Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Calgary, the 3^rd largest city in Canada after Toronto and Vancouver, has a total population of close to 1 million people.

This attractive and dynamic city is on the banks of the Bow River and close to the world famous majestic Rocky Mountains.  About 45 minutes drive from the Calgary’s city limit, you can go to Banff, the world’s famous tourist and ski resort where you can see the largest National Park in Canada.  From Calgary to Vancouver, it’s about 12 hours drive by car or about 1 hour and 15 minutes by air.  It’s about 3 hours drive from Calgary to Edmonton, where you can see the largest indoor shopping centre in the world, the West Edmonton Mall.

• Calgary is the largest city in Alberta and Alberta is the only province in Canada with no sales tax.

• Calgary hosted the 1988 XV Olympic Winter Games for the athletics from all over the world.

• Calgary is the energy capital of Canada with big oil and gas companies such as Shell Canada; Petro Canada; Suncor Energy and Husky Energy having their head offices in the city.  Calgary has 204 head offices, which is the second highest number among Canadian cities. (Toronto has the highest.).

>> Click here for Next Page (2)

[ BACK TO TOP ]