The Calgary Parking Authority believes in this community and strives to make it better for Calgarians every single day.
The Calgary Parking Authority (CPA) is a team of professionals focused on building stronger communities by providing exceptional parking experiences. The CPA fulfills The City of Calgary’s parking mandates and implements the municipality’s parking policies by managing on- and off-street public parking facilities, enforcement programs and providing parking advisory services.
At the CPA, we manage the administration of the Residential Parking Permit program, municipal parking enforcement and the municipal Impound Lot. We also provide expert parking and enforcement advice to businesses, community groups and the provincial government.
Our team develops and operates leading-edge technology to provide parking services without using any municipal tax revenues. Our in-house application developers create agile options for our customers and clients. This allows us to pivot quickly and offer parking solutions that strive to exceed our customers’ expectations.
The approach we take to operate and plan for the future is recognized internationally. Each year we strive to deliver strong value to The City of Calgary and its citizens by being good stewards of public resources, offering a positive presence in the community and innovating to continually improve.
In July 2021, City Council made the decision to fully integrate the CPA into The City of Calgary as part of ongoing work to transform the organization under the Rethink to Thrive strategy.
This new structure will allow us to contribute to vibrant, safe and accessible communities by managing and administering parking resources as one City team, providing better value to citizens and the business community.
We are unique compared to other parking providers as our overall parking revenue is invested back into The City of Calgary which funds projects like recreation centres, pathways and libraries. We also support communities through the Parking Revenue Reinvestment Program which stipulates how parking payments are reinvested back into the areas they were collected from.
Parking impacts how all citizens live, work and play in our city, and is an important part of the overall transportation system. A well-designed parking system that manages available street space effectively will improve traffic flow and enhance street conditions whether you walk, wheel, drive or take transit. We will continue to modernize our parking technology and conduct sustainable parking operations to make life better every day for Calgarians.
