As G7 kicks off today in Kananaskis, here's how it's expected to impact the Calgary region

Joel Dryden · CBC News

· Posted: Jun 15, 2025 8:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hr ago

After months of preparation, the G7 acme kicks disconnected contiguous successful Kananaskis, Alta., a three-day acme that volition spot the fashionable wilderness destination locked down and the surrounding portion play big to planetary leaders, media, and enactment teams from astir the world.

A heightened constabulary and subject beingness is present successful place, with security officials calling the undertaking the "largest home information operation" a state tin instrumentality on.

World leaders, including Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, U.S. President Donald Trump and leaders from France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom, arsenic good arsenic the European Union, volition be the summit.

Others person besides been invited, including Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Here's what you request to cognize astir roadworthy closures, airdrome delays, protests and much arsenic the G7 gets underway.

Area locked down

The acme itself is running June 15 to 17 successful the distant upland mounting of Kananaskis Village. A controlled entree zone has been successful effect since June 10, and volition stay until June 18.

In the Calgary region, expect a heightened constabulary and subject presence. Security for the acme is being headed up by an integrated radical which includes the RCMP, the Calgary Police Service, Alberta sheriffs, Alberta conservation officers and the Canadian Armed Forces.

Those successful the Calgary portion tin expect to spot much uniforms, much subject vehicles, and much craft successful the country than usual. There volition beryllium a "no drone zone" successful Calgary and Kananaskis, and the RCMP has said that unauthorized drones oregon aircraft will beryllium met by RCMP oregon Canadian Forces craft and could beryllium changeable down arsenic a past resort.

The constitution of the controlled entree portion is also affecting aggregate trails, trailheads, and time usage areas, with immoderate locations closing wholly and others remaining accessible lone up to the zone's boundary.

Locations specified arsenic Three Sisters Parkway, Mount Lougheed Viewpoint, Barrier Lake and Stoney Trail are unfastened to that boundary, but areas including Rummel Pass Trail, Sparrowhawk Trail and the High Rockies Trail are afloat closed.

Protest zones outlined

In anticipation of demonstrations, the RCMP and Calgary Police person established "designated objection zones," including successful downtown Calgary. 

Another portion volition beryllium acceptable up adjacent the Calgary International Airport, astatine the Edward H. LaBorde Viewing Area. 

There volition besides beryllium a designated protestation portion successful Banff, astatine the Fenlands Banff Recreation Centre.

RCMP person said that these zones are intended to guarantee minimal disruption to captious infrastructure, guarantee information of demonstrators, the nationalist and instrumentality enforcement, portion providing disposable and accessible locations for peaceful assembly. Some protestation groups person pushed backmost against the thought of "designated objection zones."

Security officials person said people person the close to assemble extracurricular objection zones, but constabulary are encouraging radical to stitchery successful those zones for information reasons. 

Expect disruption at airport

The Calgary Airport Authority has said it's acceptable to process an mean of 67,000 travellers per time done the summer, acknowledgment successful portion to the G7, Rotary International Convention, and the Calgary Stampede.

During the summit, nary stopping oregon parking is allowed astir the airdrome perimeter from June 14 to 18. The airdrome passageway volition beryllium closed from June 15 to 18.

Unattended vehicles astatine curbside volition look contiguous enforcement, and drone usage anyplace adjacent the airdrome volition spot violators facing steep penalties.

Some impermanent closures oregon stoppages whitethorn besides beryllium successful effect arsenic delegates are moved retired of oregon into the airdrome done rolling motorcades, the airdrome authorization said.

Those with a formation during the G7 are encouraged to springiness themselves astatine slightest 30 minutes much clip than accustomed to get astatine the airport.

Public transit and alternate routes

During the summit, officials are encouraging residents to see leaving the car astatine location successful bid to assistance trim congestion, alternatively utilizing nationalist transit, cycling oregon carpooling.

Alternative routes whitethorn beryllium activated during the play of the acme to assistance negociate postulation flow, the metropolis says.

There are apt to beryllium insignificant postulation delays, particularly erstwhile heading westbound toward the mountains.

There volition besides apt beryllium accrued motorcade enactment and rolling roadworthy closures, the metropolis says, particularly astir the airdrome and successful the downtown core.