Calgary, Alberta

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The pronunciation of Calgary: KAL-guh-ree

The city of Calgary is 3,560 feet [1,085.09 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Calgary lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Texas has a community that is also named Calgary.

At the time of the 2006 StatCan Census, Calgary had a population of 988,193 people ^<2>. This is an increase of 12.42% since the previous Census (with 879,003 people in 2001).

With 988,193 people, Calgary represented 30.03% of the total population of Alberta, making it the province's most populous community.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

Community	Direction	Distance ^<3>	2006 Population	Change Since 2001
Airdrie	N	12 mi [19.31 km]	28,927	41.75% increase
Balzac	N	9 mi [14.48 km]	---
Chestermere	E	11 mi [17.7 km]	9,564	148.03% increase
Cochrane	NW	17 mi [27.36 km]	13,760	14.28% increase
Conrich	E	9 mi [14.48 km]	---
Delacour	E	14 mi [22.53 km]	---

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Calgary.

Websites for Calgary

Official Website:	www.calgary.ca/

Chamber of Commerce:	www.calgarychamber.com/

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For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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Footnotes

<1>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Calgary - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation
<2>	Unless noted otherwise, the population counts we use are estimates. Our population values come different sources and should not be considered official. - Return to Citation
<3>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Calgary and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation

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Last Modified: 06 Nov 2009