Calgary Metropolitan Region

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This article is about the region surrounding and including the City of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. For other uses, see Calgary (disambiguation).

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The Calgary Metropolitan Region (CMR), also commonly referred to as the Calgary Region, is a conglomeration of municipalities centred on Calgary, the largest city in Alberta.

With the Government of Alberta's establishment of the Calgary Metropolitan Region Board (CMRB) in 2017, the CMR's boundaries were legislated to include the City of Calgary, Foothills County to the south, Rocky View County to the west, north, and east, and a western portion of Wheatland County further to the east.[2] Also within these boundaries are the cities of Airdrie and Chestermere, eight towns: Black Diamond, Cochrane, Crossfield, High River, Irricana, Okotoks, Strathmore, and Turner Valley, two villages: Beiseker and Longview, and two First Nations communities: Tsuu T'ina 145 and Eden Valley 216. Not all of these, however, are administrative members of the CMRB.

The Calgary census metropolitan area (CMA) as delineated by Statistics Canada is smaller than the CMR. The Calgary CMA includes Calgary, Rocky View County, Airdrie, Beiseker, Chestermere, Cochrane, Crossfield, Irricana, and Tsuu T'ina 145.

The Calgary Metropolitan Region is a major transportation hub for southern Alberta, Saskatchewan, eastern British Columbia, and parts of the northern United States. It is home to the Calgary International Airport, the fourth busiest airport in Canada in terms of total aircraft movements.[3]

Calgary CMA

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The Calgary CMA, as defined by Statistics Canada, includes the following nine municipalities:[4]

In the 2011 Census, the Calgary CMA had a population of 1,214,839 living in 464,001 of its 488,451 total dwellings, a 12.6% change from its 2006 population of 1,079,310, making it the largest CMA in Alberta and the fourth largest in Canada. With a land area of 5,107.55 km2 (1,972.04 sq mi), it had a population density of 237.9 people per square kilometre in 2011.[5]

Also in terms of area, the Calgary CMA makes up approximately 40% of Statistics Canada's Division No. 6 in Alberta.[6][7] The balance of Division No. 6 includes the census consolidated subdivisions of the MD of Foothills No. 31 to the south and Mountain View County to the north.[8]

Foothills County and the municipalities within are often considered as part of Calgary's metropolitan area due to, among other things, the MDs shared boundary with the City of Calgary and the bedroom community nature of towns like Okotoks, High River, Black Diamond and Turner Valley.

Demographics

Ethnicity

Ethnic groups in Metro Calgary(2016)
Source: [1]		 Population  %
Ethnic group European 869,555 63.3%
South Asian 122,900 8.9%
Chinese 89,675 6.5%
Filipino 70,660 5.1%
Aboriginal 55,430 4%
Black 54,190 3.9%
Latin American 27,710 2%
Arab 26,320 1.9%
Southeast Asian 23,240 1.7%
West Asian 12,810 0.9%
Korean 10,995 0.8%
Japanese 5,570 0.4%
Multiple minorities 14,775 1.1%
Visible minority, n.i.e. 4,610 0.3%
Total population 1,392,609 100%

Calgary Metropolitan Region Board

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The Calgary Metropolitan Region Board (CMRB) was legislated through the enactment of the CMRB Regulation in 2017, and will be officially established on its effective date of January 1, 2018.[2] Municipalities that will be participating as members of the CMRB include the cities of Airdrie, Calgary, and Chestermere, the towns of Cochrane, Okotoks, High River and Strathmore, the MD of Foothills No. 31, Rocky View County, and Wheatland County.[9]

Calgary Regional Partnership

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Founded in 1999,[10] the Calgary Regional Partnership (CRP) is a cooperative between 15 urban municipalities in the greater Calgary area that deals with regional growth and planning issues.[11] The CRP's motto is Thinking regionally... acting locally...[11]

Membership

The CRP's current membership includes three cities (Airdrie, Calgary, and Chestermere), nine towns (Banff, Black Diamond, Canmore, Cochrane, Irricana, Nanton, Okotoks, Strathmore, and Turner Valley), and one townsite (Redwood Meadows).[11][12] Of these thirteen municipalities, four of the ten towns (Banff, Canmore, Nanton, and Strathmore) are outside, but in proximity to, the Calgary Region's boundaries as defined in this article. Of the remaining six towns, three of them (Black Diamond, Okotoks, and Turner Valley) are outside the Calgary CMA boundaries as defined by Statistics Canada.

Past members

Membership in the CRP once consisted of the four municipal districts and two additional towns. These included the MD of Bighorn No. 8, the MD of Foothills No. 31, Rocky View County, Wheatland County and the towns of Crossfield and High River. The MD of Bighorn No. 8 pulled out of the CRP in March 2009 due to the lack of opportunity for infrastructure connectivity to the balance of the Calgary Region.[13] In June 2009, the latter three opposed the Calgary Metropolitan Plan that was being considered for approval by the CRP's member municipalities.[14][15] All three subsequently withdrew from the CRP in September 2009.[15][16][17] Crossfield and High River withdrew from the CRP in December 2011 and April 2013 respectively citing concerns that the CRP was becoming another layer of government.[18][12]

In an attempt to bring the MD of Foothills No. 31 and Rocky View County back to the CRP, Alberta's Minister of Municipal Affairs, Doug Griffiths, requested that the two municipal districts and the CRP engage in mediation.[19] All parties agreed to participate and the mediation process has since concluded with a report delivered to Minister Griffiths for review and decision.[20]

List of municipalities

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Calgary
Okotoks

The following is a list of municipalities that are included as part of the Calgary CMA, or they are recognized administrative members of the CMR or they are enveloped within the established boundaries of the Calgary Metropolitan Region Board as defined in provincial statute.

Municipality Municipal
status [21]		 Calgary
CMA [22]		 CRP
member [11][12]		 Population
(2016) [23]		 Population
(2011) [24]		 Population
(2006) [25]
Airdrie City Y Y 61,581 42,564 28,927
Beiseker Village Y 819 785 804
Black Diamond Town Y 2,700 2,373 1,900
Calgary City Y Y 1,239,220 1,096,833 988,193
Chestermere City Y Y 19,887 14,824 9,564
Cochrane Town Y Y 25,853 17,580 13,760
Crossfield Town Y 2,983 2,853 2,648
Eden Valley 216 First Nations reserve 596 587 370
Foothills No. 31, MD of Municipal district 22,766 21,258 19,736
High River Town 13,584 12,920 10,716
Irricana Town Y Y 1,216 1,162 1,243
Longview Village 307 307 300
Okotoks Town Y 28,881 24,511 17,145
Rocky View County Municipal district Y 39,407 36,461 34,171
Strathmore Town Y 13,756 12,305 10,225
Tsuu T'ina Nation 145 First Nations reserve Y 1,643 1,777
Turner Valley Town Y 2,559 2,167 1,908
Total Calgary CMA 1,392,609 1,214,839 1,079,310
Total Calgary Metropolitan Region 1,477,582 1,291,267 1,141,610

See also

References

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