Calgary

Population:

1,581.000

Area:

5,110.21 Km

Climate:

Calgary has a humid continental climate in the eastern parts of the city and a sub-polar climate in the western parts of the city due to rising altitude. It has hot, icy, dry summers, but like all Alberta, it has very variable winters. The average daily temperature in Calgary ranges from 16.5 degrees Celsius (61.7 degrees Fahrenheit) in July to -1.1 degrees Celsius (19.2 degrees Fahrenheit) in January.

Winter is cold and temperatures can average -20 degrees Celsius (4 degrees Fahrenheit) on average 22 days a year and -30 degrees Celsius on average 3.7 days a year (-22 degrees Celsius). Degrees Fahrenheit). But they are often broken by the hot, dry Chinook winds that blow Alberta over the mountains. These winds can raise winter temperatures by 20 degrees Celsius (36 degrees Fahrenheit) and up to 30 degrees Celsius (54 degrees Fahrenheit) in just a few hours and may last for several days.

Also, Calgary's proximity to the Rocky Mountains affects winter temperatures with a combination of lowlands and highlands, leading to mild winters for cities in the Prairie provinces. Temperature is also affected by wind cold factor. The average Calgary wind speed is 14.2 km / h (8.8 mph), which is one of the highest wind speeds in Canadian cities. 

In summer, daytime temperatures range from 10 to 25 degrees Celsius (50 to 77 degrees Fahrenheit) and average 5.1 days in June, July and August and sometimes until late September or even above 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit). Is. It falls below or at -30 degrees Celsius (-22 degrees Fahrenheit) in early May, and in winter 3.7 days a year. Calgary has the sunniest days of the year among Canada's 100 largest cities.

Religion

• Christian 54.9%
• No religion 32.3%
• Islam 5.2%
•  Sikh 2.6%
• Buddhist 2.1%
• Hindu 1.6%
• Jewish 0.6%
• Other 0.7%

Ethnic Origins

According to the 2016 census, 60% of the population of Calgary of European origin, 4% of the indigenous heritage and 36.2% of the population belonged to a visible minority group (i.e., non-whites, non-natives). Among those of European descent, the most reported ethnic backgrounds are English, German, Irish, French, and Ukrainian. Among the visible minorities, South Asians (mostly from India and Pakistan) make up the largest group (9.5%), followed by Chinese (6.8%) and Filipinos (5.5%). 5.4% were of African or Caribbean origin, 3.5% were of West Asian or Middle Eastern origin, while 2.6% of the population was of Latin American origin. One of Canada's largest cities, Calgary ranked fourth in terms of visible minorities, after Toronto, Vancouver, and Winnipeg.

Economy

Calgary is recognized as a leader in the Canadian oil and gas industry, and its economy expanded at a significantly higher rate than the Canadian economy (43% and 25%, respectively) over a ten-year period from 1999 to 2009. Families, low unemployment, and high per capita GDP have all benefited from increased sales and prices due to booming resources and increased economic diversification.

Calgary benefits from a relatively strong labor market in Alberta, part of the Calgary-Edmonton Corridor, one of the fastest growing areas in the country. It is the headquarters of many large oil and gas companies, and many financial services businesses have grown around them. Small businesses and self-employment levels are also among the highest in Canada. Calgary is a distribution and transportation hub with high retail.

Calgary's economy is increasingly dominated by the oil and gas industry, although it still accounts for the largest share of the city's GDP. In 2006, Calgary's gross domestic product (as of 1997) was C $ 52.386 billion, of which oil, gas and mining accounted for 12%. Major oil and gas companies include BP Canada, Canadian Natural Resources Limited, Cenovus Energy, Encana, Imperial Oil, Suncor Energy, Shell Canada, Husky Energy, TransCanada, and Nexen, which make the city home to 87% of Canada's natural oil and gas.

Transportation 

Calgary Transit provides public transportation services throughout the city by bus and light train. The Calgary-style rail system, known as the CTrain, was one of the first such systems in North America (after the Edmonton LRT). It consists of two lines (red line and blue line) with 44 stations and 58.2 km (36.2 miles) of route. The Calgary LRT is one of the busiest on the continent, carrying 270,000 passengers daily, and about half of Calgary downtown workers travel to and from work.

CTrain is also the first and only North American LRT to run on 100% renewable, wind-generated energy. In early 2020, the City Council approved the construction of the Calgary Green Line, the third light rail line in the city's express transportation network. This will be the first rail line in Calgary to run downstream trains, and it is the largest public project in the history of Calgary, about three and a half times larger than the second largest project.