Canmore

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Canmore

Total population

13,992

Coordinates51.09°, -115.35°

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Canmore is a town in Alberta, Canada, located approximately 81 kilometres (50 mi) west of Calgary near the southeast boundary of Banff National Park. It is located in the Bow Valley within Alberta's Rocky Mountains. The town shares a border with Kananaskis Country to the west and south and the Municipal District of Bighorn No. 8 to the north and east. With a population of 17,036 in 2023, Canmore is the fifth-largest town in Alberta.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Nearby places in Alberta

• Dead Man's Flats
  5 mi away
• Lac Des Arcs
  8.6 mi away
• Anthracite
  10.1 mi away
• Kananaskis Village
  14.6 mi away
• Mînî Thnî
  22.4 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Fortress Junction
  22.4 mi away
• CottageClub Ghost Lake
  29.4 mi away
• Redwood Meadows
  37.3 mi away
• Priddis Greens
  43.1 mi away
• Wimbledon
  45.9 mi away
• Cartier Creek Hamlet
  46.7 mi away
• Madden
  52 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Canmore

Canmore, Alberta (82 O/3, in Part)

Geological Survey of Canada. · 1957

Canmore, Alberta (82 O/3, in part)

Topographical map of the Cascade coal basin Canmore Alberta

Structural analysis of three extension faults in Number 4 mine, Canmore, Alberta

Computer Graphics International

Alta.) Computer Graphics International (1999 Canmore · 1999

Depositional environments of the Upper Devonian Cairn-Southesk formations, White Man Gap, Canmore, Alberta

Ian G. Hunter · 1986

Depositional environments of the Upper Devonian Cairn-Southesk formations, White Man Gap area, Canmore, Alberta

Ian G. Hunter · 1985

Correlation and cyclicity analysis of the jurassic-cretaceous kootenay formation near Canmore, Alberta (Textual Component)

John David Hughes · 1975

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Parker Lake, Boundary, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-08-23 · 163 mi
• Wildfire Silver, Boundary, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-08-23 · 180 mi
• Wildfire Skillet, Lincoln, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-07-29 · 181 mi
• Wildfire Deer Creek, Lincoln, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-08-20 · 202 mi
• Wildfire BRADEEN HILL, Stevens, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-07-25 · 228 mi
• Wildfire HUDSPETH, Stevens, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 242 mi
• Wildfire Dudley, Shoshone, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-08-26 · 246 mi
• Wildfire FAIRVIEW, Spokane, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 248 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

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