Timeline of Calgary history

This is a timeline of the history of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

• 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.

• 1870 – The future site of Calgary becomes part of Canada and of the North-West Territories.
• 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.
• 1877 – Treaty 7 is signed, and title to the Fort Calgary area is ceded to the Crown.
• 1882 - First sawmill on the Bow River.
• 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.

• 1910 – Parkdale is annexed to the City of Calgary.
• 1910 - the 103rd Calgary Rifles is created.
• 1912 – The Calgary Stampede is held for the first time.
• 1915–18 – The Mewata Armouries are constructed.
• 1917 - Calgary became first city in Canada to use a form of proportional representation (single transferable voting) to elect its city councillors. The mayor and other single-person posts were filled using instant-runoff voting. Hannah Gale, Calgary's first female councillor, elected. STV in use until 1961, then again in 1971.
• 1919 - The Victory Stampede was Calgary's second rodeo, honoring the end of the Great War.
• 1919 - One Big Union is formed at Calgary.
• 1919 - General strike takes place in Calgary. related to the longer Winnipeg general strike.
• 1920 - The 103rd Rifles is reorganized as The Calgary Regiment.
• 1921 - Calgary filled its two House of Commons seats with Labour men -William Irvine (Canadian politician) and Joseph Tweed Shaw.
• 1923 – The Calgary Stampede held for the third time and annually since then.
• 1924 - The Calgary Highlanders split from the Calgary Regiment to become its own regiment.
• 1926 - 1926 Alberta election. Calgary MLAs elected using single transferable voting in city-wide district. STV in use in Calgary until 1956.
• 1932 - Co-operative Commonwealth Federation party formed at meeting in Calgary.
• 1932–33 – The Glenmore Dam is constructed.
• 1945 - The current Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League begin play.
• 1947 – Stampede Wrestling established.
• 1948 - The Calgary Regiment renamed The King's Own Calgary Regiment
• 1955 - last provincial election where Calgary MLAs elected through STV. no CCF or NDP MLA elected in Calgary under first-past-the-post voting until 1986.
• 1967 – Construction of the Husky Tower started. Opened to the public on June 30, 1968.
• 1970 – First +15 enclosed pedestrian walkway constructed downtown.
• 1971 - last election where Calgary city councillors elected through single transferable voting, and mayor through instant-runoff voting
• 1980 - The NHL's Calgary Flames begin play after relocating from Atlanta.
• 1984 – Suncor Energy Centre completed construction and becomes the new tallest building in Calgary.
• 1988 – Calgary hosts the 1988 Winter Olympics.
• 1989 – Bankers Hall-East completed construction.
• 1989 – The Flames win the Stanley Cup, the only time a visiting team has won the Stanley Cup in Montreal.
• 1992 – Stephen Avenue is designated as a National Historic Site of Canada.
• 1996 – Canadian Pacific Railway moves its head office from Montreal to Calgary.
• 1997 – Calgary Declaration
• 1999 – Hub Oil explosion
• 2000 – Bankers Hall-West is completed 11 years after its twin.

• 2002 – J26 G8 Protests
• 2007 – City surpasses 1,000,000 residents.
• 2010 – After 26 years, the Suncor Energy Centre is surpassed by The Bow as tallest building in Calgary.
• 2011 – Eighth Avenue Place I completed construction.
• 2013 – Widespread flooding across southern Alberta forces the evacuation of 75,000 Calgary residents.
• 2018 – Brookfield Place East is completed and becomes the new tallest building in Calgary.

The following is a timeline of riots and civil unrest in Calgary, Alberta. Since its incorporation as a town in 1884, like other cities, Calgary has had to deal with a variety of violence. Calgary has been credited with maintaining relative civility during duress. The Great Depression in Canada has received particular attention from sociologists and historians, including Thomas Thorner and Neil Watson who wrote, "There is little question that Calgary experienced its share of civil strife during the Depression. Battles between police and the single unemployed men, full scale riots and threats to blow up public buildings appear to have been almost annual events." According to Stephen Graham, a Professor of Human Geography at Durham University, recent events have seen the City of Calgary change their tactics towards civil unrest activities such as protests.

Through its various annexations, the following localities are now in Calgary.

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