About

Know your neighborhood
before you sign.

PickYourPlace helps homebuyers and real estate agents make smarter decisions with verified municipal data — property assessments, crime statistics, school access, and demographics — in Calgary, Vancouver, and Edmonton.

Our story

Built from experience.

The idea for PickYourPlace started in 2018 when co-founders were searching for a new home. Most real estate platforms focused on what was inside a property — bedrooms, bathrooms, square footage. But what mattered most was the surroundings: how safe is the neighborhood, how close are the schools, how accessible is transit.

A working prototype won recognition at an AWS-sponsored hackathon, with one commenter calling it "MVP of the year." After user interviews, a full technology rebuild, and months of late nights, version 1.0 launched in October 2024 covering Calgary. Vancouver followed shortly after.

Today, PickYourPlace combines AI-powered analysis with verified municipal data to give homebuyers and agents a complete picture of any neighborhood — not just the listing.

Our approach

Data first. Always.

Every number on PickYourPlace traces back to a verified source. Our AI generates insights, but always grounded in structured data — never hallucinated statistics.

775k+
Properties tracked

Assessed values from Calgary, Vancouver, and Edmonton municipal records, updated quarterly.

20+ yrs
Crime trend data

Incident-level statistics from Calgary Police Service and Vancouver Police Department.

310+
Neighborhoods scored

Each scored across 22 dimensions and ranked against city-wide averages.

Sources

Where our data comes from.

We ingest, normalize, and cross-reference data from official public sources across Canada.

Calgary AssessmentBC AssessmentCalgary Police ServiceVancouver Police DepartmentCensus CanadaOpenStreetMapCalgary Open DataVancouver Open Data

See it in action.

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