[247] These trails are also part of the 235km (146mi) Waskahegan walking trail. According to the 2021 Census, 44.6 percent of metropolitan Edmonton residents identify as Christian. [58] The Edmonton International Airport (EIA) is the main airport serving the city. [289] In the current 31st Alberta Legislature all of Edmonton's districts are represented by members from the Opposition Alberta New Democratic Party. [145] Its proximity to the University of Alberta has led to a high number of restaurants, pubs, trendy clubs, and retail and specialty shops. For other uses, see, Member municipalities of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region Board, Places adjacent to Edmonton Metropolitan Region, Toggle Edmonton Metropolitan Region Board subsection, Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. [24] "Fort Edmonton," as it was known, became the main centre for trade in the area after the 1821 merger of the HBC and the NWC. This is the 6th largest CMA by population in Canada. 2, 200006 municipal reorganization in Quebec, "Economic Development Edmonton 'Branding Edmonton' Initiative", "Location and History Profile: City of Edmonton", "City of Edmonton Population, Historical", "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities)", "Alberta Private Sewage Systems 2009 Standard of Practice Handbook: Appendix A.3 Alberta Design Data (A.3.A. The storm caused extensive damage to West Edmonton Mall; a small glass section of the roof collapsed under the weight of the rainwater, causing water to drain onto the mall's indoor ice rink. Alberta had the highest growth rate in the country. CT 0002.05 (Census Tract, Edmonton Metropolitan Area, Canada Festivals of jazz, folk, and classical music are popular entertainment events in the city. Census Profile - Map : Edmonton (Census metropolitan area), Alberta [28], Edmonton is divided into 375 neighbourhoods[129] within seven geographic sectors a mature area sector, which includes neighbourhoods that were essentially built out before 1970,[130] and six surrounding suburban sectors. Other past notable sports teams include; the Edmonton Grads, a women's basketball team with 108 local, provincial, national, and international titles and the world champions for 17 years in a row; the Edmonton Trappers, a Triple-A level baseball team with multiple division and league titles in the Pacific Coast League, and; the Edmonton Rush, a box lacrosse team with one league championship. [341], The Edmonton Composting Facility was the largest of its type in the world, and the largest stainless steel building in North America. The area covered by the treaty represents most of the central area of the current provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta. Major roadways include Kingsway, Yellowhead Trail (Highway16), Whitemud Drive and Anthony Henday Drive. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Edmonton metropolitan region recorded a population of 1,321,426 living in 502,143 of its 537,634 total private dwellings, a change of 13.9% from its 2011 population of 1,159,869. [257], The Telus World of Science is located in the Woodcroft neighbourhood northwest of the city centre. [236], In the city's early days, music was performed in churches and community halls. [258], The Alberta Aviation Museum, located in a hangar at the City Centre Airport, was built for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. The population development of CT 0101.02 as well as related information and services (Wikipedia, Google, images). [215], In contrast to suburban centres, Edmonton has many urban retail locations. For the town in England, see, Canada's Festival City, City of Champions, The Oil Capital of Canada. It empties via the Saskatchewan River, Lake Winnipeg, and the Nelson River into Hudson Bay. Edmonton, Canada Metro Area Population 1950-2023 | MacroTrends Research initiatives are anchored by educational institutions such as the University of Alberta (U of A) as well as government initiatives underway at Alberta Innovates and Edmonton Research Park. [83], Summer in Edmonton lasts from June until early September, while winter lasts from November until March and in common with all of Alberta[84] varies greatly in length and severity. 0. [307] Its crime severity index was the fifth-highest among CMAs in Canada behind Regina, Saskatoon, Kelowna and Vancouver. Twenty-one FM and eight AM radio stations are based in Edmonton. Edmonton Metropolitan Area (Canada): Census Tracts - Population Statistics, Charts and Map Home America Canada Canada: Edmonton Metropolitan Area Contents: Census Tracts The population of all census tracts of Edmonton metropolitan area by census years. Mississauga, Ont. Canadian Forces Base Edmonton is home to 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (1 CMBG), the Regular Force army brigade group of 3rd Canadian Division of the Canadian Army. Fort Edmonton Park, Canada's largest living history museum, is located in the river valley southwest of the city centre. 20km. It was originally settled as a Mtis community, and is now the second-largest city in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region. [251] Golf courses and the park system become a winter recreation area during this season, and cross-country skiing and skating are popular during the long winter. 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[citation needed], Edmonton's teams have rivalries with Calgary's teams and games between Edmonton and Calgary teams are often referred to as the Battle of Alberta. GeoSearch GeoSearch is an interactive mapping application that makes it easy to find places in Canada, see them on a map, and get basic geographic and demographic data for them. Edmonton [CMA], Alta. [72], Unions and radical organizations such as the Industrial Workers of the World struggled for progressive social change through the early years, with the first reformer, James East, elected in 1912, followed by the first official Labour alderman, James Kinney, the following year. Each councillor is elected in a ward (electoral district); the mayor is elected at-large through first-past-the-post voting. This article is about the region surrounding and including the City of Edmonton in Alberta, Canada. Other past sporting events hosted by Edmonton include: Despite submitting a bid, Edmonton was not selected as a host city for the 2026 Fifa World Cup. [333] The city collects four streams of waste under this program: Garbage in black bins, organic waste in green bins, recycling in blue bags, and yard waste in large brown paper bags or clear plastic bags (four times per year). [citation needed], Past notable hockey teams in Edmonton include: the original junior hockey incarnation of the Edmonton Oil Kings, with multiple league and national Memorial Cup championships playing in the Western Hockey League; the Edmonton Flyers, with multiple Lester Patrick Cups and one national Allan Cup, and; the Edmonton Roadrunners of the American Hockey League. [citation needed], The Telephone Historical Centre is a telephone museum also located in the Prince of Wales Armouries Heritage Centre. [106] An F4 tornado that struck Edmonton on July 31, 1987, killing 27, was unusual in many respects, including severity, duration, damage, and casualties. [380] There are also a number of smaller weekly and community newspapers. [61] Many impoverished families moved to subsistence farms outside the city, while others fled to greener pastures in other provinces. Estimates of the number of people living in a municipality, including Canadian citizens and immigrants as well as non-permanent residents. July 1, 2021. Amalgamated into a city department as City of Edmonton Telephone Department, City Telephone System (CTS), 'Edmonton telephones'. [1] Downtown Edmonton's Churchill Square host numerous festivals each summer. Edmonton Population 2021/2022 - Canada Population The land area of Edmonton is 9,438.86 square kilometres and the population density was 140.0 people per square kilometre. [88] At the summer solstice, Edmonton receives 17 hours and three minutes of daylight, with an hour and 46 minutes of civil twilight,[89] and on average receives 2,299 hours of bright sunshine[90] per year, making it one of Canada's sunniest cities. Several health research institutes, including the Heritage Medical Research Centre, Medical Sciences Building, Katz Group Centre for Pharmacy and Health Research, and Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Research Innovation, are also located at this site. The summer of 2006 was particularly warm for Edmonton, as temperatures reached 29C (84F) or higher more than 20 times from mid-May to early September. Edmonton Capital Region - Travel guide at Wikivoyage [205] Other major financial institutions include Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo), ATB Financial, Servus Credit Union (formerly Capital City Savings), TD Canada Trust and Manulife Financial. The City of Edmonton is continuously working with its regional partners to help the Region thrive and prosper while also addressing the challenges of rapid growth. The major roads connecting to other communities elsewhere in Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan are the Yellowhead Highway to the west and east and Highway2 (Queen ElizabethII Highway) to the south. Edmonton is a member of the Edmonton Metropolitan Transit Services Commission, which will begin service in mid-2022. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 2, which includes surrounding communities. The Edmonton Valley Zoo is in the river valley to the southwest of the city centre. [371], Edmonton has seven local broadcast television stations shown on basic cable TV or over-the-air, with the oldest broadcasters in the city being CTV Edmonton (1954) and CBC TV Edmonton (1961). Edmonton metropolitan area; Division No. West Edmonton Mall holds several after-hour establishments in addition to its many stores and attractions. 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. Estimates are available for census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, census divisions, economic regions and census subdivisions. This page was last edited on 5 July 2023, at 03:39. This area also has two independent movie theatres, the Garneau and Princess, as well as several live theatre, music, and comedy venues.[244]. Edmonton Metropolitan Area (Canada): Census Tracts - Population (annual change) Source (s): Table 17-10-0135-01 . In the 1930s, the local Muslim community began organizing to build a mosque. [130] Oliver and Garneau are the city's most populated and most densely populated neighbourhoods respectively. [142], Edmonton has four major industrial districts: the Northwest Industrial District, the Northeast Industrial District, the Southeast Industrial District, and the emerging Edmonton Energy and Technology Park,[143] which is part of Alberta's Industrial Heartland. [56], Incorporated as a town in 1892 with a population of 700 and then as a city in 1904 with a population of 8,350,[57] Edmonton became the capital of Alberta when the province was formed a year later, on September 1, 1905. Edmonton Metropolitan Region - Population. The EMR is considered a major gateway to northern Alberta and the Canadian North, particularly for many companies, including airlines and oil/natural gas exploration. This chart shows the population of the ten largest census metropolitan areas according to the 2021 Census in descending order (starting with the most populated). [227], Edmonton's main summer festival is K-Days, formerly Klondike Days, Capital Ex and originally the Edmonton Exhibition. The valley of the North Saskatchewan River, in particular the area of Edmonton, was settled to varying degrees for thousands of years, and provided many essential resources, including fish, medicine, and materials for tool making, such as chert or quartzite, which are abundant in the area around the modern city and which can be easily knapped into tools such as axes, knives, and arrowheads.[21]. Of the total immigrant population, the top countries of origin were Philippines (54,850 persons or 16.9%), India (50,435 persons or 15.6%), China (21,110 persons or 6.5%), Vietnam (10,280 persons or 3.2%), United Kingdom (9,990 persons or 3.1%), Pakistan (8,895 persons or 2.7%), Hong Kong (6,985 persons or 2.2%), Poland (6,470 persons or 2.0%), United States of America (6,295 persons or 1.9%), and Somalia (5,765 persons or 1.8%). [109] Then-mayor Laurence Decore cited the community's response to the tornado as evidence that Edmonton was a "city of champions," which later became an unofficial slogan of the city. [202], During the 1970s and 1980s, Edmonton became a major financial centre, with both regional offices of Canada's major banks and locally based institutions opening. With a land area of 9,426.73km2 (3,639.68sqmi), the Edmonton CMA had a population density of 123.0/km2 (318.7/sqmi) in 2011. Census Profile. [121], The individual economic development interests and costs of service delivery in certain municipalities within the region have led to intermunicipal competition, strained intermunicipal relationships and overall fragmentation of the region. With direct air distances from Edmonton to places such as London in United Kingdom being shorter than to other main airports in western North America,[308] Edmonton Airports is working to establish a major container shipping hub called Port Alberta. Edmonton also has a high demand for pub crawl tours in the city. Both it and its southern twin in Calgary were constructed in 1955 for the province's golden jubilee and have hosted many concerts, musicals, and ballets. Edmonton is also home to two of Alberta's five Unitarian Universalist congregations the Unitarian Church of Edmonton[195] and the Westwood Unitarian Congregation;[196] the other three are located in Calgary, Lethbridge, and Red Deer. [381][382], In the United States, American cities and their sisters are listed with that country's Sister Cities International. The arrival of the CPR and the C&E Railway helped bring settlers and entrepreneurs from eastern Canada, Europe, the U.S. and other parts of the world. Recent growth Between 2016 and 2021, the five CMAs with the highest percentage growth were located in British Columbia and Southern Ontario. The Northeast Community Health Centre offers a 24-hour emergency room with no inpatient ward services. The City of Edmonton announced in March 2013 its intent to annex 156 square kilometres of land (including the Edmonton International Airport) from Leduc County. [citation needed]. [222] In 2015 the Citadel Theatre also became home to Catalyst Theatre. With a land area of 765.61km2 (295.60sqmi), it had a population density of 1,320.4/km2 (3,419.8/sqmi) in 2021. As a result, the mall was evacuated as a precautionary measure. A selection of health indicators that provide data for this CMA appears below. Council has the responsibility of approving the city's budget, and develops laws and policies intended to promote the health and safety of Edmonton residents. [58], In 1904, the City of Edmonton purchased the Edmonton District Telephone Company for $17,000 from Alex Taylor, a Canadian entrepreneur, inventor, and politician. Despite being far from Canada's coasts, Edmonton is also the home of HMCSNonsuch,[304] a naval reserve division. Edmonton is known for its natural scenery, food, history and facilities. [36], By 1813, after some changes in location, Fort Edmonton was established in the area of what is now Rossdale, beginning Edmonton's start as a permanent population centre. three towns (Devon, Morinville, and Stony Plain). [342] Among the innovative uses for the city's waste included a Christmas tree recycling program. It is at the same latitude as Hamburg (Germany); Dublin (Ireland); Manchester (United Kingdom); and Magnitogorsk (Russia). Near Oliver, 124 Street is home to a significant number of retail stores. [346] Other area hospitals include Sturgeon Community Hospital in St. Albert, Leduc Community Hospital in Leduc, WestView Health Centre in Stony Plain, and Fort Saskatchewan Community Hospital in Fort Saskatchewan. [201], Much of the growth in technology sectors is due to Edmonton's reputation as one of Canada's premier research and education centres. [138] Another TOD, Century Park,[139] is being constructed at the site of what was once Heritage Mall, at the southern end of the LRT line. On the University of Alberta grounds is the 2,534-seat Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, which had over a year of heavy renovations as part of the province's 2005 centennial celebrations. 2021 Census. [191][192], The Hindu Community in Edmonton is served by the Hindu Society of Alberta[193] (North Indian Temple) and the Maha Ganapathy Society of Alberta (South Indian Temple). It seats 1,932 patrons and houses the $3-million Davis Concert Organ, the largest concert organ in Canada. Particularly, Edmonton was frustrated that its surrounding municipalities were receiving an increased tax base for major industrial development, while not contributing to Edmonton's burden to maintain and build new infrastructure within Edmonton used by the residents and businesses of the surrounding municipalities. Edmonton Population 2022/2023 Overview map. Zoom to. Edmonton (City, Canada) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location [19] A resident of Edmonton is known as an Edmontonian. [73] Jan Reimer became the city's first female mayor when she was elected in 1989.[74][75]. Edmonton is on the North Saskatchewan River, at an elevation of 671m (2,201ft). Edmonton Metropolitan Region Board - Population. [17][18] Edmonton is both the northernmost city and metropolitan area in North America to have a population of over one million. The city anchors the northern end of what Statistics Canada defines as the "CalgaryEdmonton Corridor," a region spanning between Edmonton and the city of Calgary, which includes the many smaller municipalities between the two. It falls into the NRC 4a Plant Hardiness Zone. Edmonton CMA - Population. Greater Edmonton population in 2021 is estimated to be 1.41 million, also known as Metro Edmonton, is the metropolitan area with its major urban centre being the city of Edmonton. Contents: Population. Edmonton Metropolitan Region Board - Population Here are the fastest growing and shrinking communities in Alberta [309], Edmonton serves as a major transportation hub for Canadian National Railway, whose North American operations management centre is located at their Edmonton offices. [218], Many events are anchored in the downtown Arts District around Churchill Square (named in honour of Sir Winston Churchill). Trend {{maxPeriodPriorTitle}} {{maxPeriodTitle}} {{trendTitle . The Edmonton CMA is the largest in Canada by area at 9,426.73 sq km (3,639.68 sq mi). The EMR's commonly known boundaries are coincident with those of the Edmonton census metropolitan area (CMA) as delineated by Statistics Canada. Over 6.6 million people were living in the Toronto metropolitan area. [314], From the 1990s to early 2009, Edmonton was one of two cities in Canada still operating trolley buses, along with Vancouver. The Alberta Railway Museum[262] is located in the rural northeast portion of the city. However, the Edmonton Metropolitan Region Board (EMRB) established by the provincial government to provide a form of regional government, fostering cooperation for regional planning amongst the City of Edmonton and its surrounding municipalities has a membership that differs slightly from the CMA. [344], Together, the Waste Management Centre and Wastewater Treatment plant are known as the Edmonton Waste Management Centre of Excellence. Population growth in Canada's large urban regions slows, but still outpaces that of other regions. Edmonton's river valley constitutes the longest stretch of connected urban parkland in North America, and Edmonton has the highest amount of parkland per capita of any Canadian city; the river valley is 22 times larger than New York City's Central Park.

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