Calgary Transit Ridership by Fare Type and Demographic Group

Monthly and yearly ridership data for Calgary Transit, broken down by fare product and passenger demographic. The dataset includes counts for adult, youth, senior, low-income, and other fare types such as single rides, monthly passes, and U-Pass. It is published by data.calgary.ca and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze seasonal ridership trends by comparing Adult Ridership and Youth Ridership across different Months and Years.
• Model the adoption of subsidized fare programs by tracking Low Income Monthly Pass Ridership and Seniors Low Income Pass Ridership over time.
• Forecast revenue streams by correlating Adult Monthly Pass Ridership with Adult Cash-Single Ticket Ride Ridership and Adult Book of Tickets Ridership.
• Evaluate the impact of specific programs like the U-Pass or Airport BRT by analyzing U-Pass Ridership and Airport BRT Ridership - Total Trips.

Strengths

• Granular breakdown with over 25 columns for different fare types and demographics.
• Includes temporal columns for Month and Year enabling time-series analysis.
• Data is actively maintained, with a last update date in 2026.

Limitations

• Unknown total row count and dataset size limits assessment of statistical power.
• Lacks geographic granularity (e.g., route or station-level data) for spatial analysis.
• Sample data unavailable prevents verification of data structure and null value patterns.

Provenance

Source

data.calgary.ca

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Calgary, Alberta, Canada