Canmore’s residents and visitors are the heart and soul of the community.   With a rich mining past, an active and adventurous spirit in the present, and a future full of potential, the Social Fabric is an essential part of the Canmore experience.

Social Fabric, according to the community’s Mining the Future vision means that “We are proud of our history as a close-knit, supportive and caring community, and we envision a future in which Canmore’s social fabric remains as tightly woven as in the past. We believe that embracing diversity, and managing our community in ways that support diversity, is the means to creating and maintaining a strong social fabric. To maintain that fabric’s strength – woven from the warp and weft of different people of all ages and backgrounds, family make-up, income levels, values, and interests – we will need to not only support current practices and policies that keep people here who are already in the community, but discover and implement new practices and policies as well.”

The items to the left are some of our most significant social initiatives to date.

• Comprehensive Housing Action Plan
• Fair Trade Community