Calgary is a city in the Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, about 80 km east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies. The city anchors the south end of what Statistics Canada defines as the "Calgary-Edmonton Corridor".
The city is Alberta's largest city and Canada's third-largest municipality. Also in 2016, Calgary had a metropolitan population of 1,392,609 making it the fourth-largest census metropolitan area (CMA) in Canada.
The economy of Calgary includes activity in the energy, oil financial services, film and television, transportation and logistics, technology, manufacturing, aerospace, health and wellness, retail, tourism sectors. he Calgary CMA is home to the first-highest number of corporate head offices in Canada among the country's 800 largest corporations.. In 1988, Calgary became the first Canadian city to host the Winter Olympic Games.
