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💊Opening a Pharmacy in Calgary: a location research guide

Calgary — An energy-sector hub with downtown corporate density and growing inner-suburb retail. If you're thinking about opening a pharmacy here, the difference between the right block and the wrong block is often a 30% revenue swing in the first year. This guide walks through what to look at on the map before you sign a lease.

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What to look at on the map

For a pharmacy, the location factors that matter most are different from a generic retail store. When you scan Calgary on the interactive map, focus on these:

  • 🏠Residential density (500m)

    Residents within 800m walk.

  • 🤝Complementary businesses

    Adjacent clinic / hospital = referral flow.

  • ⚔️Direct competitors (1km)

    Other pharmacies within 500m split the market.

Where to look in Calgary

Calgary has several commercial districts where pharmacy businesses tend to cluster — useful both as starting points and as references for what "busy" looks like:

  • Downtown
  • Kensington
  • Inglewood
  • Mission
  • 17th Avenue

30 pharmacys mapped in Calgary

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  • London DrugsUnclaimed
    3545 32 Avenue NE
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  • London DrugsUnclaimed
    51.0168, -114.1616
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  • Varsity PharmacyUnclaimed
    402 Collegiate Boulevard NW·site
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  • Shoppers Drug MartUnclaimed
    51.1023, -114.0706·site
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  • Calgary Co-op Midtown PharmacyUnclaimed
    1130 11 Avenue SW
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  • Shoppers Drug MartUnclaimed
    51.0144, -114.1684·site
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  • Shoppers Drug MartUnclaimed
    50.9858, -114.0825·site
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  • The Medicine ShoppeUnclaimed
    5440 4 Street NW Calgary
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  • Shoppers Drug MartUnclaimed
    51.0744, -113.9848·site
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  • Shoppers Drug MartUnclaimed
    1323 Centre Street N Calgary·site
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  • Whitehorn PharmacyUnclaimed
    51.0879, -113.9806
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  • Medicine Centre PharmacyUnclaimed
    51.0878, -114.1578
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  • Safeway PharmacyUnclaimed
    1818 Centre Street N
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  • Shoppers Drug MartUnclaimed
    815 17 Avenue SW Calgary·site
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  • Shoppers Drug MartUnclaimed
    50.9786, -114.0606·site
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+ 15 more — see them all on the interactive map

Investment outlook

Before you commit, here's the real-world cost picture for a pharmacy:

¥30-100万 incl. regulated inventory.

Common rookie mistakes

The mistakes that sink first-time pharmacy owners aren't the ones you read about in startup blogs. The recurring ones are:

  • ⚠Licensing + pharmacist staffing requirements vary by country

Open the interactive map

Ready to scan Calgary block by block? Open the interactive map below — every hexagon is clickable for a per-block research breakdown.

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