It’s cowboy image is undeniable. After all, the world famous Calgary Stampede remains its most celebrated event. But Calgary is also Canada’s fastest growing city with a population of one million residing in this region of foothills at the base of the Canadian Rockies. If they come for work opportunities, they stay for the attractions: skiing in Banff National Park only an hour and half away, golf in Kananaskis Country and a modern downtown with fine dining and high brow culture.

At the western end of a thousand miles of prairie, Calgary is like a phoenix rising. Its jutting skyline is proof of the many corporations headquartered here. Unique to Calgary is an above ground network of bridges called The Plus 15, connecting more than 100 buildings including hundreds of shops, restaurants and theaters. When the weather is fine, visitor’s stroll the Eau Claire Market or carry binoculars to the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary.

For more information go to: www.discovercalgary.com or www.tourismcalgary.com.