Calgary Metropolitan Region
Metropolitan area
Downtown Calgary skyline
Member municipalities of the Calgary Metropolitan Region Board
Location of the region in Alberta
Coordinates:51°0′N114°0′W / 51.000°N 114.000°W /51.000; -114.000
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Area  (2016)[1]
• CMA	5,107.55 km2 (1,972.04 sq mi)
Population  (2024)[2]
• CMA	1,778,881
• CMA density	272.5/km2 (706/sq mi)
GDP
• CMA	CA$103 billion (2020)[3]
Time zone	UTC-7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
Area codes	403,587, 825, 368

TheCalgary Metropolitan Region (CMR), also known asGreater Calgary orMetro Calgary is a conglomeration of municipalities centred onCalgary, thelargest city inAlberta.

With the Government of Alberta's establishment of the Calgary Metropolitan Region Board (CMRB) in 2017, the CMR's boundaries were legislated to include the City of Calgary,Foothills County to the south,Rocky View County to the west, north, and east, and a western portion ofWheatland County further to the east.^[4] Also within these boundaries are the cities ofAirdrie andChestermere, seven towns:Cochrane,Crossfield,Diamond Valley,High River,Irricana,Okotoks, andStrathmore, two villages:Beiseker andLongview, and twoFirst Nations communities:Tsuu T'ina 145 andEden Valley 216. Not all of these, however, are administrative members of the CMRB.

The Calgarycensus metropolitan area (CMA) as delineated byStatistics Canada is smaller than the CMR. The Calgary CMA includes Calgary, Rocky View County, Airdrie, Beiseker, Chestermere, Cochrane, Crossfield, Irricana, and Tsuu T'ina 145.

The Calgary Metropolitan Region is a major transportation hub forsouthern Alberta,Saskatchewan, easternBritish Columbia, and parts of the northernUnited States. It is home to theCalgary International Airport, the fourth busiest airport in Canada in terms of total aircraft movements.^[5]

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The Calgary CMA, as defined by Statistics Canada, includes the following nine municipalities:^[6][7][8]

• three cities (Airdrie, Calgary andChestermere);
• one municipal district (Rocky View County, which includesLangdon – the CMA'slargest hamlet);
• three towns (Cochrane,Crossfield, andIrricana);
• one village (Beiseker); and
• one First Nations reserve (Tsuu T'ina Nation, which includes the Townsite ofRedwood Meadows).

In the2011 Census, the Calgary CMA had a population of 1,214,839 living in 464,001 of its 488,451 total dwellings, a 12.6% change from its 2006 population of 1,079,310, making it the largest CMA in Alberta and thefourth largest in Canada. With a land area of 5,107.55 km² (1,972.04 sq mi), it had a population density of 237.9 people per square kilometre in 2011.^[9]

Also in terms of area, the Calgary CMA makes up approximately 40% of Statistics Canada'sDivision No. 6 in Alberta.^[10][11] The balance of Division No. 6 includes thecensus consolidated subdivisions of the MD of Foothills No. 31 to the south andMountain View County to the north.^[12]

Foothills County and the municipalities within are often considered as part of Calgary's metropolitan area due to, among other things, the MDs shared boundary with the City of Calgary and the bedroom community nature of towns like Okotoks, High River, and Diamond Valley

The question on knowledge of languages allows for multiple responses. The following figures are from the2021 Canadian Census, and lists languages that were selected by at least 1,000 respondents.

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The Calgary Metropolitan Region Board (CMRB) was legislated through the enactment of the CMRB Regulation in 2017, and was officially established on January 1, 2018.^[4] Municipalities that participate as members of the CMRB include the cities of Airdrie, Calgary, and Chestermere, the towns of Cochrane, Okotoks, High River and Strathmore, the MD of Foothills No. 31, Rocky View County, and Wheatland County.^[20]

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Founded in 1999,^[21] the Calgary Regional Partnership (CRP) is a cooperative between 15 urban municipalities in the greater Calgary area that deals with regional growth and planning issues.^[22] The CRP's motto isThinking regionally... acting locally...^[22]

The CRP's current membership includes three cities (Airdrie, Calgary, andChestermere), eight towns (Banff,Canmore,Cochrane,Diamond Valley,Irricana,Nanton,Okotoks, andStrathmore, and one townsite (Redwood Meadows).^[22][23] Of these thirteen municipalities, four of the ten towns (Banff, Canmore, Nanton, and Strathmore) are outside, but in proximity to, the Calgary Region's boundaries as defined in this article. Of the remaining six towns, two of them (Diamond Valley, and Okotoks) are outside the Calgary CMA boundaries as defined by Statistics Canada.

Membership in the CRP once consisted of the fourmunicipal districts and two additional towns. These included theMD of Bighorn No. 8, the MD of Foothills No. 31, Rocky View County,Wheatland County and the towns of Crossfield and High River. The MD of Bighorn No. 8 pulled out of the CRP in March 2009 due to the lack of opportunity for infrastructure connectivity to the balance of the Calgary Region.^[24] In June 2009, the latter three opposed the Calgary Metropolitan Plan that was being considered for approval by the CRP's member municipalities.^[25][26] All three subsequently withdrew from the CRP in September 2009.^[26][27][28] Crossfield and High River withdrew from the CRP in December 2011 and April 2013 respectively citing concerns that the CRP was becoming another layer of government.^[29][23]

In an attempt to bring the MD of Foothills No. 31 and Rocky View County back to the CRP, Alberta's Minister ofMunicipal Affairs,Doug Griffiths, requested that the two municipal districts and the CRP engage in mediation.^[30] All parties agreed to participate and the mediation process has since concluded with a report delivered to Minister Griffiths for review and decision.^[31]

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The following list provides the overlapping memberships or enumerations of municipalities in the greater Calgary area that are part of some, or all, of the designations: Calgary Metropolitan Region (CMR); Calgary census metropolitan area (CMA); or the Calgary Regional Partnership (CRP).

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• Edmonton metropolitan region
• Census Metropolitan Area
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• Calgary Region
• Metropolitan areas of Alberta

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