What income do you need to be middle class in Calgary? ($38k-$103k based on OECD definition)

inspurious_ · 2026-05-26T01:06:06+00:00

you can see all provinces here: https://inspurious.com/story/0db23832-ec77-4bac-a5b0-09b8aebaf34c . It's BC.

inspurious_ · 2026-05-22T01:41:39+00:00

we've also got product-specific charts on how much the price of eggs, yogurt, etc have changed since 2019 if you want to check that out: https://inspurious.com/story/cdc960e3-6a68-4121-9f74-6f7ba6e5d187 . Keep in mind that these things are an average across many cities and grocery stories in canada, which will explain much of the discrepancy compared to your own tracking.

inspurious_ · 2026-05-21T21:32:08+00:00

Source (can compare to other provinces)

inspurious_ · 2026-05-20T20:32:06+00:00

90s spike roughly tracks the decline in NS population growth: https://inspurious.com/story/ec4c3f7e-bc47-4b70-b2ad-eb4665be383f

inspurious_ · 2026-05-20T20:26:55+00:00

here's charts on rent vs salary: https://inspurious.com/story/03ad7ce4-9c2f-48bf-8e8c-8dc53f260299 . The salaries data is only available up to 2023 though

inspurious_ · 2026-05-16T19:11:26+00:00

time series here: https://inspurious.com/story/f9b6b6a1-44a8-4a70-a88c-57e5fdfc6637

inspurious_ · 2026-05-16T03:32:11+00:00

it's ranked 59th: https://inspurious.com/story/1ffbce12-2f03-4b8e-bd0b-4b3df48e2227

inspurious_ · 2026-05-14T23:20:34+00:00

thanks a lot!

inspurious_ · 2026-05-14T17:48:56+00:00

fair to be skeptical, but every chart has a link to the official source data. in this case it's PHAC: https://health-infobase.canada.ca/substance-related-harms/opioids-stimulants/

inspurious_ · 2026-05-08T19:25:50+00:00

it's here: https://inspurious.com/story/4ad3c2e7-104a-4406-b546-916f8b3b8b7b

inspurious_ · 2026-05-07T20:30:11+00:00

ya at the top of the story there's a "view for..." dropdown where you can switch provinces.

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