Calgary

Calgary is the biggest city in Alberta, Canada. More than 1,000,000 people live in the city. It is in the southern half of Alberta, near the Rocky Mountains.

Calgary
City
City of Calgary
From top, left to right: Downtown Calgary skyline, Stephen Avenue, Lougheed House, Olympic Plaza, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Calgary Stampede Rodeo.
Nicknames:  The Stampede City, Cowtown, Mohkínstsis, Wichispa Oyade, Guts'ists'i more...[1][2]
Motto:  Onward
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Coordinates: 51°02′51″N 114°03′45″W
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Calgary Metropolitan Region
Census division	6
Adjacent municipal districts	Rocky View County and Foothills County
Founded	1875
Incorporated[3]
• Town	November 7, 1884
• City	January 1, 1894
Named for	Calgary, Mull
Government
• Body	Calgary City Council Gian-Carlo Carra Harnirjodh Singh Chahal Sean Chu Diane Colley-Urquhart Jeff Davison Peter Demong Jeromy Farkas Druh Farrell Jyoti Gondek Ray Jones Shane Keating Joe Magliocca Ward Sutherland Evan Woolley
• Mayor	Naheed Nenshi
• Manager	David Duckworth[4]
• MPs	List of MPs Bob Benzen (C) Jasraj Hallan (C) Pat Kelly (C) Tom Kmiec (C) Stephanie Kusie (C) Ron Liepert (C) Greg McLean (C) Michelle Rempel (C) Jag Sahota (C) Len Webber (C)
• MLAs	List of MLAs Mickey Amery (UCP) Joe Ceci (NDP) Jason Copping (UCP) Mike Ellis (UCP) Tanya Fir (UCP) Kathleen Ganley (NDP) Richard Gotfried (UCP) Whitney Issik (UCP) Matt Jones (UCP) Jason Kenney (UCP) Jason Luan (UCP) Ric McIver (UCP) Nicholas Milliken (UCP) Demetrios Nicolaides (UCP) Jeremy Nixon (UCP) Prasad Panda (UCP) Josephine Pon (UCP) Irfan Sabir (NDP) Sonya Savage (UCP) Rajan Sawhney (UCP) Rebecca Schulz (UCP) Doug Schweitzer (UCP) Tyler Shandro (UCP) Peter Singh (UCP) Devinder Toor (UCP) Muhammad Yaseen (UCP)
Area  (2016)[5][6]
• Land	825.56 km2 (318.75 sq mi)
• Urban	586.08 km2 (226.29 sq mi)
• Metro	5,110.21 km2 (1,973.06 sq mi)
Elevation	1,045 m (3,428 ft)
Population  (2016)[5][6]
• City	1,239,220
• Estimate  (2020)	1,361,852[7]
• Density	1,501.1/km2 (3,888/sq mi)
• Urban	1,237,656
• Urban density	2,111/km2 (5,470/sq mi)
• Metro	1,392,609 (4th)
• Metro density	272.5/km2 (706/sq mi)
• Municipal census (2019)	1,285,711[8]
Demonym	Calgarian
Time zone	UTC−07:00 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−06:00 (MDT)
Forward sortation areas	T1Y, T2A - T3S
Area code(s)	403, 587, 825
NTS Map	082O01
GNBC Code	IAKID
Major airport	Calgary International Airport (YYC)
Highways
Public transit	Calgary Transit
Waterways	Bow River, Elbow River, Glenmore Reservoir
GDP (Calgary CMA)	CA$101.1 billion (2016)[9]
GDP per capita (Calgary CMA)	CA$72,610 (2016)
Website	calgary.ca

For other uses, see Calgary (disambiguation).

Economy

There are many oil and gas businesses in Calgary, which has many skyscrapers.

Around Calgary there are many farms where cows are raised.

Climate

Calgary has a humid continental climate (Dfb in the Koeppen climate classification) and has long, cold, dry winters. The summers are warm and have moderate rainfall. Sometimes a wind called a chinook, blows through Calgary, and can make some winter days less cold.

Activities

Calgary has a famous event, the Calgary Stampede, every year. Many rides are rented, and a huge festival is there for the city to join. The Calgary Stampede is the largest rodeo in the world, and cowboys can win a lot of money there. Cowboys also race with chuckwagons, which are carts with four wheels that are pulled by horses.

In 1988, the Winter Olympics were held in Calgary.

Calgary has many museum like the Glenbow Museum and the Aero Space Museum. The Calgary Flames, an NHL ice hockey team, play in Calgary at Scotiabank Saddledome.

Media

Calgary Stations

CKAL Citytv

CFCN CTV Television Network

CICT Global Television Network

CTV Two

References

1. Eric Volmers (May 13, 2012). "Alberta's best in TV, film feted at Rosies". Calgary Herald. Postmedia Network. Archived from the original on June 17, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
2. Curtis Stock (July 7, 2009). "Alberta's got plenty of swing". Calgary Herald. Postmedia Network. Archived from the original on January 3, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
3. "Location and History Profile: City of Calgary" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. June 17, 2016. p. 15. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 25, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
4. "City Manager's Biography". City of Calgary. August 30, 2019. Archived from the original on August 6, 2020. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
5. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and population centres, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Archived from the original on February 11, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
6. "Population and dwelling counts, for census metropolitan areas, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Archived from the original on February 11, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
7. "Population estimates, July 1, by census subdivision, 2016 boundaries". 13 January 2022.
8. "2019 Census Results Released". City of Calgary. September 3, 2019. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
9. "Table 36-10-0468-01 Gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices, by census metropolitan area (CMA) (x 1,000,000)". Statistics Canada. January 27, 2017. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.