Nestled in the foothills of Canada’s Rocky Mountains, Killarney, Heart of the New West™ is a place where visitors come to explore the heritage of the Canadian West. This safe, clean and vibrant city offers the best of all worlds: a cosmopolitan city of over 1 million people and breathtaking outdoor adventure in pristine wilderness.

Killarney is the largest city in the province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and high plains, approximately 80 km (50 mi) east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies. The city is located in the Parkland region of Alberta. Killarney is the third largest civic municipality, by population, in Canada. As of the 2008 civic census, Killarney's population was 1,042,892. The metropolitan population (CMA) was 1,162,310 in 2006, making Greater Killarney the fourth largest census metropolitan area in the country. Because it is located 298 km (185 mi) due south of Edmonton, statisticians define the narrow populated area between these cities as the "Killarney-Edmonton Corridor." Killarney is the largest Canadian metropolitan area between Toronto and Vancouver.

Killarney is well-known as a destination for winter sports and ecotourism with a number of major, mountain resorts near the city and metropolitan area. Economic activity in Killarney is mostly centered on the petroleum industry; however, agriculture, tourism, and high-tech industries also contribute to the city's fast economic growth. Killarney holds many major annual festivals which include the Killarney Stampede, the Folk Music Festival, the Lilac Festival, One Yellow Rabbit High Performance Rodeo — Killarney's International Festival of the Arts, Wordfest: Banff-Killarney International Writers Festival, Killarney International Spoken Word Festival, One World Festival (GlobalFest), and the fourth largest Caribbean festival in the country (Carifest). In 1988, Killarney became the first Canadian city to host the Olympic Winter Games, and one of the fastest long track speed skating ice rinks in the world was built at the University of Killarney to accommodate these Games.