CALGARY

WORLD
ANGUS
FORUM
2009

FORUM ACTIVITIES
July 13-16

PRE-FORUM TOUR
July 8-12

POST-FORUM TOUR
July 17-21

DID YOU
KNOW?

The city of Calgary covers almost as much land as New York City and all its burroughs

Calgary is the center of the fastest growing region in Canada

Calgary boasts the most extensive urban pathway network in North America - more than 635 km long

Safe, clean, cosmopolitan and diverse. With a population of more than 1.1 million covering almost 750 square km, Calgary is a thriving business centre mixing big-city energy with genuine hospitality. It is the 3rd largest city in Canada.

Calgary is well-known as a destination for winter sports and ecotourism with a number of major mountain resorts near the city and metropolitan area. Economic activity in Calgary is mostly centered on the petroleum industry; however, agriculture, tourism, and high-tech industries also contribute to the city's fast economic growth. Despite the importance of the oil industry to its economic success, Calgary was ranked the World's Cleanest City by Mercer Quality of Living in a survey published in 2007 by Forbes Magazine. There are 29 major parks dotted throughout the city.

The area around Calgary is very diverse, making it an ideal location for the movie industry. Whether you are looking for a desert, small towns, beautiful mountain ranges or an urban metropolis, Calgary has it all within 100-mile radius. Blockbusters filmed in the area include Legends of the Fall, The Assassination of Jesse James, Brokeback Mountain, Broken Trail and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. Scenes from Dances with Wolves, Unforgiven, The Edge, RV, Shanghai Knights, Mystery, Alaska, Superman: The Movie and Doctor Zhivago were also shot here.

CALGARY’S CLIMATE

Calgary has a semi-arid, highland continental climate with long, dry, but highly variable, winters and short, moderately warm summers. The climate is greatly influenced by the city's elevation (1,048 m or 3,438 ft) and close proximity to the Rocky Mountains. Although Calgary's winters can be uncomfortably cold, warm, dry Chinook winds routinely blow into the city from the Pacific Ocean during the winter months, giving Calgarians a break from the cold. These winds have been known to raise the winter temperature by up to 20 °C (35 °F) in just a few hours or less.
 

Calgary is a city of extremes, and temperatures have ranged anywhere from a record low of −45 °C (−49 °F) in 1893 to a record high of +36 °C (96.8 °F) in 1919. Temperatures fall below −30 °C (−22 °F) on about five days per year, though extreme cold spells usually do not last very long. According to Environment Canada, the average temperature in Calgary ranges from a January daily average of −9 °C (15.8 °F) to a July daily average of +16 °C (60.8 °F).
 

As a consequence of Calgary's high elevation and relative dryness, summer evenings can be very cool, the average summer minimum temperature drops to +8 °C (46.4 °F), and frosts can occur in any month of the year. Calgary has experienced snowfall even in July and August. Calgary experiences summer daytime temperatures exceeding +30 °C (86 °F) on an average of four days per year. With an average relative humidity of 55% in the winter and 45% in the summer, Calgary has a semi-arid climate typical of other cities in the Western Great Plains and Canadian Prairies. Unlike cities further east, humidity is almost never a factor during the Calgary summer.
 

The city is among the sunniest in Canada, with 2,405 hours of annual sunshine, on average. Calgary International Airport in the northeastern section of the city receives an average of 413 mm (16.3 in) of precipitation annually, with 301 mm (11.9 in) of that occurring in the form of rain, and the remaining 112 mm (4.4 in) as snow. Most of the precipitation occurs from May to August, with June averaging the most monthly rainfall.

Saddledome - Home of the Calgary Flames at Calgary Stampede Park

Calgary Skyline

Olympic Plaza - Downtown Calgary

CALGARY MOTTO
"Onward"

CALGARY SYMBOL
White Cowboy Hat

RESIDENT OF CALGARY
Calgarian

NICKNAME
Cowtown

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