Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. The Calgary census metropolitan area (CMA) is the third most diverse in Canada in terms of visible minorities after Toronto and Vancouver when considering only CMAs with population greater than 200,000.[http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/highlights/ethnic/pages/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=CMA&Code=01&Table=1&Data=Dist&StartRec=1&Sort=5&Display=Page Ethnocultural Portrait of Canada Highlight Tables, 2006 Census ] It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and high plains, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies. The city is located in the Parkland region of Alberta. Calgary is the third largest civic municipality, by population in Canada, and is also an emerging global city. In the Canada 2006 Census, the city had a population of 988,193 and the CMA had a population of 1,079,310. As of the 2009 civic census, Calgary's population was 1,065,455 and the CMA had a population of 1,182,446."Growth spurt makes Calgary third largest Canadian municipality, census finds ". National Post, July 22, 2009.
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