Celebrations and Societies

The Giovanni Caboto Loggia became a cornerstone of Calgary’s Italian community, built on mutual aid, tradition, and unity. 10 th Anniversary of Calgary Giovanni Caboto’s Loggia No. 8 (1928 ) Italians honoured Giovanni Caboto by naming their organizations after him. They also saw themselves as explorers, building new lives in the country he discovered. As more immigrants arrived and the First World War came to an end, the Loggia Giovanni Caboto No. 8 was officially formalized

The Italian explorer whose 1497 voyage helped open the door to Canada’s history. Who was this man who landed on our shores in 1497? Giovanni Caboto was an Italian explorer and navigator with an idea that would take him across the Atlantic Ocean. He dreamed of finding a shorter route to Asia — a vision that would eventually become part of Canadian history. Born around the 1450s in Genoa, Italy, Caboto later moved with his family to Venice, where he learned navigation, map read