72 Facts About Calgary Alberta

Calgary Alberta's economy includes activity in the energy, financial services, film and television, transportation and logistics, technology, manufacturing, aerospace, health and wellness, retail, and tourism sectors.

In 2015, Calgary Alberta had the highest number of millionaires per capita of any major Canadian city.

In 2022, Calgary Alberta was ranked alongside Zurich as the third most livable city in the world, ranking first in Canada and in North America.

Calgary Alberta was named after Calgary Alberta on the Isle of Mull, Scotland, United Kingdom.

In 2017, the Stoney Nakoda sent an application to the Government of Alberta, to rename Calgary as meaning "elbow town"; however, this was challenged by the Piikani Blackfoot.

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Calgary Alberta area was inhabited by pre-Clovis people whose presence has been traced back at least 11,000 years.

Calgary Alberta was a fur trader and surveyor and the first recorded European to visit the area.

The difficulty in crossing the river and the CPR's efforts to persuade residents resulted in the core of the Calgary Alberta townsite moving onto Section 15, with the fate of the old townsite sealed when the post office was anonymously moved across the icy Elbow River during the night.

Town of Calgary Alberta, 1884 turned out to be a success; however, two dark years lay ahead for the fledgling community.

Travis associated Clarke with the troubles he saw in Calgary Alberta and found him guilty, and sentenced Clarke to six months with hard labour.

Calgary Alberta continued to expand when real estate speculation took hold of Calgary Alberta in 1889.

Speculators began buying and building west of Centre Street and Calgary Alberta quickly began to sprawl west to the ire of property owners on the east side of town.

Property owners on both sides of Centre Street sought to bring development to their side of Calgary Alberta, lost successfully by east sider James Walker who convinced the Town Council to purchase land on the east side for a stockyard purposes, guaranteeing meat packing and processing plants would be constructed on the east side.

The economic conditions in Calgary Alberta began to deteriorate in 1892, as development in the downtown slowed, the streetcar system started in 1889 was put on hold and smaller property owners began to sell.

Finally on January 1,1894, Calgary Alberta was granted a Charter by the 2nd North-West Legislative Assembly, officially titled Ordinance 33 of 1894, the City of Calgary Alberta Charter elevated the frontier town to the status of a full-fledged city.

Calgary Alberta became the first City in the Northwest Territories, receiving its Charter a decade before Edmonton and Regina, the Calgary Alberta Charter would remain enforce until it was repealed with the Cities Act in 1950.

On September 1,1905, Calgary Alberta was proclaimed a province with a provisional capital in Edmonton, it would be left up to the Legislature to choose the permanent location.

However, the efforts by the community could not sway the government, and the University of Calgary Alberta was founded in the City of Strathcona, Premier Rutherford's home, which was amalgamated into the City of Edmonton in 1912.

Calgary Alberta was not to be left without higher education facilities as the provincial Normal School opened in the McDougall School building in 1905.

The Calgary Alberta Stampede has continued as a civic tradition for over 100 years, marketing itself as the "greatest outdoor show on earth", with Calgarians sporting western wear for 10 days while attending the annual parade, daily pancake breakfasts.

Consequently, by 1967, Calgary Alberta had more millionaires than any other city in Canada, and per capita, more cars than any city in the world.

In 1909 the upstart United Farmers of Calgary Alberta formed in Edmonton as a non-partisan lobbying organization to represent the interests of farmers.

Calgary Alberta was the first city in Canada to adopt PR for its city elections.

Calgary Alberta elected its MLAs through PR until 1956 and its councillors through PR until 1971, although mostly using instant-runoff voting, not STV, in the 1960s.

Calgary Alberta endured a six-year recession following the First World War, the rising unemployment rate from reduced manufacturing demand compounded with service men returned from Europe eager to seek work created economic and social unrest.

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Calgary Alberta had to wait another decade to have a sitting premier represent the city, when sitting Social Credit Premier William Aberhart moved from his Okotoks-High River to Calgary Alberta for the 1940 provincial election after his Okotoks-High River constituents almost successful in recalling the premier.

University of Calgary gained autonomy as a degree granting institution in 1966 with the passage of the Universities Act by the Alberta Legislature.

Calgary Alberta's population grew with the opportunity the oil boom brought, the 20-year period from 1966 to 1986 saw the population increase from 330,575 to 636,107.

Calgary Alberta was one of three finalists, opposed by the Swedish community of Falun and Italian community of Cortina d'Ampezzo.

Canada Olympic Park was built on the western outskirts of Calgary Alberta and hosted bobsled, luge, ski jumping and freestyle skiing.

Widespread flooding throughout southern Calgary Alberta, including on the Bow and Elbow rivers, forced the evacuation of over 75,000 city residents on June 21,2013, and left large areas of the city, including downtown, without power.

Calgary Alberta is located at the transition zone between the Canadian Rockies foothills and the Canadian Prairies.

Animals that can be found in and around Calgary Alberta include white-tail deer, coyotes, North American porcupines, moose, bats, rabbits, mink, weasels, black bears, raccoons, skunks, and cougars.

Several of Calgary Alberta's neighbourhoods were initially separate municipalities that were annexed by the city as it grew.

At the census metropolitan area level in the 2021 census, the Calgary Alberta CMA had a population of 1,481,806 living in 563,440 of its 594,513 total private dwellings, a change of 6.

Population of the City of Calgary Alberta according to its 2019 municipal census is 1,285,711, a change of 1.

Calgary Alberta was ranked first among the three cities in Canada that saw their population grow by more than 100,000 people between 2011 and 2016.

Calgary Alberta is recognized as a leader in the Canadian oil and gas industry, and its economy expanded at a significantly higher rate than the overall Canadian economy over the ten-year period from 1999 to 2009.

Calgary Alberta is a distribution and transportation hub with high retail sales.

Calgary Alberta's economy is decreasingly dominated by the oil and gas industry, although it is still the single largest contributor to the city's GDP.

In Canada, Calgary Alberta has the second-highest concentration of head offices in Canada, the most head offices per capita, and the highest head office revenue per capita.

Oil and gas company office spaces in downtown Calgary Alberta are subleasing 40 per cent of their overall vacancies.

Calgary Alberta was designated as one of the cultural capitals of Canada in 2012.

The Calgary Jube is the resident home of the Alberta Ballet Company, the Calgary Opera, and the annual civic Remembrance Day ceremonies.

Some large theatre companies shares the Arts Commons building in Calgary including One Yellow Rabbit, Theatre Calgary, and Alberta Theatre Projects.

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Calgary Alberta is the birthplace of the Theatresports, which are improvisational theatre games.

Calgary Alberta is home to a choral music community, including a variety of amateur, community, and semi-professional groups.

Calgary Alberta Ballet is the third largest dance company in Canada.

Under the artistic direction of Jean Grand-Maitre, the Calgary Alberta Ballet is at the forefront both at home and internationally.

Downtown Calgary Alberta is easily accessed using the CTrain transit system with 9 train stations in the city's downtown core.

Attractions in other areas of the city include the Heritage Park Historical Village, depicting life in pre-1914 Calgary Alberta and featuring working historic vehicles such as a steam train, paddle steamer and electric streetcar.

Calgary Alberta has multiple private sporting clubs including the Glencoe Club and the Calgary Alberta Winter Club.

In large part due to its proximity to the Rocky Mountains, Calgary Alberta has traditionally been a popular destination for winter sports.

Calgary Alberta is the hometown of the Hart wrestling family and the location of the Hart family "Dungeon", where the patriarch of the Hart Family, Stu Hart, trained numerous professional wrestlers including Superstar Billy Graham, Brian Pillman, the British Bulldogs, Edge, Christian, Greg Valentine, Chris Jericho, Jushin Thunder Liger and many more.

However, as Calgary Alberta's population has increased, so has the diversity of its politics.

City of Calgary Alberta is a municipal corporation with a council–manager government structure consisting of a fifteen-member Council elected every four years.

Calgary Alberta is currently split between 10 ridings in the House of Commons of Canada.

Federal riding of Calgary Alberta Heritage was held by former Prime Minister and CPC leader Stephen Harper.

Harper is the second Prime Minister to represent a Calgary riding; the first was R B Bennett from Calgary West, who held that position from 1930 to 1935.

Green Party of Canada has made inroads in Calgary Alberta, exemplified by results of the 2011 federal election where they achieved 7.

Canadian Forces Base Calgary Alberta was established as Currie Barracks and Harvie Barracks following the Second World War.

Calgary Alberta Transit provides public transportation services throughout the city with regular bus service, bus rapid transit, and light rail transit.

Calgary Alberta International Airport, in the city's northeast, is a major transportation and cargo hub for much of central and western Canada.

In July 2021, EllisDon signed a memorandum of understanding with the Government of Calgary Alberta to build the line, and it is expected to open sometime between 2030 and 2032.

Calgary Alberta is home to the Tom Baker Cancer Centre, the Grace Women's Health Centre, which provides a variety of care, and the Libin Cardiovascular Institute.

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The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Calgary operates in partnership with Alberta Health Services, by researching cancer, cardiovascular, diabetes, joint injury, arthritis and genetics.

Four largest Calgary Alberta hospitals have a combined total of more than 2,100 beds, and employ over 11,500 people.

Calgary Alberta has a number of unique schools, including the country's first high school exclusively designed for Olympic-calibre athletes, the National Sport School.

Publicly funded University of Calgary Alberta is a research university and is Calgary Alberta's largest degree-granting facility with an enrolment of 28,464 students in 2011.

Broadcasts stations serving Calgary Alberta include CICT 2, CFCN 4, CKAL 5, CBRT 9, CKCS 32, and CJCO 38.

City of Calgary Alberta maintains trade development programs, cultural and educational partnerships in twinning agreements with six cities:.

Calgary Alberta is one of nine Canadian cities, out of the total of 98 cities internationally, that is in the New York City Global Partners, Inc organization, which was formed in 2006 from the former Sister City program of the City of New York, Inc.