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Alberta
Alberta | |
|---|---|
| Motto(s): | |
| Coordinates: 54°59′30″N 114°22′36″W / 54.99167°N 114.37667°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Confederation | September 1, 1905 (split from NWT) (10th, with Saskatchewan) |
| Capital | Edmonton |
| Largest city | Calgary |
| Largest metro | Calgary Region |
| Government | |
| • Type | Parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
| • Lieutenant governor | Salma Lakhani |
| • Premier | Danielle Smith (UCP) |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| Federal representation | Parliament of Canada |
| House seats | 34 of 338 (10.1%) |
| Senate seats | 6 of 105 (5.7%) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 661,849 km2 (255,541 sq mi) |
| • Land | 640,082 km2 (247,137 sq mi) |
| • Water | 19,532 km2 (7,541 sq mi) 3% |
| • Rank | Ranked 6th |
| 6.6% of Canada | |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 4,368,370 [1] |
| • Estimate (Q4 2024) | 4,931,601 [2] |
| • Rank | Ranked 4th |
| • Density | 6.82/km2 (17.7/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Albertan |
| Official languages | English[3][4] |
| GDP | |
| • Rank | 3rd |
| • Total (2022) | CA$459.288 billion [5] |
| • Per capita | CA$101,818 (3rd) |
| HDI | |
| • HDI (2021) | 0.955[6]—Very high (1st) |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (Mountain) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (Mountain DST) |
| Postal abbr. | AB |
| Postal code prefix | |
| ISO 3166 code | CA-AB |
| Flower | Wild rose |
| Tree | Lodgepole pine |
| Bird | Great horned owl |
| Rankings include all provinces and territories | |
Alberta is a province in western Canada. It is bounded by the provinces of British Columbia on the west, Saskatchewan on the east, the US state of Montana on the south and the Northwest Territories to the North.
Alberta is the fourth largest Canadian province with an area of 642,317 square kilometres (248,000 sq mi).[7] Alberta has around 4,067,175 living there, making it the fourth most populous province in Canada.
The capital of Alberta is Edmonton lying near the middle of Alberta. The city of Calgary, Alberta’s other major centre is located about 300 kilometres to the south of Edmonton.
- ↑ "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Data table". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Archived from the original on February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ↑ "Population estimates, quarterly". Statistics Canada. September 27, 2023. Archived from the original on September 28, 2023. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
- ↑ "Languages Act". Government of Alberta. Archived from the original on May 2, 2021. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
- ↑ Dupuis, Serge (February 5, 2020). "Francophones of Alberta (Franco-Albertains)". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
In 1988, as a reaction to the Supreme Court's Mercure case, Alberta passed the Alberta Languages Act, making English the province's official language and repealing the language rights enjoyed under the North-West Territories Act, while allowing French in the Legislative Assembly and court.
- ↑ "Gross domestic product, expenditure-based, provincial and territorial, annual". Statistics Canada. November 8, 2023. Archived from the original on April 27, 2024. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
- ↑ "Sub-national HDI". Global Data Lab. Archived from the original on July 18, 2021. Retrieved July 18, 2021.
- ↑ There are also two larger parts of Canada called Nunavut and Northwest Territories. However, Nunavut and Northwest Territories are territories, not provinces.
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