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Banff is a resort town in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, in Alberta's Rockies along the Trans-Canada Highway, 126 km (78 mi) west of Calgary, 58 km (36 mi) east of Lake Louise, and 1,400 to 1,630 m (4,590 to 5,350 ft) above sea level. [5] Banff was the first municipality to incorporate within a Canadian national park.
This is a list of the census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada by population, using data from the 2021 Canadian census and the 2016 Canadian census. [1] Each entry is identified as a census metropolitan area (CMA) or a census agglomeration (CA) as defined by Statistics Canada.
1991 — Town Centre Mall 201, 203, & 205 Banff Avenue is built. 1993 — Hospitality business launches with the opening of its first hotel and restaurant, The Banff Caribou Lodge and The Keg. 1995 — Chustas Mall 117 Banff Ave is built; 2nd Keg Restaurant opens at 117 Banff Ave. 1996 — Banff Ptarmigan Inn and Arrow Motel are acquired.
The primary skiing area around Banff Sunshine is based at 2,160 m (7,090 ft), providing 570 m (1,870 ft) of vertical terrain to the top of Lookout Mountain. There are 134 named runs spreading out over three mountains ( Goat Eye's Mountain , Lookout Mountain and Mount Standish ) and the two provinces, ( Alberta and British Columbia ).
Banff National Park is Canada's first national park, established in 1885 as Rocky Mountains Park.Located in Alberta's Rocky Mountains, 110–180 kilometres (68–112 mi) west of Calgary, Banff encompasses 6,641 square kilometres (2,564 sq mi) [3] of mountainous terrain, with many glaciers and ice fields, dense coniferous forest, and alpine landscapes.
Mount Bell is set within Banff National Park, in the Bow Range of the Canadian Rockies. [4] The hamlet of Lake Louise is situated 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) to the north and the Continental Divide is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) to the west. The nearest higher neighbor is Bident Mountain, 2.9 km (1.8 mi) to the west. [4]
With a land area of 1.23 km 2 (0.47 sq mi), it had a population density of 306.5/km 2 (793.8/sq mi) in 2021. [ 2 ] As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Dead Man’s Flats (Pigeon Mountain) had a population of 125 living in 57 of its 96 total private dwellings, a change of 3.3% from its 2011 ...
Sulphur Mountain (Nakoda: Mînî Rhuwîn) is a mountain in Banff National Park in the Canadian Rocky Mountains overlooking the town of Banff, Alberta, Canada. The mountain was named in 1916 for the hot springs on its lower slopes. [1] George Dawson had referred to this landform as Terrace Mountain on his 1886 map of the area.