Advocating for seniors since 1974.

Trinity Place Foundation of Alberta (TPFA) was established in 1974 when we recognized a quickly increasing need for safe and affordable housing for seniors in Calgary’s inner city.

More than 40 years later, our not-for-profit organization is responsible for managing and developing seniors’ housing throughout the city. We are now Calgary’s largest provider of self-contained seniors’ housing and respond to the needs of a diverse clientele.

The majority of seniors we serve have low incomes. Some of our population includes previously marginalized individuals whose quality of life can benefit greatly from additional social supports. We often employ our creative and collaborative partnerships to initiate meaningful supports for our tenants. We address issues as they surface with the goal of supporting overall health and wellbeing, while reducing isolation and vulnerability.

TPFA is a recognized leader and advocate in seniors’ issues, and we have implemented many innovative programs to minimize the marginalization of low-income seniors and encourage healthy aging in the right place.

Our mission is to enrich the lives of low-income seniors in Calgary with innovative programs and services and with the effective stewardship of the homes we create and manage.

“We have excellent staff here. Hard working and look after us well.”

— Grace Garden Resident

We envision a society where people of limited means in their later years are invigorated and inspired by the community in which they live.

Our Values:

  • Compassion

  • Fairness & Equality

  • People

  • Individual Contributions

  • Community

  • Well-being

  • Self-Determination

  • Integrity

Trinity Place Foundation of Alberta is a Housing Management Body under the Alberta Housing Act. This means that we must follow the Alberta Housing Act and its regulations. As a landlord, we must also follow the Residential Tenancies Act and its regulations. Here are the links to these legislated authorities so you can learn more about the rules we must follow and how decisions are made for our Housing Management Body properties.

We are an organization created under the Alberta Societies Act

  • The purpose of this Act is to enable the efficient provision of a basic level of housing accommodation for persons who because of financial, social, or other circumstances require assistance to obtain or maintain housing accommodation. - Learn more

  • This regulation governs management bodies’ administration of social housing accommodation. Aspects governed include tenants’ responsibilities, tenancy agreements, transferring of households, vacancies and termination of tenancy. - Learn more

  • This regulation governs management bodies’ operations. Aspects governed include board duties and governance, business plan, operating budget, capital budget, borrowing, investments, property maintenance, etc. - Learn more

  • This regulation provides management bodies with direction regarding the application for social housing, setting of rent, and the eligibility for community, seniors’ self-contained and rural emergency housing accommodation. - Learn more

  • This act provides a framework for landlord and tenant relations in Alberta, setting minimum standards of conduct for both landlords and tenants. - Learn more

  • This regulation relates to rents, security deposits and terminations of tenancies for subsidized public housing. - Learn more

  • This act establishes the legislative framework for the Government of Alberta’s general policy on access to information and the protection of personal information in the public sector. It provides for public accountability through a right of access to records under the control of public bodies and mandates how a public body is to collect, use and disclose an individual’s personal information. - Learn more