Calgary Metropolitan Region

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The Calgary CMA, as defined by Statistics Canada, includes the following nine municipalities:{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page_Hierarchy-Hierarchie.cfm?Lang=E&Tab=4&Geo1=CMA&Code1=825&Geo2=PR&Code2=48&Data=Count&SearchText=Calgary&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |title=2006 Community Profiles, Geographic hierarchy – Calgary CMA |publisher=Statistics Canada |date=13 March 2007 |access-date=3 April 2024 }}{{cite web |title=2011 National Household Survey Profile, Geographic hierarchy - Calgary Census metropolitan area |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CMA&Code1=825&Data=Count&SearchText=calgary&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |website=Statistics Canada |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=3 April 2024 |date=8 May 2013}}{{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population, More information: Calgary [Census metropolitan area], Alberta |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/moreinfo-plusinfo.cfm?Lang=E&cdguid=2021S0503825&SearchText=Calgary&DGUIDlist=2021S0503825&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |website=Statistics Canada |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=3 April 2024 |date=9 February 2022}}

• 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 {{convert|5,107.55|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of 237.9 people per square kilometre in 2011.{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=205&S=3&RPP=50 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for census metropolitan areas, 2011 and 2006 censuses | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=2012-02-08 | access-date=2012-02-22}}

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

|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-550/Index.cfm?TPL=P1C&Page=RETR&LANG=Eng&T=205&RPP=50 |title=Population and dwelling counts, for census metropolitan areas, 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data |publisher=Statistics Canada |date=2010-01-06 |access-date=2010-09-06}}{{cite web

|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-550/Index.cfm?TPL=P1C&Page=RETR&LANG=Eng&T=702&PR=48&S=0&O=D&RPP=25 |title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census divisions, 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data |publisher=Statistics Canada |date=2010-01-06 |access-date=2010-09-06}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page_Hier1.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CD&Code1=4806&Geo2=PR&Code2=48&Data=Count&SearchText=division&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |title=2006 Community Profiles, Geographic hierarchy – Division No. 6 |publisher=Statistics Canada |date=2010-02-05 |access-date=2010-09-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528103041/http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page_Hier1.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CD&Code1=4806&Geo2=PR&Code2=48&Data=Count&SearchText=division&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=# |archive-date=2012-05-28 |url-status=dead }}

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

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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.

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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. 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.{{cite web | url=http://www.municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/calgary-metropolitan-region-board | title=Calgary Metropolitan Region Board | publisher=Alberta Municipal Affairs | date=November 7, 2017 | access-date=December 22, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222220130/http://www.municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/calgary-metropolitan-region-board | archive-date=December 22, 2017 | url-status=dead }}

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Founded in 1999,{{cite web

|url=http://www.cochraneeagle.com/2010/07/crp-chief-leaves-reformed-organization-after-seven-years/

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|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...

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.

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

| url=http://www.canmoreleader.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=1473865

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| 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 | url=http://www.cochranetimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2241986 | title=2009 (What a year it has been) | newspaper=Cochrane Times | publisher=Canoe Sun Media | date=December 30, 2009 | access-date=September 3, 2010 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119150952/http://www.cochranetimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2241986 | archive-date=January 19, 2013 | url-status=dead }}{{Cite news

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| 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

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| 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

| url=http://www.strathmorestandard.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=1766302 | title=Wheatland County withdraws from the CRP | author=Kirsten Mundy | newspaper=Strathmore Standard | publisher=Canoe Sun Media | date=September 23, 2009 | access-date=September 3, 2010}} 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.{{Cite news | url=http://www.airdrieecho.com/2011/12/21/crossfield-leaves-calgary-regional-partnership | title=Crossfield leaves Calgary Regional Partnership | author=Marie Pollack | newspaper=Airdrie Echo | publisher=Canoe Sun Media | date=December 21, 2011 | access-date=November 29, 2013 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20131129102455/http://www.airdrieecho.com/2011/12/21/crossfield-leaves-calgary-regional-partnership | archive-date=November 29, 2013 | url-status=dead }}{{Cite news

| url=http://www.highrivertimes.com/2013/04/12/high-river-leaves-calgary-regional-partnership | title=High River leaves Calgary Regional Partnership | author=Marco Vigliotti | newspaper=High River Times | publisher=Canoe Sun Media | date=April 15, 2013 | access-date=November 29, 2013}}

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.{{cite news|author=Robson Fletcher|date=2013-02-14|url=http://metronews.ca/news/calgary/561520/decision-on-calgary-regional-partnership-mediation-process-expected-next-week/|title=Decision on Calgary Regional Partnership mediation process expected next week|work=Metronews.ca|access-date=2013-11-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203005019/http://metronews.ca/news/calgary/561520/decision-on-calgary-regional-partnership-mediation-process-expected-next-week/|archive-date=2013-12-03|url-status=dead}} All parties agreed to participate and the mediation process has since concluded with a report delivered to Minister Griffiths for review and decision.{{cite news|author=Jason Markusoff|date=2013-11-21|url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/Tories+amend+controversial+civic+planning+bill/9197158/story.html|title=Tories to amend controversial civic planning bill|work=Calgary Herald|access-date=2013-11-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112114622/http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Tories+amend+controversial+civic+planning+bill/9197158/story.html|archive-date=2014-01-12|url-status=dead}}

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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).

• Calgary
• Calgary-Edmonton Corridor
• Edmonton metropolitan region
• Census Metropolitan Area
• https://www.calgarymetroregion.ca/

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