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The TD Edmonton International Jazz Festival takes place in late June and, along with Montreal, were the first jazz festivals in Canada. [225] The Edmonton Folk Music Festival. Edmonton is host to several large festivals each year. Edmonton's main summer festival is K-Days, formerly Klondike Days, Capital Ex and originally the Edmonton ...
EPCOR Tower and CN Tower Winspear Centre is a major theatre and music centre in downtown Edmonton. Alberta Legislature Building; Art Gallery of Alberta (formerly Edmonton Art Gallery) Chinatown; Citadel Theatre; Edmonton City Hall; Edmonton Ski Club; EPCOR Tower (current tallest building in Edmonton by spire) Francis Winspear Centre for Music
Canada Flag Coat of arms Motto: A mari usque ad mare (Latin) "From Sea to Sea" Anthem: "O Canada" Royal anthem: "God Save the King" Capital Ottawa 45°24′N 75°40′W / 45.400°N 75.667°W / 45.400; -75.667 Largest city Toronto Official languages English French Demonym(s) Canadian Government Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy • Monarch Charles III • Governor ...
The Edmonton CMA is the largest of the 41 CMAs [a] in Canada by area, at 9,416.19 km 2 (3,635.61 sq mi). [5] In the 2021 Canadian census, it had a population of 1,418,118, making it the sixth largest CMA in Canada by population, with the second largest percentage increase in national CMA population (37.0% versus 37.3% for the Calgary CMA ) over ...
A parade celebrating the anniversary of the Hudson's Bay Company in Edmonton, 1920.. The first inhabitants hunted and gathered in the area that is now Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, around 3,000 BC and perhaps as early as 10,000 BC, when an ice-free corridor opened up as the last ice age ended and timber, water, and wildlife became available in the region.
The debut of the cheer-leading team received a mixed reaction from the Edmonton community, including petitions to keep cheerleading out of the sport of hockey in Canada. [ 199 ] The Octane performed for the first time on December 14, 2010, at a home game against the Toronto Maple Leafs . [ 199 ]
Distribution of Alberta's 19 cities and 12 other communities eligible for city status. To qualify as a city in Alberta, a sufficient population size (10,000 people or more) must be present and a majority of the buildings must be on parcels of land less than 1,850 square metres (19,900 sq ft). [1]
Wîhkwêntôwin is one of the densest neighbourhoods in Edmonton (10,570 inhabitants per square kilometre (27,400/sq mi) [5] [7]) and West Wîhkwêntôwin is the densest area in Alberta. The population in 2009 was 18,203, the highest of every neighbourhood in Edmonton. [8] The north edge of the neighbourhood was once a Canadian National Railway ...