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This document provides an overview of early childhood development information for the City of Calgary. It is intended to be used as a supplement to the Community profiles of early childhood development in report.

As a large urban area, Calgary encompasses several early childhood development (ECD) communities. Information on Calgary’s ten communities has been compiled here for quick reference and comparison.

More in-depth information on each community and its subcommunities can be obtained by going to the full report:

https://www.ecmap.ca/Findings-Maps/Community-Results/complete2014/Pages/default.aspx

An explanation on how to read and interpret the results can be found in the Introduction to the report:

http://ecmaps.ca/assetReports/Introduction.pdf

Please note: City of Calgary municipal census data was not used in the demographic information for the city’s ten communities in order to make the information comparable for all communities across Alberta.

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EDI Summary: Number of EDIs available: 24,543 Number of EDIs used in analysis 18,321 % of special needs: 2.0%

Age at EDI completion and gender

Age Groups ≤ 5yrs 2mos 5yrs 3mos - 5yrs 6mos 5yrs 7mos - 5yrs 10mos > 5yrs 11mos Total Gender N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%)

F 1402 (7.7%) 2895 (15.8%) 3114 (17.0%) 1635 (8.9%) 9046 (52.3%)

M 1214 (6.6%) 2808 (15.3%) 3093 (16.9%) 2160 (11.8%) 9275 (47.7%)

FM 2616 (6.7%) 5703 (39.4%) 6207 (31.6%) 3795 (22.3%) 18321 (100%)

* Please note: The total number of boys and girls in each category may not add up to an exact total because gender may not have been identified in all questionnaires.

City of Calgary Demographics

Calgary Alberta Calgary Alberta

Population997,605 3,273,778 Unemployment rate4.1% 4.4%

Female labour force Children 0-4 years60,600 (6.1%) 201,365 (6.2%) 68.8% 66.3% participation rate

Median income in 2005 Percentage of residents with of population 15 years $30,754.51 $28,239.14 first language other than 22.8% 16.8% and older English/French

Percentage of immigrants 23.6% 15.0%

Based on Statistics 2006 census data, which provides the most recent reliable provincewide data.

ECMap Early childhood development profile for the City of Calgary May 2014 City of Calgary 4 EDI Results

Five areas of development: Calgary 2009-2013 results

Physical Health and Well-being Social Competence

78.4% 77.0% 10.3% 14.0% 75.9% 75.2% 11.2% 9.0%

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Language and Emotional Maturity Thinking Skills

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21.7% 21.5%

Communication Skills and General Knowledge Developing appropriately Experiencing

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Please Note: Missing data and rounding may mean that percentages don’t always add up to exactly 100% Number of EDI questionnaires available: 24,543 Number of EDI questionnaires usable: 18,321 Percentage of children with diagnosed severe disabilities out of total number of questionnaires: 2.0 per cent

ECMap Early childhood development profile for the City of Calgary May 2014 5 City of Calgary EDI - Experiencing Great Difficulty

Experiencing great difficulty (EGD) in one or more and two or more areas of development

Starplot Areas of Development Physical Health & Social Emotional Language & Communications Skills & Well-being Competence Maturity Thinking Skills General Knowledge

EGD on 1 EGD on 2 * Darker bar represents experiencing great difficulty in one or more areas of development; or more or more lighter bar represents experiencing great difficulty in two or more areas of development.

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Developing appropriately by area of development

Physical Health & Well-being

Developing Highest Lowest Appropriately Community (%) Community (%) Alberta 75.9% 92.0% 47.1% Calgary 78.4% 84.9% 60.9%

Developing Highest Lowest Appropriately Subcommunity (%) Subcommunity (%) Calgary Bowness Montgomery 73.2% 73.2% 73.2% Calgary Deep South 83.1% 86.9% 75.3% Calgary Downtown 79.9% ` 90.1% 66.8% Calgary East 60.9% 69.3% 45.7% Calgary North Central 80.5% 86.3% 67.2% Calgary North of McKnight 72.1% 80.3% 58.7% Calgary Northwest 83.4% 93.2% 73.9% Calgary South Central 79.2% 82.9% 66.7%

Calgary Southwest 81.1% 87.7% 71.4% 84.9% 89.5% 77.0%

Social Competence

Developing Highest Lowest Appropriately Community (%) Community (%) Alberta 75.2% 92.0% 51.1% Calgary 77.0% 82.9% 64.8%

Developing Highest Lowest Appropriately Subcommunity (%) Subcommunity (%) Calgary Bowness Montgomery 74.9% 74.9% 74.9% Calgary Deep South 79.9% 85.0% 69.0% Calgary Downtown 79.0% 87.9% 65.8% Calgary East 64.8% 68.7% 58.8% Calgary North Central 78.7% 83.0% 60.0% Calgary North of McKnight 71.0% 80.2% 60.9% Calgary Northwest 80.8% 89.2% 71.0% Calgary South Central 76.1% 85.8% 68.9% Calgary Southwest 80.6% 83.6% 57.1% Calgary West 82.9% 86.0% 73.7%

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Emotional Maturity

Developing Highest Lowest Appropriately Community (%) Community (%) Alberta 73.9% 86.2% 49.0% Calgary 77.8% 83.7% 65.2%

Developing Highest Lowest Appropriately Subcommunity (%) Subcommunity (%) Calgary Bowness Montgomery 77.1% 77.1% 77.1% Calgary Deep South 81.1% 83.8% 61.9% Calgary Downtown 77.6% 82.8% 68.6% Calgary East 65.2% 77.9% 57.2% Calgary North Central 79.8% 83.2% 70.0% Calgary North of McKnight 74.2% 81.3% 63.9% Calgary Northwest 80.3% 87.4% 64.6% Calgary South Central 76.7% 81.7% 64.4% Calgary Southwest 79.8% 84.9% 47.6% Calgary West 83.7% 85.3% 80.6%

Language & Thinking Skills

Developing Highest Lowest Appropriately Community (%) Community (%) Alberta 76.8% 89.6% 45.6% Calgary 78.3% 86.1% 64.1%

Developing Highest Lowest Appropriately Subcommunity (%) Subcommunity (%) Calgary Bowness Montgomery 67.6% 67.6% 67.6% Calgary Deep South 82.1% 85.3% 72.6% Calgary Downtown 82.9% 91.3% 77.5% Calgary East 66.0% 71.8% 58.8% Calgary North Central 80.1% 83.5% 65.0% Calgary North of McKnight 64.1% 70.2% 51.2% Calgary Northwest 84.1% 87.8% 76.0% Calgary South Central 79.6% 90.6% 72.5% Calgary Southwest 84.3% 89.9% 80.3% Calgary West 86.1% 88.5% 73.7%

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Communication Skills & General Knowledge

Developing Highest Lowest Appropriately Community (%) Community (%) Alberta 68.6% 90.6% 29.5% Calgary 68.9% 75.7% 52.1%

Developing Highest Lowest Appropriately Subcommunity (%) Subcommunity (%) Calgary Bowness Montgomery 59.8% 59.8% 59.8% Calgary Deep South 75.6% 80.2% 68.4% Calgary Downtown 75.7% 93.8% 56.7% Calgary East 52.1% 63.4% 40.6% Calgary North Central 69.9% 79.2% 55.0% Calgary North of McKnight 53.9% 61.1% 42.6% Calgary Northwest 74.5% 87.5% 67.7% Calgary South Central 70.2% 77.4% 57.4% Calgary Southwest 75.7% 86.1% 68.2% Calgary West 75.1% 85.3% 67.1%

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9 City of Calgary of City City of Calgary 10 Community Resources Community resources summary This is a list of the community resources accessed by Calgary’s ten communities both within and outside their boundaries as identified by Calgary coalitions using an ECMap template. Further research is being done on these resources. # of resources mapped Resource type 2040 Other ECD parks; recreation; or community centre asset 1829 Park or trail 1095 Playground 430 Schools 243 Other early learning and care asset 191 Playschool/Preschool 187 Licensed day care centre 185 Spiritual centre 179 Licensed family day homes 154 Community hall or community league facility 95 Child- or family-serving agency or organization 82 Other ECD asset 67 Physician office only 65 Other ECD arts; music and culture asset 52 Food support 45 Other ECD health asset 45 Other medical practitioner office 42 Disability organizations 38 Community health centre or public health centre 37 Recreation centre or community centre 30 Cultural/ethnic group organization or facility 26 Other child- and family-serving asset 25 Library 21 Child and Family Services Authority (CFSA) 20 Art gallery or museum 16 Head Start/Pre-Kindergarten 13 Portable ECD arts; music and culture asset 9 Low income/poverty family support 9 Parent Link Centre 8 Hospital 8 Organizations providing services primarily for women 7 Live performance space 6 Settlement agency or other immigrant/refugee/newcomer organization 5 First Nations; Inuit and/or Métis organization 4 Addiction services centre 4 Mental health services centre 4 Portable ECD early learning and care 3 Other ECD religious or spiritual asset 2 Housing support 2 Portable ECD parks; recreation or community centre asset 1 LGBTQ organization 1 Nursery schools 1 Other ECD marginalized community support asset 1 Portable child- and family-serving asset 1 Delegated First Nation Agencies 7328 Total

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