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The city of Calgary is situated where the impressive Canadian prairies meets the rugged, snow-capped peaks of the Rocky Mountains. Its' puerile, glittering skyscrapers rise out of older suburban neighbourhoods and seem oddly superimposed on this stunningly diverse landscape. Calgary continues to grow at the confluence of the Bow and Elbow rivers. Its' population is now over 950,000 citizens and continues to grow by about 30% per year. While Calgary is the fourth largest city in Canada, it is the second largest in terms of hosting head offices and one of the least expensive for wage versus cost of living compared to other major cities in Canada.
 The major industries in Calgary reflect that of the whole province. Oil & gas is the top job-creating industry, followed by technology, agriculture and tourism. We have put together a directory of Calgary and surrounding area websites so that you may get a good feel and some great ideas about our breath taking province.
The first recorded immigrant presence in the Calgary region took place in 1787 and by 1860 settlers began arriving to hunt buffalo and sell illegal whisky. In response, Canada’s first Prime Minister sent a troop of Mounties to impose the law and make the prairie suitable for immigration. As a result, the little trading post of Fort Calgary was born (it was named by Colonel James Macleod after Calgary Bay on the Isle of Mull, Scotland). The settlement did not experience much in the way of population growth until the arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1883 and it was not until 1894 that Calgary became a city.
Many have likened the Calgary of today to a Canadian Houston, a comparison that is not without merit. Like Houston, Calgary is a confident, often-brash cowboy town that grew wealthy on oil. As an image, however, this captures only a small part of what the city and its people are actually like. Calgary is also a city of diverse and vibrant neighbourhoods, where its citizens relax in cafés, stroll the scenic streets or take in cultural events although they are just as likely to head off to the great outdoors. Its technology industries have grown immensely, diversifying the economy and making it less of a one-horse cowboy town and more of a 21st-century city.
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 Alberta
Calgary
, Edmonton,
Airdrie,
Chestermere,
Fort
McMurray, Medicine
Hat, Lethbridge,
Canmore,
Banff,
Grande
Prairie, Olds,
Red
Deer, Okotoks,
Brooks,
Cold
Lake, Crowsnest
Pass, Didsbury,
Drayton
Valley, Drumheller,
Fort
Macleod, Fort
McMurray, Fort
Vermillion, Fox
Creek, Grand
Cache Grand
Prairie, High
River, Hinton,
Innisfail,
Irricana,
Jasper,
Kananaskis,
Kananaskis
Village, Lac
La Biche, Lacombe,
Lake
Louise, Langdon,
Leduc,
Lethbridge,
Lloydminiser,
Longview,
Medicine
Hat, Mountain
View, Peace
River, Pincher
Creek, Ponoka,
Red
Deer, Red
Deer County, Redwood
Meadows, Rocky
Mountain House, Rocky
View, Sherwood
Park, Slave
Lake, Spruce
Grove, Siksika,
Stettler,
Stony
Plain, Strathcona,
Strathmore,
Sundre,
Sylvan
Lake, Taber,
Three
Hills, Trochu,
Turner
Valley, Valleyview,
Vulcan,
Wainwright,
Water
Valley, Wetaskiwin,
Windsor
Creek
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