Calgary

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

Calgary
City
City of Calgary
From top, left to right: Downtown Calgary skyline, Lougheed House, Stephen Avenue, Olympic Plaza, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Calgary Stampede Rodeo.
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Nicknames:  Cowtown, Stampede City, Mohkínstsis more...
Motto(s):  Onward
Calgary Location of Calgary Calgary Calgary (Canada) Calgary Calgary (North America)
Coordinates: 51°03′N 114°04′W
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Calgary Metropolitan Region
Census division	6
Founded	1875
Incorporated
• Town	November 7, 1884
• City	January 1, 1894
Named for	Calgary, Mull
Government
• Mayor	Naheed Nenshi
• Governing 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
• Manager	Jeff Fielding
• 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 (UC) 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)
• 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)
• City	1,239,220
• Estimate  (2019)	1,335,145
• 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
Demonym(s)	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
Highways	1, 1A, 2, 2A, 8, 22X, 201, 772
Waterways	Bow River, Elbow River, Glenmore Reservoir
GDP	US$ 97.9 billion
GDP per capita	US$ 69,826
Website	Official website

For other uses, see Calgary (disambiguation).

Economy

There are many oil and gas businesses in Calgary. There are many skyscrapers in the City.

Around Calgary there are many farms where cows are raised.

Climate

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

Activities

Calgary has a famous event called The Calgary Stampede every year. They rent many rides and have a huge festival for the city to join. The Calgary Stampede is the largest rodeo in the world. At the Stampede, cowboys can win a lot of money. Cowboys also race with chuckwagons at the Stampede. Chuckwagons are carts with four wheels pulled by horses. In 1988, the Winter Olympics were held in Calgary.

Calgary has many museums, such as 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

CBRT CBC

CFCN CTV Television Network

CICT Global Television Network

CTV Two