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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 ...
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]
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]
Alberta is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. [2] Located in Western Canada, the province has an area of 661,190 km 2 (255,290 sq mi) and is bounded to the south by the United States state of Montana along 49° north for 298 km (185 mi); to the east at 110° west by the province of Saskatchewan for 1,223 km (760 mi); and at 60° north the Northwest Territories for 644 km ...
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.
Official symbols of Alberta. 1907, augmented July 30, 1980. Granted to Alberta by Royal Warrant. [1] Granted with other elements of the coat of arms. [1] A reference to the fifth line of O Canada. The shield of the coat of arms was adopted as a separate official emblem known as the provincial shield in September 2013.
Name Address Coordinates Government recognition (CRHP №) Image Jasper Block (1909) 10514–10520 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton AB Edmonton municipality () Q24040357