Calgary | |
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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: | |
Motto: Onward | |
Coordinates: 51°02′51″N 114°03′45″W / 51.04750°N 114.06250°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 | |
• Mayor | Naheed Nenshi |
• Manager | David Duckworth[4] |
• MPs | List of MPs |
• MLAs | List of MLAs |
Area | |
• 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 | |
• City | 1,239,220 |
• Estimate (2020) | 1,361,852[8] |
• 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[7] |
Demonym | Calgarian |
Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
Forward sortation areas | |
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 |
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.
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