Calgary
Calgary is Alberta's largest city and Canada's third-largest, and is near where the prairies end and the foothills begin. That makes it the eastern gateway to the Rocky Mountains and an important centre of trade and tourism for the western prairies. Wikivoyage
Population 1,306,784 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Canada
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
Contemporary Calgary Gallery · 390 m - Calgary Soldiers' Memorial Memorial · 710 m
- Franz Dopf Gallery Gallery · 830 m
- 33 Field Engineer Squadron Monument Monument · 270 m
- King's Own Calgary Regiment Monument Monument · 270 m
- Calgary Highlanders Monument Monument · 300 m
- Calgary Community Peace Pole Memorial · 700 m
- Hanson Square Memorial · 830 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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High Performance Rodeo
January
(January, 3 weeks) This unconventional international festival of theatre, dance, music, comedy, visual art, and more has been gracing Calgary venues of all sorts for over 25 years. Dead link
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Calgary Expo
April
(April, 3 days) Pop culture festival featuring fantasy, sci-fi, horror, gaming, comics, anime and manga
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Calgary Spoken Word Festival
April
(April, 2 weeks) Canada's largest spoken word festival takes place in bars, pubs, bookshops, and an intimate theatre setting. Poetry slams, workshops, and the Golden Beret Award
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FunnyFest Calgary Comedy Festival
May – June
(Late May, early June; 11 days) A festival of comedy in halls, clubs, pubs, and bars across Calgary
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Carifest
June
(June, 1 day) Calgary's annual festival celebrating the city's large West Indian population starts with a parade downtown to Shaw Millennium Park for the day's festivities
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Lilac Festival
June
(June, 1 day) Annual street festival features over 500 vendors such as entertainment stages, street dancing, musical talent, artisan vendors, food, and other business stalls
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Sled Island Festival
June
(June, 4 days) Independent music and visual arts festival, which takes place at over 30 venues
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Calgary Folk Music Festival
July
(July, 4 days) An extremely broad definition of "folk music" is used for this well-established festival.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Calgary); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Eating nearby
All 36 places to eatSomewhere to run
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.