Edmonton (Canada)

Edmonton
City
City of Edmonton
From top left: Downtown Edmonton, Fort Edmonton Park, Legislature Building, Law Courts, Rogers Place, High Level Bridge, Muttart Conservatory
Flag Coat of arms Logo
Nickname(s): Canada's Festival City, City of Champions, The Oil Capital of Canada more...
Motto(s): Industry, Integrity, Progress
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Coordinates: 53°32′N 113°30′W / 53.533°N 113.500°W / 53.533; -113.500Coordinates: 53°32′N 113°30′W / 53.533°N 113.500°W / 53.533; -113.500
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Edmonton Metropolitan Region
Census division	11
Founded	1795
Incorporated
• Town	January 9, 1892
• City	October 8, 1904
Amalgamated	February 12, 1912
Government
• Mayor	Don Iveson (Past mayors)
• Governing body	Edmonton City Council Moe Banga Tim Cartmell Tony Caterina Jon Dziadyk Bev Esslinger Sarah Hamilton Ben Henderson Andrew Knack Scott McKeen Mike Nickel Aaron Paquette Michael Walters
• Manager	Linda Cochrane
• MPs	List of MPs Ziad Aboultaif (C) Randy Boissonnault (L) Michael Cooper (C) Kerry Diotte (C) Linda Duncan (ND) Matt Jeneroux (C) Michael Lake (C) Kelly McCauley (C) Amarjeet Sohi (L)
• MLAs	List of MLAs Deron Bilous (ND) Jon Carson (ND) Lorne Dach (ND) Thomas Dang (ND) David Eggen (ND) Richard Feehan (ND) Nicole Goehring (ND) Christina Gray (ND) Sarah Hoffman (ND) Rod Loyola (ND) Brian Mason (ND) Chris Nielsen (ND) Rachel Notley (ND) Marlin Schmidt (ND) David Shepherd (ND) Lori Sigurdson (ND) Heather Sweet (ND) Bob Turner (ND) Denise Woollard (ND) Metro: Shaye Anderson (ND) Erin Babcock (ND) Estefania Cortes-Vargas (ND) Colin Piquette (ND) Trevor Horne (ND) Jessica Littlewood (ND) Annie McKitrick (ND) Marie Renaud (ND)
Area (2016)
• Land	685.25 km2 (264.58 sq mi)
• Urban	572.69 km2 (221.12 sq mi)
• Metro	9,438.86 km2 (3,644.36 sq mi)
Elevation	645 m (2,116 ft)
Population (2016)
• City	932,546
• Density	1,360.9/km2 (3,525/sq mi)
• Urban	1,062,643
• Urban density	1,855.5/km2 (4,806/sq mi)
• Metro	1,321,426 (6th)
• Metro density	140.0/km2 (363/sq mi)
• Municipal census (2016)	899,447
Demonym(s)	Edmontonian
Time zone	MST (UTC−7)
• Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC−6)
Forward sortation areas	T5A - T6Z
Area code(s)	780, 587, 825
NTS Map	083H11
GNBC Code	IACMP
Median income (all census families)	C$ 88,075 (2011)
Average income per household	C$ 103,856 (est. 2011)
Public transit	Edmonton Transit System
Highways	2, 14, 15, 16, 16A, 28, 28A, 37, 100, 216
Waterways	North Saskatchewan River, Big Lake, Whitemud Creek, Blackmud Creek, Mill Creek, Fulton Creek
GDP	US$ 88.2 billion
GDP per capita	US$ 62,832
Website	Official website

Edmonton (/ˈɛdməntən/ ( listen); Cree: Amiskwaciy Waskahikan; Blackfoot: Omahkoyis) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is 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 north end of what Statistics Canada defines as the "Calgary–Edmonton Corridor".

The city had a population of 932,546 in 2016, making it Alberta's second-largest city and Canada's fifth-largest municipality. Also in 2016, Edmonton had a metropolitan population of 1,321,426, making it the sixth-largest census metropolitan area (CMA) in Canada. Edmonton is North America's northernmost city that has a metropolitan population over one million. A resident of Edmonton is known as an Edmontonian.