Make Calgary's community events readable by AI.
Citybook makes Calgary’s community events, local programming, and source-attributed business context readable by AI assistants and partner apps.
See what changesarrow_downwardThe Landscape
Every city is organized the same way.
Every city has the same building blocks — tourism boards, neighbourhood associations, sector groups, and thousands of independent businesses. Here's how Calgary is organized.
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restaurants, cafés, bars, and bakeries in 3 neighbourhoods alone
"...and this is just the food sector"
Each of these organizations publishes independently:
Today, none of this local knowledge reaches the AI tools that visitors and residents are already using.
Citybook changes that.
A Typical Search
What finding a weekend activity looks like today.
A parent in Bowness asks: "What can I do with my kids this weekend? They're 4 and 6."
They check the city website — it lists major festivals and civic events, nothing for this Saturday. They try the recreation centre — it shows registered programs, not drop-in activities. They scroll through three community Facebook groups — one posted a craft fair last Tuesday that's already over. They check the library website separately. Then the Calgary Zoo. Then Sport Calgary.
They head to the playground — not because there’s nothing to do, but because they couldn’t find it.
The events existed. A nature walk at Bowness Park. A free art workshop at the library. A family skate at the community rink. But no single place had them all.
The Contrast
Same question. Different answers.
"Where should I eat tonight in Beltline?"
Ten Foot Henry
Canadian (New) · $$$ · 4.5 stars
"Great food, nice atmosphere"
Generic category. No menu detail. No availability.
Ten Foot Henry
Vegetable-anchored sharing plates · Beltline
Style: Vegetable-anchored, sharing plates — order 3–4 dishes for two
Try: Roasted carrots with salsa macha, gochujang cauliflower
Hours: Daily 11am–11pm, brunch Sat–Sun until 2pm
Parties: Max 6 guests per table
"What's happening for kids in Calgary this weekend?"
Popular Family Attractions
Calgary Zoo, Telus Spark, Heritage Park
"Calgary Zoo — Family · 4.6 stars"
Permanent attractions. Nothing specific to this weekend.
Lilac Festival — Kids Zone
4th Street SW · Sunday 10am–6pm
When: Sunday 10am–6pm — 4th St SW between 12th Ave and Elbow Dr
Admission: Free
Kids Zone: 18th Ave & 4th St — interactive entertainment and creative experiences
Festival: 500+ vendors, live music stages, food vendors
"I need a dog daycare near 17th Ave that accepts shy dogs."
PAWS Dog Daycare
Dog Daycare · 4.8 stars · Calgary, AB T3C 0L7
"Love this place! Great with my dog."
Star rating. No availability, no services, no pricing.
PAWS Dog Daycare
1313 16 Avenue SW · 17th Avenue BRZ
Intake: Specializes in slow introductions for shy dogs
Availability: 3 daycare spots open tomorrow
Features: Kennel-free, outdoor potty breaks, daily pack walks
Specialty: Free Intro Day — free temperament assessment on first visit
Website: pawsdogdaycare.ca
One is a search result. The other is a concierge. The gap between them is what Citybook fills.
The Update Path
Why updates take so long to reach people.
A restaurant changes its menu. Here's how long it takes that information to reach a tourist.
Update website
1 day
Update Google Business
2–3 days to propagate
Update Yelp listing
manual, often forgotten
Update TripAdvisor
manual, often forgotten
Hope AI scrapers notice
weeks to months
Tourist asks AI
gets stale data
Publisher shares an update
Citybook structures it
source-attributedFreshness and authorization status are tracked
freshnessPartner apps can query the current city layer
agent-readableOne source-attributed update. Freshness tracked before it reaches partner apps.
See It Live
What's happening in Calgary right now.
Real events, source-attributed data — structured and filterable. This is what it looks like when a city's programming is actually findable.
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Try It
Ask anything about Calgary.
Businesses, events, programs — ask a question and see what AI can answer when it has source-attributed local data.
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Try a suggested prompt or type your own question.
Demo uses sample data for illustration purposes. Responses may not reflect real-time availability.
How It Works
Three steps. That's it.
Businesses share what makes them different
Events, programs, hours, venues, and useful local details. However works best for the publisher: a feed, a form, an email, or a shared file.
Citybook labels source status
We structure it for agent queries, track freshness, and distinguish publisher-authorized data from public monitoring.
People get real answers
Citizens, visitors, and partner apps get answers that can cite local sources and reflect what is happening in the city.
Why It’s Different
A source-attributed data layer — not another listing site.
Google scrapes. Yelp caches. Citybook tracks source attribution, freshness, and publisher authorization status.
- Scraped from websites and reviews
- Cached — updates take days to weeks
- Business has limited control over what appears
- AI trains on stale snapshots
- Publisher-authorized where partners opt in; otherwise source-attributed with clear status
- Same-day targets where publisher feeds support them
- Publishers can correct, update, or remove their source records
- AI assistants and partner apps can query the structured city layer
Why Now
How people find things is changing.
Search behavior is shifting
Search usage is up 20%, but click-throughs are down 61%. People are getting answers directly from AI — before they ever visit a website. The audience is still there; they’re just finding information differently.
80% of AI users start here
80% of consumers who use AI now make it their first point of contact for complex decisions — restaurants, hotels, things to do. The cities whose data is in the AI are the ones getting recommended.
Early data gets embedded
Organizations that structure their data now get embedded into AI training datasets and default recommendations. The earlier your city’s businesses are in, the stronger their position.
We need the data Calgary already has.
The infrastructure is built. What’s missing is Calgary’s business and event data inside it. No procurement, no IT — just access to the directories and calendars that already exist.
The New Metric
Answer Share.
The metric that matters is shifting. Instead of keyword rankings, what counts now is Answer Share — how often your city’s businesses appear in AI-generated answers compared to competing destinations.
Today, Calgary’s Answer Share for “where to eat tonight” is dominated by the same five restaurants with the most Google reviews. Citybook changes the denominator — giving every business a structured voice that AI can hear.
Want Citybook for your city?
We are looking for Calgary publishers and civic partners for the YYC pilot. Non-Calgary publisher onboarding is waitlisted.
Pitch pages by organization
Calgary is the live pilot. Edmonton, Toronto, Vancouver, Banff, and Canmore are demo city surfaces while publisher onboarding is waitlisted.