Find your people.
Over coffee.
CommonGrounds matches Albertans in small groups of 3–5 for casual coffee meetups — people in similar life situations, with shared interests, close to where you live.
✓ No credit card·✓ Platonic only·✓ Alberta-wide
Is this safe?
A fair question when the whole point is meeting people you don't know. Here is exactly how it works.
Every member confirms an email address
That's the honest extent of it today — we don't verify identity documents, and we won't claim otherwise. What we do control is the shape of the meetup.
Every meetup is in a public café
Never a home, never a private room. You get the venue name and address before you commit, and you can see who else is coming.
Reporting takes one tap, and a person reads it
Every profile and every message has a report option, and you can block someone outright — they stop seeing you and you stop seeing them, immediately.
Who runs this. I'm Byron — I built CommonGrounds in Calgary, on my own, because meeting people here as an adult is harder than anyone likes to admit.
Who it's for
Life changes. Your social circle can too.
CommonGrounds was built for the moments when your old social circles no longer fit — and you're ready for something real.
Retired
Starting an exciting new chapter with more time
Widowed
Rebuilding your social world after loss
Empty Nester
Kids have flown — it's your time now
New to Alberta
Just relocated and building your life here
New Canadian
Building community in your new home country
Just Want Friends
No major transition, just want to expand your circle
And many more — new parent, caregiver, health journey, returning student…
How it works
From sign-up to coffee in three steps
Simple, intentional, and takes under 4 minutes to set up
Tell us about yourself
Choose your age group, your current life situation, and the things you love to do. Takes under 4 minutes.
Get matched with a group
Every Sunday, our engine proposes groups of 3–5 people who share your situation and interests. You accept or pass.
Meet for coffee
We suggest a Calgary coffee shop near everyone's neighbourhood. One meetup, no pressure, real conversation.
Built for Alberta. Community by community.
From Kensington to Mahogany, Red Deer to Lethbridge — CommonGrounds knows Alberta's communities and suggests a café or pub close to everyone in your group.
Who this is for
The kind of thing we hear
Illustrations of who CommonGrounds is built for, not quotes from real members — we will not put words in anyone's mouth. Real stories go here once members offer them.
“Retired last year and suddenly realised how much of my social life was tied to work. I wanted a reason to get out of the house every week.”
“I was widowed and genuinely afraid I would never have close friends again. What I wanted was two or three people nearby, not a crowd.”
“Moved here for work and knew nobody. Three months in, what I was missing was a standing coffee and actual plans on a weekend.”
Our commitments
Safety and trust, by design
Platonic only
Strictly friendship. No romantic profiles, no ambiguity.
Safe & moderated
Photo review, content moderation, and easy reporting.
No last names shown
Privacy-first design — share only what you choose.
Your next great friendship
starts with coffee
Free, Alberta-wide, and genuinely focused on real connection — not engagement metrics.
Create your free profile →No credit card. No subscriptions. Just coffee.