Timeline of Calgary history

This is a timeline of the history of Calgary.

18th century

• 1787 – Cartographer David Thompson spent the winter with a band of Peigan encamped along the Bow River. He was the first recorded European to visit the area.

19th century

• 1873 – John Glenn was the first documented European settler in the Calgary area.
• 1875 – Originally named Fort Brisebois, after NWMP officer Éphrem-A. Brisebois, it was renamed Fort Calgary by Colonel James Macleod.
• 1883 – The Canadian Pacific Railway reached the area and a rail station was constructed.
• 1884 – Calgary was officially incorporated as a town and elected its first mayor, George Murdoch.
• 1885 – Calgary Police Service established.
• 1886 – The Calgary Fire of 1886.
• 1888 – Anglican Diocese of Calgary established.
• 1891 – Calgary and Edmonton Railway opened.
• 1894 – It was incorporated as "The City of Calgary" in what was then the North-West Territories.
• 1900 – Downtown East Village, Calgary established.

20th century

• 1902 – Oil was first discovered in Alberta in 1902,
• 1912 – The Calgary Stampede is held for the first time.
• 1915-18 – Mewata Armouries constructed.
• 1923 – A plebiscite increased the term in office for the mayor from one to two years. In 1968, the Municipal Act increased the term in office by one year, for a total of three years.
• 1929 – Great Depression in Canada.
• 1932-33 – The Glenmore Dam is constructed.
• 1947 – Huge reserves of oil were discovered in the province. Calgary quickly found itself at the centre of the ensuing oil boom.
• 1947 – Stampede Wrestling established.
• 1970 - First +15 enclosed pedestrian walkway constructed downtown.
• 1971 – 403,000 inhabitants. The relatively low-rise Downtown Calgary quickly became dense with tall buildings, a trend that continues to this day.
• 1973 – The city's economy grew when oil prices increased with the Arab Oil Embargo.
• 1988 – Calgary hosts the 1988 Winter Olympics
• 1989 – 675,000 inhabitants.
• 1992 – Stephen Avenue is designated as a National Historic Site of Canada.
• 1996 – Canadian Pacific Railway moved its head office from Montreal to Calgary.
• 1997 – Calgary Declaration.
• 1999 – Hub Oil explosion

21st century

• 2002 – J26 G8 Protests.
• 2005 – Imperial Oil moved its headquarters from Toronto to Calgary in order to take advantage of Alberta's favourable corporate taxes and to be closer to its oil operations.
• 2006 – EnCana announced the construction of the Bow, a 58-floor skyscraper in the downtown core of the city.
• 2007 – 1,020,000 inhabitants.
• 2008 – The Calgary Economic Region had an estimated population of 1,232,679.
• 2010 – Centennial Place (Calgary) will finish.

See also

• List of riots and civil unrest in Calgary