For over 75 years, the world-class Calgary Zoo has offered visitors from around the world the opportunity to experience and interact with wildlife right in the heart of Calgary, only five minutes from the downtown core.

Western Canada’s largest accredited zoo has 290 different species and over 1,000 animals, including endangered creatures like the Siberian tiger and western lowland gorilla. Many animals from North America are featured in the zoo’s Canadian Wilds section, with ecosystems representing aspen woodlands, northern forests and the Rocky Mountains. 

The zoo includes 2.5 hectares of botanical gardens, as well as volcano and sandstone hoodoos as part of the environment surrounding life-size dinosaur models in the Prehistoric Park, which recreates the Mesozoic period.

The Calgary Zoo is open every day except Christmas Day and can be reached off of Memorial Drive NW, just west of downtown.