You'd have to climb 802 Stairs to get to the Observation Deck.

The Calgary Tower took 465 days to build, Work started on February 19th, 1967, and finished 15 months later. The cost to build the Tower back then? $3.5 million.

On a clear day, you can see all the way from here to the Rocky Mountains, 80 kilometres away on the western horizon.

The Calgary Tower's foundations are sunk 6.1 metres into the ground. Sure, the Tower sways in the wind, but it's firmly anchored in the Earth.

The Tower's Flame burns 50 gigejoules of natural gas every hour. That's a lot! The average home in Calgary only burns 120 gigajoules per year.

Workmen poured concrete continuously for 24 days to erect the Tower. The record pour for one 24-hour period was 39 feet.

At Dinner time, the restaurant makes a full rotation every 60 minutes, giving diners an ever-changing panorama of the city and sky.

Construction of the Calgary Tower consumed 4,433 cubic metres of concrete, not to mention 617 tons of steel.

The elevators travel at 9 km/h. They're fast, but a little slower than the world's fastest elevator, which rises at a zippy 60.6 km/h.

Our Restaurant is 155 metres above the street. If the windows could open, a tomato tossed outside would hit the ground in 5.5 seconds going about 200 km/h - splat!

The full height of the Tower, from ground level to the tip of the spire is 626 feet (that's 191 metres).

In high winds, the Tower can sway 16.5 centimetres, or 6.5 inches. Don't worry though, it can withstand winds up to 161 km/h.