Calgary Metropolitan Region

Calgary CMA

The Calgary CMA, as defined by Statistics Canada, includes the following nine municipalities:

• three cities (Airdrie, Calgary and Chestermere);
• one municipal district (Rocky View County, which includes Langdon – the CMA's largest hamlet);
• three towns (Cochrane, Crossfield, and Irricana);
• one village (Beiseker); and
• one First Nations reserve (Tsuu T'ina Nation, which includes the Townsite of Redwood Meadows).

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, it had a population density of 237.9 people per square kilometre in 2011.

Also in terms of area, the Calgary CMA makes up approximately 40% of Statistics Canada's Division No. 6 in Alberta.{{cite web

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, and Diamond Valley

Demographics

Main article: Demographics of Calgary

Ethnicity

Language

The question on knowledge of languages allows for multiple responses. The following figures are from the 2021 Canadian Census, and lists languages that were selected by at least 1,000 respondents.

Calgary Metropolitan Region Board

The Calgary Metropolitan Region Board (CMRB) was legislated through the enactment of the CMRB Regulation in 2017, and was officially established on January 1, 2018.

Calgary Regional Partnership

Founded in 1999,{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307041340/http://www.cochraneeagle.com/2010/07/crp-chief-leaves-reformed-organization-after-seven-years/ |archive-date=2012-03-07 |title=CRP chief leaves reformed organization after seven years |author=Alan Mattson |publisher=Cochrane Eagle |date=2010-07-06 |access-date=2010-09-03}} 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. The CRP's motto is Thinking regionally... acting locally...

Membership

The CRP's current membership includes three cities (Airdrie, Calgary, and Chestermere), eight towns (Banff, Canmore, Cochrane, Diamond Valley, Irricana, Nanton, Okotoks, and Strathmore, and one townsite (Redwood Meadows). 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, two of them (Diamond Valley, and Okotoks) 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.{{Cite news | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929141208/http://www.canmoreleader.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=1473865 | archive-date=2011-09-29 | title=Bighorn not in Calgary region (Partnership includes Canmore, Banff) | author=Hamish MacLean | newspaper=Canmore Leader | publisher=Canoe Sun Media | date=March 11, 2010 | access-date=September 3, 2010}} In June 2009, the latter three opposed the Calgary Metropolitan Plan that was being considered for approval by the CRP's member municipalities.{{Cite news | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100110225540/http://www.westernwheel.com/2010/news/year-in-review-1583 | archive-date=2010-01-10 | title=Year in Review | author=John Barlow | newspaper=Okotoks Western Wheel | publisher=Great West Newspapers LP | date=January 6, 2010 | access-date=September 3, 2010}} All three subsequently withdrew from the CRP in September 2009.{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818011801/http://www.rockyview.ca/Default.aspx?tabid=792&BlogDate=2009-09-30&DateType=month | archive-date=2012-08-18 | title=Rocky View withdraws from Regional Partnership | publisher=Rocky View County | date=September 14, 2009 | access-date=September 3, 2010}}{{Cite news

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. All parties agreed to participate and the mediation process has since concluded with a report delivered to Minister Griffiths for review and decision.

List of municipalities

The following list provides the overlapping memberships or enumerations of municipalities in the greater Calgary area that are part of some, or all, of the designations: Calgary Metropolitan Region (CMR); Calgary census metropolitan area (CMA); or the Calgary Regional Partnership (CRP).

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