Lokacin da Canadian Pacific Railway ya isa yankin a 1883, kuma an gina tashar jirgin kasa, Calgary ya fara girma a cikin wani muhimmin cibiyar kasuwanci da aikin gona. Fiye da ƙarni daya daga baya, hedkwatar Canadian Pacific Railway ta koma Calgary daga Montreal a shekarar 1996. An kafa Calgary a matsayin gari a 1884, kuma ya zabi magajin gari na farko, George Murdoch. A 1894, an kafa shi a matsayin "Birnin Calgary" a cikin abin da ke Arewa maso Yammacin Yankin. An kafa Hukumar 'Yan Sanda ta Calgary a 1885 kuma ta dauki nauyin birni, ayyukan gida daga NWMP.
Shekara ta 1884