Important Dates: Steve's Birthday       Aug 23 Darlene's Birthday       Aug 24 Jaden's Birthday       Jan 14, 2002 Solana's Birthday       Sept 27, 2003 Declan's birthday       July 29, 2005 Steve & Darlene's Anniversary       Sept 23, 1995         Calgary Facts Calgary Alberta is the sixth largest city in Canada, and the largest between Vancouver and Toronto. Calgary also happens to be Canada's second-biggest head office city, second only to Toronto. Alberta is the most westerly of Canada´s three prairie provinces, and joined Canada as a province in 1905. Alberta has around 3 million residents its 661,185 square kilometres 264,474 square miles). The province is about the same area as Texas or twice the size of Japan Calgary has a moderate climate that enjoys four distinct seasons, including warm summers and mild Canadian winters Calgary is known as the Energy Capital of Canada because a number of oil companies have headquarters in the city Alberta has more hours of sunshine in a year than any other province in Canada, A unique phenomena called a Chinook wind can raise temperatures in Calgary more than 20 degrees in one day, turning winter days into spring. Although the mountain areas receive significant amounts of snow in the winter, Calgary often receives only moderate snowfall.   Average Calgary Temperatures     Summer (Jun to Aug)     20C     68F     Fall (Sep to Nov)     11C     52F     Winter (Dec to Feb)    -11C     10F     Spring (Mar to May)       9C     42F           Driving Distances From Calgary to Banff 1.5 hours to Lake Louise 2 hours to Edmonton 3 hours to Vancouver, BC 12 hours Copyright © Steve and Darlene Bulteel Site Feedback