Edmonton
Edmonton 
i/ˈɛdməntən/ is the caipital o the Canadian province o Alberta. Edmonton is on the North Saskatchewan River an is the centre o the Edmonton Caipital Region, which is surroondit bi Alberta's central region.
Edmonton | |
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Ceety | |
| Ceety o Edmonton | |
 Frae tap left: Dountoun Edmonton, Fort Edmonton Pairk, Legislature Biggin, Law Coorts, Rexall Place, Heich Level Bridge, Muttart Conservatory | |
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| Eik-name(s): The Big E, The Chuck, The Ceety o Champions, Deadmonton, E-Toun, Edmonchuck, Festival Ceety, Redmonton, River Ceety | |
| Motto(s): Industry, Integrity, Progress | |
  Edmonton Location of Edmonton in Alberta | |
| Coordinates: 53°32′N 113°30′W / 53.533°N 113.500°W | |
| Kintra | Canadae |
| Province | Alberta |
| Region | Edmonton Caipital Region |
| Census diveesion | 11 |
| Established | 1795 |
| Incorporatit [1] - Town | Januar 9, 1892 |
| - Ceety | October 8, 1904 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Stephen Mandel (Leet o umwhile mayors) |
| • Govrenin body | Edmonton Ceety Cooncil |
| • Manager | Simon Farbrother |
| • MPs | Leet o MPs |
| • MLAs | Leet o MLAs |
| Area (2011)[2] | |
| • Ceety | 684.37 km2 (264.24 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 9426.73 km2 (3,639.68 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 671 m (2,201 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Ceety | 812,201 (5t) |
| • Density | 1186.8/km2 (3,074/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 960,015 (5t) |
| • Metro | 1,159,869 (6t) |
| • Metro density | 123.0/km2 (319/sq mi) |
| • Demonym | Edmontonian |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| Postal code span | T5A tae T6Z |
| Area code(s) | 780, 587 |
| NTS Cairt | 083H11 |
| GNBC Code | IACMP |
| GDP per capita | C$39,675 (est. 2010)[4] |
| Median income (all census families) | C$69,214 (2005) |
| Average income per hoosehauld | C$98,857 (est. 2010) |
| Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
The ceety haed a population o 812,201 in the 2011 Census, makin it Alberta's seicont-lairgest ceety an Canadae's fift-lairgest municipality. This population represents 70 percent o the tot 2011 population o 1,159,869[2] within the Edmonton census metropolitan aurie (CMA), Canadae's saxth-lairgest CMA bi population. Edmonton is the northrenmaist North American ceety wi a metropolitan population ower ane million. A resident o Edmonton is kent as an Edmontonian.[5]
Edmonton's historic grawth haes been facilitatit throu the absorption o five adjacent urban municipalities, includin Strathcona, North Edmonton, Wast Edmonton (Calder), Beverly an Jasper Place,[6] an a series o annexations o surroondin rural lands til 1982.[7] Edmonton serves as the northren anchor o the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor[8] an is a stagin pynt for lairge-scale ile sands projects occurrin in northren Alberta an lairge-scale diamond minin operations in the Northwast Territories.[9]
Edmonton is a cultural, governmental an eddicational centre. It hosts a year-roond slate o festivals, reflectit in the nickname "The Festival Ceety."[10] It is home tae North Americae's lairgest mall, Wast Edmonton Maw (the warld's lairgest maw frae 1981 til 2004),[11] an Fort Edmonton Park, Canadae's lairgest livin history museum.[12] In 2004, Edmonton celebrated the centennial of its incorporation as a ceety.[13]
Climate
| Climate data for Edmonton City Centre (Blatchford Field) Airport | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record heich humidex | 10.6 | 13.8 | 16.7 | 29.2 | 33.4 | 35.9 | 39.0 | 39.6 | 34.1 | 28.3 | 18.9 | 16.0 | 39.6 |
| Record heich °C (°F) | 11.7 (53.1) | 14.0 (57.2) | 23.9 (75.0) | 31.1 (88.0) | 32.3 (90.1) | 34.4 (93.9) | 34.4 (93.9) | 34.5 (94.1) | 33.9 (93.0) | 28.6 (83.5) | 21.7 (71.1) | 16.7 (62.1) | 34.5 (94.1) |
| Average heich °C (°F) | −7.3 (18.9) | −3.6 (25.5) | 2.1 (35.8) | 11.3 (52.3) | 17.6 (63.7) | 21.0 (69.8) | 22.8 (73.0) | 22.1 (71.8) | 16.8 (62.2) | 10.9 (51.6) | 0.0 (32.0) | −5.4 (22.3) | 9.0 (48.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −11.7 (10.9) | −8.4 (16.9) | −2.6 (27.3) | 5.5 (41.9) | 11.7 (53.1) | 15.5 (59.9) | 17.5 (63.5) | 16.6 (61.9) | 11.3 (52.3) | 5.6 (42.1) | −4.1 (24.6) | −9.6 (14.7) | 3.9 (39.0) |
| Average law °C (°F) | −16.0 (3.2) | −13.1 (8.4) | −7.3 (18.9) | −0.3 (31.5) | 5.7 (42.3) | 10.0 (50.0) | 12.1 (53.8) | 11.1 (52.0) | 5.8 (42.4) | 0.3 (32.5) | −8.2 (17.2) | −13.9 (7.0) | −1.2 (29.8) |
| Record law °C (°F) | −44.4 (−47.9) | −46.1 (−51.0) | −36.1 (−33.0) | −25.6 (−14.1) | −12.2 (10.0) | −1.1 (30.0) | 0.6 (33.1) | −1.2 (29.8) | −11.7 (10.9) | −25.0 (−13.0) | −34.1 (−29.4) | −48.3 (−54.9) | −48.3 (−54.9) |
| Record law wind chill | −52.8 | −50.7 | −44.6 | −37.5 | −14.5 | −4.0 | 0.5 | −4.2 | −13.3 | −34.3 | −50.2 | −55.5 | −55.5 |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 22.5 (0.89) | 14.6 (0.57) | 16.6 (0.65) | 26.0 (1.02) | 49.0 (1.93) | 87.1 (3.43) | 91.7 (3.61) | 69.0 (2.72) | 43.7 (1.72) | 17.9 (0.70) | 17.9 (0.70) | 20.9 (0.82) | 476.9 (18.78) |
| Average rainfaw mm (inches) | 1.3 (0.05) | 0.9 (0.04) | 2.1 (0.08) | 13.1 (0.52) | 45.1 (1.78) | 87.1 (3.43) | 91.7 (3.61) | 68.9 (2.71) | 42.3 (1.67) | 10.5 (0.41) | 1.9 (0.07) | 0.8 (0.03) | 365.7 (14.40) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 24.5 (9.6) | 15.8 (6.2) | 16.8 (6.6) | 13.4 (5.3) | 3.5 (1.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1.5 (0.6) | 7.8 (3.1) | 17.9 (7.0) | 22.3 (8.8) | 123.5 (48.6) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 11.9 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 7.8 | 11.3 | 14.3 | 14.4 | 12.4 | 9.8 | 7.0 | 9.1 | 10.9 | 125.9 |
| Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 0.93 | 0.97 | 1.2 | 5.1 | 10.8 | 14.3 | 14.4 | 12.4 | 9.5 | 5.0 | 1.7 | 0.83 | 77.13 |
| Average snawy days (≥ 0.2 cm) | 11.7 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.03 | 0.60 | 2.5 | 7.9 | 10.6 | 54.33 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 66.6 | 62.5 | 57.7 | 43.4 | 40.8 | 48.0 | 52.3 | 52.8 | 51.9 | 49.6 | 64.5 | 67.2 | 54.8 |
| Mean monthly sunshine oors | 95.0 | 121.2 | 172.9 | 237.6 | 277.5 | 279.7 | 305.6 | 278.5 | 184.3 | 166.8 | 101.3 | 78.7 | 2,299.1 |
| Source #1: Environment Canadae[14] | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: Environment Canadae[15] | |||||||||||||
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