Calgary

Alberta, a province in western Canada, is home to Calgary. The city is one of the largest cities in Canada by population as of 2021, with 1,306,784 residents, and the metropolitan area had 1,481,806 inhabitants.

Calgary is located at the confluence of the Bow and Elbow rivers in the southern part of the province, in the area that separates the Canadian Prairies from the Rocky Mountain Foothills, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) east of the Canadian Rockies' front ranges, about 299 kilometers (186 miles) south of Edmonton, and about 150 kilometers (240 km) north of the U.S. border. The Calgary-Edmonton Corridor, as defined by Statistics Canada, has the city as its southernmost anchor.

The energy, financial services, film and television, logistics, transportation, technology, manufacturing, aerospace, health and wellness, retail, and tourism industries are all active in Calgary. Among the 800 largest firms in Canada, the Calgary Metropolitan Region is home to the second-highest number of corporate head offices. Of all the major Canadian cities in 2015, Calgary has the greatest per-capita number of millionaires. Calgary was ranked top in Canada and North America in 2022 and tied for third place overall with Zürich in terms of livability. As the first Canadian city to hold the Olympic Winter Games, it did so in 1988.

Population: 1,306,784