Calgary
city in Alberta, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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Calgary | |
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City of Calgary | |
Nicknames: | |
Motto: Onward | |
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
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• Mayor | Naheed Nenshi |
• Manager | David Duckworth[4] |
• MPs | List of MPs
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• MLAs | List of MLAs
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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[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 |
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For other uses, see Calgary (disambiguation).