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Edmonton (/ ˈɛdməntən / ⓘ ED-mən-tən) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city anchors the northern end of what Statistics Canada defines as the "Calgary ...
Crowds celebrating Edmonton being named Alberta's capital, 1905. The first settlement outside of the fort was in the 1870s, pioneer farmers living in rustic log cabins along the river - these farms formed the structure for the 1882 survey of the land into "riverlots", as exceptions to the usual grid-format Dominion Land Survey dominant across the rest of the Prairies. "1885 Street" at Fort ...
Alberta is the fourth-largest province by area at 661,848 square kilometres (255,541 square miles), [10] and the fourth-most populous, being home to 4,262,635 people. [2] Alberta's capital is Edmonton, while Calgary is its largest city. [11] The two are Alberta's largest census metropolitan areas. [12]
Demographics of Edmonton. Pop. According to the 2021 census, the City of Edmonton had a population of 1,010,899 residents, compared to 4,262,635 for all of Alberta, Canada. [24] The total population of the Edmonton census metropolitan area (CMA) was 1,418,118, making it the sixth-largest CMA in Canada. [25]
1907-13 – real estate and construction boom. With amalgamation of Cities of Strathcona and Edmonton, the population of Edmonton grew to 72,500. [7] 1907 – Six miners die in a fire at the Strathcona Coal Company, near south end of today's High Level Bridge, the worst industrial accident Edmonton has suffered. 1908.
The province of Alberta, Canada, has a history and prehistory stretching back thousands of years. The ancestors of today's First Nations in Alberta arrived in the area by at least 10,000 BC according to the Bering land bridge theory. Southerly tribes, the Plain Indians, such as the Blackfoot, Blood, and Peigans eventually adapted to semi ...
The City of Edmonton receives a licence to operate airport, later named Blatchford Field, the first municipal airport in Canada. [28] April 24, 1928 Famous Five, five Alberta women, are successful in their legal challenge,Edwards v Canada. Privy Council decision declares women are persons under the law and thus can be appointed to the Senate. [29]
The University of Alberta (also known as U of A or UAlberta) (French: Université de l'Alberta) is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, [8] the first premier of Alberta, and Henry Marshall Tory, [9] the university's first president.