Will you run out of candy? This map forecasts how many trick-or-treaters will come to your door
Northeast Calgary, Sunnyside and Hillhurst are among areas with most trick-or-treaters
Which Calgary neighbourhoods can expect to get the most ghosts, ghouls, Wonder Women and clowns at their doors this Halloween? A data analyst has mapped his forecasts to help you be sure you don't run out of candy Tuesday night.
Former Calgary resident and data analyst Jens Von Bergmann has taken census data to add up all the trick-or-treating aged kids by neighbourhood.
"For trick-or-treating in Calgary, if you're looking for where most of the action happens, the northeast definitely has quite a high density of kids," he told the Calgary Eyeopener.
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You can also expect lots of visitors in the condo developments in downtown and in the far south and northwest around the edges of Calgary, said Von Bergmann, who is the CEO of software analysis company Mountain Math.
Sunnside and Hillhurst are also among the areas with the highest projected trick-or-treaters.
Find out how many trick-or-treaters to expect in your Calgary neighbourhood on Halloween in the map below. Click to find out more but the darker the colouring, the higher the density of trick-or-treating aged children in the neighbourhood:
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He got the idea from Statistics Canada, which released the number of all trick-or-treat aged children across the country a few years go.
'Get to know your neighbourhood'
He decided to break that population down by neighbourhood and map it, so people can use the information to plan their candy buying — or even where to go for the most Halloween fun.
"I would like to discourage driving across town for trick-or-treating," Von Bergmann said.
"It's really an opportunity to get to know your neighbourhood."
On Tuesday night, he'll be heading out himself with his seven-year-old son in their Vancouver neighbourhood — and they'll know just where to go.
With files from the Calgary Eyeopener