Editing Calgary Metropolitan Region (section)

== Calgary CMA ==
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The Calgary CMA, as defined by Statistics Canada, includes the following nine municipalities:<ref name="CMAgeography">{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page_Hierarchy-Hierarchie.cfm?Lang=E&Tab=4&Geo1=CMA&Code1=825&Geo2=PR&Code2=48&Data=Count&SearchText=Calgary&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |title=2006 Community Profiles, Geographic hierarchy – Calgary CMA |publisher=Statistics Canada |date=13 March 2007 |access-date=3 April 2024 }}</ref><ref name="CMAgeography2011">{{cite web |title=2011 National Household Survey Profile, Geographic hierarchy - Calgary Census metropolitan area |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CMA&Code1=825&Data=Count&SearchText=calgary&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |website=Statistics Canada |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=3 April 2024 |date=8 May 2013}}</ref><ref name="CMAgeography2021">{{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population, More information: Calgary [Census metropolitan area], Alberta |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/moreinfo-plusinfo.cfm?Lang=E&cdguid=2021S0503825&SearchText=Calgary&DGUIDlist=2021S0503825&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |website=Statistics Canada |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=3 April 2024 |date=9 February 2022}}</ref>
*three cities ([[Airdrie, Alberta|Airdrie]], Calgary and [[Chestermere]]);
*one municipal district ([[Rocky View County]], which includes [[Langdon, Alberta|Langdon]] – the CMA's [[List of hamlets in Alberta#List of hamlets|largest hamlet]]);
*three towns ([[Cochrane, Alberta|Cochrane]], [[Crossfield, Alberta|Crossfield]], and [[Irricana]]);
*one village ([[Beiseker, Alberta|Beiseker]]); and
*one First Nations reserve ([[Tsuu T'ina Nation]], which includes the Townsite of [[Redwood Meadows]]).

In the [[Canada 2011 Census|2011 Census]], the Calgary CMA had a population of 1,214,839 living in 464,001 of its 488,451 total dwellings, a 12.6% change from its 2006 population of 1,079,310, making it the largest CMA in Alberta and the [[List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada|fourth largest]] in Canada. With a land area of {{convert|5,107.55|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of 237.9 people per square kilometre in 2011.<ref name=2011censusCMAs>{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=205&S=3&RPP=50 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for census metropolitan areas, 2011 and 2006 censuses | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=2012-02-08 | access-date=2012-02-22}}</ref>

Also in terms of area, the Calgary CMA makes up approximately 40% of Statistics Canada's [[Division No. 6, Alberta|Division No. 6]] in Alberta.<ref name=CMAs2006>{{cite web
|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-550/Index.cfm?TPL=P1C&Page=RETR&LANG=Eng&T=205&RPP=50 |title=Population and dwelling counts, for census metropolitan areas, 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data |publisher=Statistics Canada |date=2010-01-06 |access-date=2010-09-06}}</ref><ref name=CDs2006>{{cite web
|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-550/Index.cfm?TPL=P1C&Page=RETR&LANG=Eng&T=702&PR=48&S=0&O=D&RPP=25 |title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census divisions, 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data |publisher=Statistics Canada |date=2010-01-06 |access-date=2010-09-06}}</ref> The balance of Division No. 6 includes the [[census consolidated subdivision]]s of the MD of Foothills No. 31 to the south and [[Mountain View County]] to the north.<ref name=Div6geography>{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page_Hier1.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CD&Code1=4806&Geo2=PR&Code2=48&Data=Count&SearchText=division&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |title=2006 Community Profiles, Geographic hierarchy – Division No. 6 |publisher=Statistics Canada |date=2010-02-05 |access-date=2010-09-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528103041/http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page_Hier1.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CD&Code1=4806&Geo2=PR&Code2=48&Data=Count&SearchText=division&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=# |archive-date=2012-05-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Foothills County]] and the municipalities within are often considered as part of Calgary's metropolitan area due to, among other things, the MDs shared boundary with the City of Calgary and the bedroom community nature of towns like Okotoks, High River, and Diamond Valley