The Calgary metro area, located in the south of the Canadian province of Alberta, is among one the fastest growing metros in Canada.

Total Population: 1,392,609

(An increase of 14.63 % in the past 5 years.)

Census Data

• Foreign Born - 313,900
• Language Spoken at Home - 323,360

The Philippines, India and China are the leading source countries for foreign born.

Quick Facts

• Most commonly spoken languages other than English and French are Filipino, Tagalog, Punjabi, Chinese, Mandarin and Spanish.


• Largest visible minority affinity peoples are South Asians (mainly from India or Pakistan), Chinese, and Filipino.


• Métis are the largest First Nations people group in Calgary metro.


• Home to a First Nations Reserve (the Tsuu T’ina Nation).


• Calgary's Chinatown - home to the Chinese Cultural Centre, the largest facility of its kind in North America and the Dragon City Mall.


• Ethnic Enclaves - (1) the Chinese community was dominant in the downtown west end; however, concentrations are now also noticeable in northwest suburban areas. (2) Germans are spread all across in north and south Calgary and elsewhere in the bedroom towns of Cochrane and Airdrie, and in rural Rocky View County in the north. (3) South Asians have formed large thriving communities in the northeast, where they are now a majority.


• Notable Arabic peoples include Arab, Lebanese (11,580), Arab, Sudanese (3,245), Arab, Iraqi (2,200), and Arab, Egyptian (2,150).