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Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; ... Pages in category "History of Calgary" The following 21 pages are in this category, out ...
1917 - Calgary became first city in Canada to use a form of proportional representation (single transferable voting) to elect its city councillors. The mayor and other single-person posts were filled using instant-runoff voting. Hannah Gale, Calgary's first female councillor, elected. STV in use until 1961, then again in 1971.
Alberta has recognized three other cities in its history. The Town of Strathcona incorporated as a city on March 15, 1907, and subsequently amalgamated with Edmonton on February 1, 1912. Fort McMurray was incorporated as a city on September 1, 1980, but reverted to its current urban service area form as a result of its amalgamation with ...
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Canada's cities span the continent of North America from east to west, but many of them are located relatively close to the border with the United States. Cities are home to the majority of Canada's approximately 35.75 million inhabitants (as of 2015)—just over 80 percent of Canadians lived in urban areas in 2006. [1]
Heritage Park Historical Village is a living history museum in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on 127 acres (51 ha) of parkland on the banks of the Glenmore Reservoir, in the city's southwestern quadrant. The Historical Village part of the park is open 7 days a week (10-5) from the Canadian May long weekend through to the September Labour Day long ...
Crossfield is a town in the Calgary Metropolitan Region of Alberta, Canada that is surrounded by Rocky View County. It is located on Highway 2A 43 km (27 mi) north of the City of Calgary. As a rail station on the Calgary to Edmonton (C&E) line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, Crossfield was founded in 1892. Crossfield was named after an ...
This article is a list of historic places in the Calgary Region, in Alberta, which have been entered into the national Register of Historic Places, which includes federal, provincial, and municipal properties. A few are in the national park system.