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What is Edmonton?
- Edmonton is the political and intellectual capital of Canada's province of Alberta.
- Greater Edmonton is a metropolitan centre with a population of 919,413 (2001) - encompassing 36 municipalities. It has one of the lowest population densities of any major North American city - about 67 times less than the population density of New York City!
- Edmonton is Canada's Festival City, due to the abundance of successful festivals, including North America's largest alternative theatre event, the Edmonton International Fringe Festival.
- Edmonton is also known as the City of Champions for its long history of successful professional and amateur sports teams.
- Edmonton is a tourism hot-spot, boasting the world's largest shopping mall, the largest stretch of urban parkland in North America and an array of diverse attractions, from the Great Divide waterfall (24 feet higher than Niagara Falls) to historic Fort Edmonton Park.
- Edmonton is a thriving centre for business, enjoying the most diverse economy in Canada!
Where is Edmonton?
- Edmonton is the largest metropolitan centre between Toronto and Vancouver, and Canada's fifth-largest city.
- Edmonton encompasses 670 square kilometres, making it one of the largest cities, by area, in North America — larger in area than Chicago, Philadelphia and Detroit. Edmonton's Census Metropoliton Area (CMA) is 9,537 square kilometres, an area slightly larger than the Mediterranean country of Cyprus!
- Edmonton is located near the geographic centre of the province of Alberta, a land mass nearly the same size as the state of Texas, almost two times larger than Germany and five times as large as England.
- Edmonton is near the geographic centre of Canada's western provinces, and the gateway to Canada's North (the main land route to the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Alaska).
- Located on the 53rd latitude, Edmonton is a haven for summer and winter activities, with 17 hours of daylight in mid-summer and the magical aurora borealis (Northern Lights) in peak activity in mid-winter.
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