Brief information about the Calgary
It's located at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River at the south east of this province, in an area of foothills and prairie, about 80 km (50 mi) east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies, approximately 299 km (186 mi) south of the provincial capital of Edmonton and roughly 240 km (150 mi) north of the Canada-United States border.
The city anchors the end of this Statistics Canada-defined metropolitan area, the Calgary-Edmonton Corridor. The city had a population of 1,285,711 at 2019, making it Alberta city. It's the third-largest municipality in Canada (later Toronto and Montreal), and the largest in western Canada.
The economy of calgary comprises action in the energy, financial services, film and television, transport and logistics, engineering, production, aerospace, health and wellness, retail, and tourism sectors.
The Calgary CMA is to the second-highest variety of head offices one of the 800 largest companies of the country of Canada . In 2015 Calgary had the maximum number of millionaires per capita of any major Canadian city. In 1988 it became the first city to host the Winter Olympic Games.
The Economist Intelligence Unit rated Calgary the city in North America in 2019 and 2018. Calgary has been a top 5 contender with this name for the previous 10 years. Calgary was also ranked the best city in the world for drivers in 2019.