From the Office of the Mayor

How City Council balances budgets is critical to maintaining the right investments into the core services and key projects that directly impact the lives of Calgarians. It’s my job as Mayor to lead a City Council that can respond to the needs of Calgarians now and for the future – that’s why we choose to invest in the infrastructure, systems, and ideas that will provide long-term success for Calgary.  My...

While I was excited about all of Calgary’s potential when running for Mayor in 2021, I also reminisced on everything I’ve known this City to be since I first moved here. Coming to Calgary in 1997, it was clear the City was thriving, with both opportunity and optimism. I want all Calgarians, whether you’ve lived here your whole life or just made this City home, to experience those feelings.  After...

City Council functions like a board of directors for a very large corporation, with a current annual budget of $4.6 billion and more than 17,000 municipal workers serving 1.5 million citizens. Every four years, the voices of Calgarians shape the future direction of the city when they elect Councillors and a Mayor who collaboratively set policies, pass bylaws, and approve a four-year budget which is reviewed annually for necessary adjustments....

While many of us know Jyoti as Calgary’s Mayor, her story starts when she was born in the U.K, and at the age of four, she and her family immigrated to Canada. Settling first in Winnipeg and then moving to smaller towns in Manitoba, she experienced the typical childhood growing up in the prairies, playing basketball, curling with jam cans, and skating on ponds. Jyoti’s family was one of the...