Early Life
Calder was born in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia in 1873, and grew up there before moving to Labrador, where he started its first lumber company. In 1902, he moved to Edmonton, where he spent five years scouting suitable timber for ties for the Grand Trunk Railway. In 1907 he co-founded Foster and Calder, one of the city's first real estate firms, which developed much of what is now the Calder neighbourhood, which was later named in Calder's honour. He also, as a member of the United Church of Canada, helped construct the first building to house the Knox United Church.
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