Calgary

103, 801 Manning Road NE Calgary, AB T2E 7M8
P. 403-235-5305

Location Information:

Calgary is centrally located in the province of Alberta, Canada. The city lies 780 kilometres east of Vancouver, a little over 280 kilometres south of Edmonton, and just over 200 kilometres north of the U.S. border.

Calgary is situated in the foothills of Alberta's Rocky Moutains at the junction of the bow and Elbow Rivers. The altitude of Calgary is 1139 meters (3740 feet) above sea level. The city covers an area of 722 sq. kilometres (278 sq. mi.) which includes over 7822 hectares of parklands.

Calgary is easy to reach from anywhere. The Trans Canada Highway passes right through the city, linking Calgary easily from the rest of Canada. There is also good highway access from the United States. Long-distance bus services serve Calgary with good connections from all over North America. There is no scheduled rail service to Calgary, although the Rocky Mountaineer Railway tour does serve the city in the summer. Calgary has a major international airport with service from all major Canadian and US cities, Europe and Japan. There are connector flights to Calgary from many of the smaller regional airports in Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan.

Time Zone:

Calgary is located in the Mountain Time zone (GMT -7).

Population:

Calgary is the third largest civic municipality, by population, in Canada. As of the 2007 civic census, Calgary's population was 1,019,942. The metropolitan population (CMA) was 1,079,310 in 2006, making Greater Calgary the fifth largest Census Metropolitan Area in the country.

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