section_path: G7/G8 summits
section_name: G8 summits
paragraph_text: G8 summits
  
  The 28th G8 summit was held in the area June 2002, hosted by Jean Chrétien. Held at the Kananaskis Resort (also called the "Delta Lodge at Kananaskis") in Kananaskis Village, this was the second time Canada used a lodge venue for a G8 summit, after its inaugural 7th G7 summit in Montebello, Quebec in 1981. It is estimated the 2002 conference contributed around $300 million into the Kananaskis and Alberta economies while security cost taxpayers in excess of $200 million.
  
  The 51st G7 summit is held in the area in June 2025, hosted by Mark Carney.
  
  The two summits are the only G7 / G8 summits be held in Western Canada.