which province is calgary canada in?
Alberta
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 The city had a population of 877 @,@ 926 in the 2014 census , is Alberta 's second @-@ largest city and Canada 's fifth @-@ largest municipality . This population represents 66 percent of the total 2014 population of 1 @,@ 328 @,@ 300 within the Edmonton census metropolitan area ( CMA ) , Canada 's fifth @-@ largest CMA by population . Edmonton is the most northern North American city with a metropolitan population over one million . A resident of Edmonton is known as an Edmontonian . 

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 When the league finally approved Calgary for 2011 , the team considered where to host the game . They thought about building temporary stadiums west of the city limits or in Lake Louise and hosting the game at the foot of the Canadian Rockies . The team dismissed the latter idea as impractical , and settled on McMahon Stadium . The usual home of the Calgary Stampeders and the University of Calgary Dinos football teams , McMahon has a standard capacity of 35 @,@ 650 but additional seating added in the north end zone pushed the capacity for this game over 41 @,@ 000 . 

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 One of the most contentious issues facing the newly elected government was the decision of the province 's capital city . The federal legislation creating the province had fixed Edmonton as the provisional capital , much to the chagrin of Calgary . Neither party had taken a position on the divisive question during the campaign , but selecting a permanent capital was high on the list of the new legislature 's orders of business . Calgary 's case was made most enthusiastically by Minister of Public Works Cushing , Edmonton 's by Attorney @-@ General Cross . Banff and Red Deer were also possibilities , but motions to select each failed to find seconders . In the end , Edmonton was designated by a vote of sixteen members — including Rutherford — to eight . 

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 = = = Edmonton , Vancouver and Carolina = = = 

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 As Calgary 's representative , Cushing was further dismayed when Rutherford elected to locate the University of Alberta in his own hometown of Strathcona , immediately across the North Saskatchewan River from Edmonton . Calgarians felt that , having been denied the capital , they should be first in line for the university . 
