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Calgary
Also known as Calgary, Alberta, Calgary, AB, Calgary, Canada, City of Calgary
Calgary is the largest city in the Canadian province of Alberta. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, making Calgary the third-largest city (after Toronto and Montreal) and the fifth-largest metropolitan area in Canada.
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Calgary is the largest city in Alberta, Canada, and the country's third-largest city overall, with a population of over 1.3 million people as of 2021. It matters as a major urban center in Canada and serves as an important economic and cultural hub for the western part of the country.
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Place details
- Locality
- Calgary
- Region
- Alberta
- Country
- Canada
- Population
- 1,306,784
- Timezone
Travel guide
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thumb|250px|right|The African Savannah Building at the Calgary Zoo thumbnail|400px|Stampede Grandstand The pamphlet titled "Calgary attractions" has discount coupons for 14 tourist attractions. Some coupons are modest such as $1 off Calgary Tower admission, but others can be substantial such as 50% off a second admission to Heritage Park Historical Village. The pamphlet is available at the Tourism Calgary airport kiosk (arrival level) or in the ground floor lobby of the Calgary Tower.(Jun 2016)
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17th Avenue (in City Centre). 17 Avenue S between 14 Street SW and Macleod Trail SE is Calgary's best-known urban business street and a major venue for boutique shopping, bars, pubs and restaurants. Downtown (in City Centre). Includes Stephen (8th) Avenue pedestrian walk, Barclay Parade, and The Core Shopping Centre which contains approximately 160 retailers on four levels. Kensington Village (in Northwest). Centred on 10 Street NW and Kensington Road NW, Kensington is home to art galleries, fashion retailers, and antiques. Inglewood (in Southeast) Centred on 9 Avenue SE, east of the Elbow River, Inglewood is an urban shopping area and historic district that highlights are the coffee shops, art galleries, trendy clothiers, and upscale furniture shops. Chinook Centre (in Southwest). Calgary's largest indoor mall and one of the best shopping experiences in the city for variety and amount of retail shops. CrossIron Mills (in Northeast). This large indoor mall is in the neighbouring hamlet of Balzac, north of Calgary. Similar in format to other "mills" malls, it has many well-known stores and outlets as the first new enclosed mall to be built in the Calgary area in a generation. Market Mall (in Northwest). Calgary's second largest indoor mall. Southcentre Mall (in Southwest). Calgary's third largest indoor mall.
Calgary is also home to numerous farmers' markets such as the Calgary Farmers Market and Crossroads Market, both located in the Southeast.
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Calgary offers a wide variety of dining options. While Calgary doesn't have a single signature dish, residents are very proud of Alberta beef, and Calgarians are discerning customers of steakhouses. Speaking of beef, the popular Chinese-Canadian dish of ginger beef was invented in Calgary in the 1970s. Chocolaterie Bernard Callebaut (also called Cococo), winner of international awards for chocolate-making, is based in Calgary, with many stores in the city.
Calgary is also home to a very culturally diverse population, with a very wide selection of international restaurants, especially from East and Southeast Asia, and the Mediterranean from Italy through Lebanon. Calgary is, however, generally lacking in decent Mexican food, and the inland location means that a good meal of seafood is sometimes hard to find. The highest density of restaurants are located along 17th Avenue (Beltline), 4th Street (Mission), or Stephen (8th) Avenue - all located in the City Centre district.
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65 sectionsContents
- Origin of name
- History
- Early history
- Turmoil in 1885 and 1886 and the "Sandstone City"
- 1887 to 1900
- Turn of the 20th century
- Stampede City
- Early oil and gas
- Early politics 1910s to 1940s
- 1960s to 1970s
- 1970s and 1980s: economic boom and bust
- Olympic legacy
- 1990s to present
- Geography
- Flora and fauna
- Neighbourhoods
- Climate
- Demographics
- Ethnicity
- Religion
- Economy
- Arts and culture
- Stage
- Theatre
- Music
- Dance
- Film and television
- Print media
- Visual art
- Libraries
- Museums
- Festivals
- Arts education
- Attractions
- Sports and recreation
- Government
- Municipal politics
- Provincial politics
- Federal politics
- Crime
- Military
- Infrastructure
- Transportation
- Public transit
- Airports
- Pedestrian and cycling
- Skyway
- Roads and highways
- Rail
- Water infrastructure
- Bearspaw South Feeder Main failures
- Health care
- Education
- Primary and secondary
- Post-secondary
- Media
- Notable people
- International relations
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Citations
- Works cited
- Further reading
- External links
Calgary is the largest city in the Canadian province of Alberta. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, making Calgary the third-largest city (after Toronto and Montreal) and the fifth-largest metropolitan area in Canada.
Calgary is at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River in the southwestern portion of Alberta, in the transitional area between the Rocky Mountain Foothills and the Canadian Prairies. It is about east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies, south of the provincial capital, Edmonton, northwest of Medicine Hat, and approximately north of the Canada–United States border. The city anchors the south end of the Statistics Canada-defined urban area, the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor.
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