Calgary

City
	City of Calgary
	Flag of Calgary Flag
	Coordinates: 51°02′51″N 114°03′45″W / 51.04750°N 114.06250°WCoordinates: 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
• Town	November 7, 1884
• City	January 1, 1894
Named for	Calgary, Mull
Government
• Body	Calgary City Council
• Mayor	Naheed Nenshi
• Manager	David Duckworth
• MPs	List of MPs
• MLAs	List of MLAs
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 (2020)	1,361,852
• 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
Time zone	UTC−07:00 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−06:00 (MDT)
Forward sortation areas	T1Y, T2A - T3S
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)
GDP per capita (Calgary CMA)	CA$72,610 (2016)
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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.

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.