Last updated: September 2026
Global rank: Worldwide · 2026-09
#739,942
AI visibility: Grade D
59
SEO health: Latest audit
0
Visits
1.0K
per month, estimated
Keywords
975
ranking in Google
Organic share
100%
1.0K organic visits
LLMS.txt
Published
81 lines AI engines can read
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calgaryjournal.ca Company Profile
Calgary Journal is an independent digital news outlet that has been covering the city’s neighborhoods, politics, and culture since the mid-2000s. The publication focuses on hyper-local reporting that larger dailies often overlook, giving readers a deeper look at city council decisions, community events, and the people shaping Calgary’s future. Its newsroom produces daily articles on everything from municipal election…
Calgary Journal was founded in 2006, about 20 years ago, and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada. Its workforce is listed as between 11 and 50 employees. Its profile files it under Media, Entertainment & Gaming, with further tags for Local News, Digital Journalism and Fact Checking. Total funding on record is Bootstrapped. Its tagline reads: "Local stories that matter to Calgarians".
- Sector
- Media, Entertainment & Gaming
- Headquarters
- Calgary, Canada
- Founded
- 2006
- Employees
- 11-50
- Revenue
- Not Disclosed
- Funding
- Bootstrapped
calgaryjournal.ca Web Traffic Statistics
Key findings
- Calgary Journal (Media, Entertainment & Gaming) is ranked #739,942 worldwide in our September 2026 domain ranking, down 110,872 places from #629,070 in August 2026.
- It is estimated to receive about 1,047 visits a month from search, 100% of it organic, across 975 ranking keywords.
- Its AI visibility score is 59 out of 100 (grade D), with a published llms.txt of 81 lines.
- Its last technical audit scored 0/100.
| Month | Rank | Move |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | #739,942 | ▼ 110,872 |
| August 2026 | #629,070 | ▼ 7,620 |
| July 2026 | #621,450 | ▲ 19,651 |
| June 2026 | #641,101 | — |
| May 2026 | #641,101 | ▲ 94,709 |
| April 2026 | #735,810 | ▲ 166,123 |
| March 2026 | #901,933 | ▼ 17,996 |
| February 2026 | #883,937 | — |
What this company does
Calgary Journal is an independent digital news outlet that has been covering the city’s neighborhoods, politics, and culture since the mid-2000s. The publication focuses on hyper-local reporting that larger dailies often overlook, giving readers a deeper look at city council decisions, community events, and the people shaping Calgary’s future. Its newsroom produces daily articles on everything from municipal election…
calgaryjournal.ca Traffic and Visitor Engagement
calgaryjournal.ca draws an estimated 1,047 visits a month from search engines. Effectively all of it is organic — about 1,047 visits from unpaid results. Spread across 975 ranking keywords, that averages roughly 1.1 organic visits per keyword.
Monthly visits
1.0K
Latest estimate
Change
No monthly history yet
It starts building from the first scan
Organic visits
1.0K
100% of all traffic
Paid visits
0
No paid search detected
Organic vs paid
100%
0%
We don't hold a month-by-month history for this domain yet.
The traffic dashboard builds one from the first scan onwards.
calgaryjournal.ca AI Visibility
On our AI visibility scale calgaryjournal.ca earns 59 of 100 points, a grade D. It takes full marks for LLMS.txt. The biggest gap is SEO health, at 0 of 20 points (0/100), worth 20 points if closed. It also loses points on Crawlability (0/10), Company profile (19/25) and Structured data (0/5).
Grade D
Scored from this domain's own data — llms.txt, profile completeness, technical health, crawlability and structured data.
Present
6/8 core fields
0/100
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calgaryjournal.ca LLMS.txt
The llms.txt on calgaryjournal.ca runs to 81 lines (5,067 characters) across 12 sections, last generated in May 2026. It introduces the site as "Calgary Journal". It tells AI engines the business works in Media, Entertainment & Gaming; Local News; and Digital Journalism. It describes 5 products, with prices such as Daily News Feed at Free, Calgary Votes 2025 Hub at Free and Fact Check Reports at Free. Services it lists include Local Advertising, Student Internship Program, Community Event Coverage and Newsletter Sponsorship. The audience it names is Urban professionals, students, and engaged citizens in Calgary, aged 25-54 (Calgary, Alberta). Technologies it mentions include WordPress, Google Analytics and Cloudflare. The keywords it claims start with "calgary news", "local journalism", "city council" and "community stories".
Status
Published
AI engines can read it
Lines
81
In the file
Size
5.1K
Characters
Sections
12
Updated May 16, 2026
What the file says
# Calgary Journal ## About Calgary Journal is an independent digital news outlet that has been covering the city’s neighborhoods, politics, and culture since the mid-2000s. The publication focuses on hyper-local reporting that larger dailies often overlook, giving readers a deeper look at city council decisions, community events, and the people shaping Calgary’s future. Its newsroom produces daily articles on everything from municipal elections and transit projects to arts festivals and small-business openings. The team also runs a dedicated fact-checking desk that verifies claims made by local politicians and public officials. In addition to straight news, the Journal publishes long-form features that explore issues such as housing affordability, Indigenous relations, and the city’s changing energy sector. Readers can sign up for free newsletters that deliver the top stories straight to their inbox each morning. The site’s clean, mobile-friendly design makes it easy for commuters to catch up while riding the CTrain or waiting for a bus. Advertising from local retailers, restaurants, and service providers helps keep the operation sustainable without a paywall. The Journal also partners with Mount Royal University’s journalism program, offering students real-world reporting experience and internships. Over the years it has earned several provincial and national awards for commu
Sections in the file
Areas of work
Keywords it claims
Technologies
Products it tells AI about
- Daily News FeedFree
- Calgary Votes 2025 HubFree
- Fact Check ReportsFree
- Weekly NewsletterFree
- Arts & Entertainment GuideFree
Services it tells AI about
- Local AdvertisingContact for rates
- Student Internship ProgramUnpaid / Academic credit
- Community Event CoverageContact for rates
- Newsletter SponsorshipContact for rates
Competitors it names
Audience it targets
Urban professionals, students, and engaged citizens in Calgary · 25-54 · Calgary, Alberta
Company type
Private
calgaryjournal.ca Organic Keywords
Google lists calgaryjournal.ca for about 975 keywords, which together bring an estimated 1,047 organic visits a month.
Ranking keywords
975
Found in Google for this domain
Visits they bring
1.0K
Estimated organic visits a month
Top ranking keywords
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What it ranks for
calgaryjournal.ca SEO Audit
The latest technical audit of calgaryjournal.ca scored 0 out of 100 overall. The audit makes 12 recommendations in all.
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calgaryjournal.ca Competitors and Alternatives
Calgary Journal's company profile names Calgary Herald, CBC Calgary, Global News Calgary and The Globe and Mail as competitors. Its own llms.txt adds cbc.ca/calgary, globalnews.ca/calgary, metronews.ca/calgary and calgarysun.com. Outside its market, the domains ranked closest to it in our worldwide ranking are bydom.by, darik.news, radix.website and chinesefolklore.org.cn.
calgaryjournal.ca Traffic by Country
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