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Key facts
- Country
- Canada
- Province
- Alberta
- Region
- Calgary Metropolitan Region
- Municipal district
- Rocky View County
- Village
- September 10, 1909
- Town
- May 1, 1974
- City
- January 1, 1985
- Mayor
- Heather Spearman
- Governing body
- Airdrie City Council Ron Chapman Chris Glass Candice Kolson Simisola Obasan Kristen Shima Chad Stewart
- Manager
- Horacio Galanti
- Mp
- Blake Richards
- Mla
- Peter Guthrie , Angela Pitt
- Total
- 86.03 km (33.22 sq mi)
- Land
- 84.39 km (32.58 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 1,098 m (3,602 ft)
- Density
- 878.1/km (2,274/sq mi)
- Municipal census 2025
- 90,044
- Demonym
- Airdronian
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Encyclopedic overview
Airdrie (/ˈɛərdri/ AIR-dree) is a city in Alberta, Canada, located north of Calgary within the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor at the intersection of Queen Elizabeth II Highway (Highway 2) and Highway 567. The city is part of the Calgary census metropolitan area and is surrounded by Rocky View County. Airdrie has a population of around 90,000 people, making it the 5th largest city in Alberta, after Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge, and Red Deer.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Airdrie” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.