Calgary, Alberta The changing landscape of Canadian metropolitan areas
Calgary, Alberta

Highlights

• At the CMA level, built-up area increased from 273 km² in 1971 to 700 km² in 2011, an increase of 156%.
• At the CMA-E level, built-up area increased from 332 km² in 1971 to 951 km² in 2011, an increase of 186%.
• In 2011, the natural and semi-natural land class was divided into forest (38%), water (5%) and other (56%).
• From 1971 to 2011, 214 km² of arable land and 154 km² of natural and semi-natural land were lost to settled area.
• Of the natural and semi-natural land converted to settled area from 1971 to 2011, 12.6% was forest, 82.8% was natural land for pasture and 4.6% was classed as other.
• Population in the CMA increased by 190% from 418,510 to 1,214,839 between 1971 and 2011.
• The number of dwellings in the CMA increased by 291% from 125,071 to 488,451 between 1971 and 2011.

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