The Calgary area, where the Bow and Elbow rivers meet, is a place of confluence where the sharing of ideas and opportunities naturally come together.

Indigenous peoples have their own names for this area that have been in use long before settlers named this place Calgary. In the Blackfoot language, it is called Moh-kins-tsis (moh-GIN’-stis (a soft ‘g’). The Îethka Nakoda Wîcastabi (ee-YETH’-kah nah-COH’-dah WHISK’-ah-tah-bay) First Nations refer to this place as Wicispa Oyade (weh-CHIS’-spa oh-YAH’-day) and the people of the Tsuut’ina (Soot-tenna) nation call it Guts-ists-I (GOOT’-sis). The Métis call the Calgary area Otos-kwunee (oh-TUSS’ - kwanee).

We  appreciate and acknowledge that we are gathered on the ancestral and traditional territory of the Blackfoot Nations of the Siksika (Seeg-see-kah), Piikani (bee-Gun-nee) and Kainai (G-ai-nah) First Nations; the Îethka Nakoda Wîcastabi (ee-YETH’-kah nah-COH’-dah WHISK’-ah-tah-bay) First Nations, comprised of the Chiniki (Chin-ick-ee), Bearspaw, and Goodstoney First Nations; and the Tsuut’ina First Nation. The City of Calgary is also homeland to the historic Northwest Métis and to the Otipemisiwak (Oti-pe-MES-se-wa) Métis Government, Métis Nation Battle River Territory (Nose Hill Métis District 5 and Elbow Métis District 6).

We acknowledge and give gratitude to the many First Nations, Métis, and Inuit who have lived in and cared for these lands for generations and call Calgary home.

Throughout history, people have been drawn to this land. To hunt, to fish, to gather, to trade, to build community.

Our municipal history starts in the late 1800s with the construction of The Confluence Historic Site & Parkland (previously Fort Calgary) at the confluence of the Bow and Elbow rivers.

Calgary is a place where diverse people and perspectives come to collaborate, to cooperate, and to build a better life.

Calgary, the Blue Sky City, is a city that is changing with the world — and helping to change the world.

Calgary has:

• the highest personal income per capita of Canada’s major cities,
• the highest head office concentration in Canada,
• the second lowest cost of living in the country, and
• the highest GDP per capita of major Canadian cities.

Calgarians are:

• young with an average age of 37,
• diverse – the city is home to 41% visible minorities, 
• active, with over 1000 km of pathways, and
• growing — we have thousands of new people arriving annually from across Canada and the world.