I recently attended a great AUG (Atlassian Users Group) in Vancouver. I was curious as to whether or not anyone has started anything like this in Alberta, specifically Calgary or Edmonton?
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Not that I can see - https://aug.atlassian.com/ is always a good place to look for AUGs. I'm aware of four Harp mentions (and tries to get to) in Canada, but only Vancouver rings a bell for me in your question.
If you don't find one, there's an obvious suggestion - start one! There's lots of resources on my link to help you with it (although I'd say the best resources are the people)