Why does The City of Calgary annex land?
• It enables The City to comprehensively plan for new development necessitated by growth, facilitating the orderly and economic development of the City of Calgary; • It ensures new development is appropriately located and reduces the need for numerous, incremental annexations; • It helps to ensure a healthy and competitive residential and industrial marketplace; • It facilitates major servicing and transportation infrastructure planning and expenditures; and • It provides a sense of long term stability in the Calgary region helping adjacent municipalities and landowners to plan with more certainty. • Why does The City of Calgary have to grow? Isn’t it big enough? Calgary is seen by many as an attractive place to live. On average, 22,000 new people call Calgary home each year. It is important to understand that The City of Calgary does not control whether growth happens, but we can manage it. Annexation to accommodate and plan for growth over the long term is a key part of Calgary’s gro
