary Library serves the whole of Calgary, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 1,285,711 people, New Brighton among them.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
New Brighton gets a B− for safety
Source area for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000: the Calgary service area
Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 67 over 2023–25, lower than Alberta’s towns (110) and near Canadian towns (67). For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 10.6 violent incidents are reported each year. Property crime in the area its police cover: 31.9 per 1,000 people a year.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | New Brighton | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crime Severity Index | 67 | 110 | 67 |
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 79 | 109 | 86 |
| Property crime per 1,000 | 31.9 | 45 | 31.2 |
| Violent crime | 10.6 | 14.2 | 12 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average
Beaches near New Brighton: 11 within 5 km
2.1 km from town is Fish Creek Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. 2 protected areas lie within 10 km. The closest of Canada’s national parks is Banff National Park, at 91 km.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | New Brighton | Alberta | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 2.9% | 0.4% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Everything we know about New Brighton
Sikome Aquatic Facility and 12 more within 40 km
One place to visit is mapped within 5 km of New Brighton; with it, the best known within 40 km.
MuseumGlenbow Museum16 km north · 149K visitors a year (2019)
AttractionCalgary Tower16 km north
ZooCalgary Zoo15 km north
MuseumTelus Spark Science Centre16 km north · 380K visitors a year
CathedralSt. Mary's Cathedral15 km northPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- Glenbow Museum: Darthrussel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Calgary Tower: Qyd, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Calgary Zoo: Qyd, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Telus Spark Science Centre: CharlesAPhillips63, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St. Mary's Cathedral: Dr Haggis at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
About New Brighton
Neighbourhood in Calgary
New Brighton is one of Calgary’s neighbourhoods, which TownRatings draws from census dissemination areas and names from the city’s own map or OpenStreetMap.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 13,048 (people, 2021 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Alberta
- City
- Calgary
- Census subdivision
- 4806016
New Brighton’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Brighton | 13,048 | — | A | C | B− | A |
| McKenzie Towne | 17,757 | 1.2 | A | C | B− | A+ |
| Copperfield | 13,952 | 1.2 | A− | C | B− | A |
| McKenzie Lake | 11,966 | 2.6 | A− | C+ | B− | A |
| Auburn Bay | 18,296 | 3.3 | A | C+ | B− | A+ |
| Mahogany | 17,818 | 3.4 | A− | C | B− | A+ |
| Deer Run | 3,652 | 4.3 | A− | C− | B− | A+ |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about New Brighton
Is New Brighton a young town or an old one?
At 34.2, its median age compares with 45.2 across Canadian towns. Children make up 27% of the population and seniors 4%.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).