Calgary Metropolitan Region

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

Calgary Metropolitan Region
Metropolitan area
Downtown Calgary skyline
Member municipalities of the Calgary Metropolitan Region Board
Location of the region in Alberta
Coordinates: 51°0′N 114°0′W
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Area  (2016)
• CMA	5,107.55 km2 (1,972.04 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	1,481,806
• Estimate  (2025)	1,836,012
• Rank	4th in Canada
• Density	272.5/km2 (706/sq mi)
GDP
• CMA	CDN$129 billion
Time zone	UTC−06:00 (Alberta Time)
Area codes	403, 587, 825, 368

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The Calgary Metropolitan Region (CMR), also known as Greater Calgary or Metro Calgary, 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. Also within these boundaries are the cities of Airdrie and Chestermere, seven towns: Cochrane, Crossfield, Diamond Valley, High River, Irricana, Okotoks, and Strathmore, 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 AB, SK, eastern BC, and parts of the northern and southern United States such as Montana, Idaho, North Dakota, Texas, and Oklahoma. It is home to the Calgary International Airport, the fourth busiest airport in Canada in terms of total aircraft movements and 35th busiest airport in Canada and the United States.