Calgary
Gateway to the Rockies
The Western spirit that helped build Calgary is very much alive and well. You hear it in the music. You see it in the streets. You experience it every July at the world-famous Calgary Stampede. And you feel it in the entrepreneurial attitude. It’s why Calgary has Canada’s highest per capita head office and small business concentration in Canada. (source)
Gateway to the Rockies
The Western spirit that helped build Calgary is very much alive and well. You hear it in the music. You see it in the streets. You experience it every July at the world-famous Calgary Stampede. And you feel it in the entrepreneurial attitude. It’s why Calgary has Canada’s highest per capita head office and small business concentration in Canada. (source)
Calgary by the Numbers
15,000
Guest rooms
1.3M
Square feet of meeting space
1M
Square feet of the BMO Centre
14,000
Square feet of the biggest hotel ballroom
Energy Central
To and from Calgary
Fly here directly from London, Frankfurt, most western US hubs and almost anywhere in Canada. Once here, you’re a short jaunt from Banff, Canada’s most visited national park. Find inspiration looking down at the world from the top of the Rocky Mountains and find calm in the hot springs on the trek down or by the shores of magnificent Lake Louise.
In Calgary
Calgary mixes green spaces, music districts and avant-garde architecture next to legacy brick buildings and an exploding culinary scene. To experience another side of Calgary, visit Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park to immerse yourself in the traditions of the four Blackfoot Nations, the Tsuut’ina Nation, the Stoney Nakoda Nation and the Métis Indigenous Peoples who have lived here for centuries.
Weather in Calgary
Spring
-3°C to 12°C
26.6.4°F to 53.6°F
Summer
8°C to °23C
46.6°F to 73.4°F
Fall
-2°C to 13°C
28.4°F to 55.4°F
Winter
-13°C to 1°C
8.6°F to 33.8°F
Sectors
Calgary has been Canada’s energy capital for almost 100 years and a major player in the agribusiness and natural resources industries for just as long. More recently, Calgary has a become a cleantech hub and a growing life sciences centre with 120 companies in the city operating in the space. Both sectors are being spurred by the seven post-secondary institutions in the area. (source)
Sectors
Calgary has been Canada’s energy capital for almost 100 years and a major player in the agribusiness and natural resources industries for just as long. More recently, Calgary has a become a cleantech hub and a growing life sciences centre with 120 companies in the city operating in the space. Both sectors are being spurred by the seven post-secondary institutions in the area. (source)
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