| Official Name: | Sunalta |
| Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Calgary |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Sunalta in Calgary |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | City |
| Subdivision Type3: | Quadrant |
| Subdivision Name3: | SW |
| Subdivision Type4: | Ward |
| Subdivision Name4: | 8 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Title1: | Administrative body |
| Leader Name1: | Calgary City Council |
| Leader Title2: | Councillor |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1910 |
| Established Title2: | Annexed |
| Established Date2: | 1907 |
| Population As Of: | 2019 |
| Population Total: | 3239[1] |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Average Income |
| Population Blank1: | $32409 |
| Coordinates: | 51.0425°N -114.0994°W |
| Elevation M: | 1055 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | T3C |
| Website: | [2] |
Sunalta is a residential neighbourhood in the southwest quadrant of Calgary, Alberta.
It is located in the inner city, southwest of downtown Calgary, south of the Bow River, and both east and north of the community of Scarboro. It contains a balanced mix of single-family detached home, condominium and apartment buildings.
It is represented in the Calgary City Council by Ward 8 councilor Courtney Walcott, on a provincial level by Calgary-Currie MLA Janet Eremenko, and at federal level by Calgary Centre MP Greg McLean.
The community was established in 1910 on land annexed to the city of Calgary in 1907 and previously owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway. The community has an area redevelopment plan in place.[3]
Sunalta has C-Train service through the Sunalta LRT Station.
In the City of Calgary's 2021 municipal census, Sunalta had a population of living in dwellings[4] With a land area of 0.9km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[5]
Sunalta is a mixed income neighbourhood, with the 2021 median household income of $58,000, and 19% of Sunalta residents being low-income.[6] As of 2021, 31% of the residents were immigrants. A proportion of 85.8% of the buildings were condominiums or apartments, and 76% of the housing was used for renting.[7] 36% of Sunalta residents spent 30%+ of their incomes on housing, compared to the Calgary average of 23%.[8]
In the May 2023-May 2024 data period, Sunalta had a crime rate of 5.307/100, an increase from the previous data period.[9] [10]
This puts it at this comparison to other Calgary communities: Saddle Ridge (1.358/100), Whitehorn (1.741/100), Rundle (2.342/100), Brentwood (2.348/100), Acadia (2.542/100), Bowness (2.934/100), Shawnessy (3.296/100), Inglewood (3.438/100), Sunnyside (3.650/100), Marlborough (4.703/100), Southwood (5.147/100), Sunalta (5.307/100), Montgomery (5.483/100), Forest Lawn (6.528/100), Rosscarrock (7.049/100), Downtown Commercial Core (12.705/100), Downtown East Village (15.605/100), Manchester (43.368/100).
| 2018 | 8.8 /100 | |
| 2019 | 8.6 /100 | |
| 2020 | 7.0 /100 | |
| 2021 | 7.6 /100 | |
| 2022 | 6.0 /100 | |
| 2023 | 5.2 /100 |
The community is served by Sunalta Elementary public school and Sacred Heart Elementary school (also publicly funded.)