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As of 2019, the association had 53 hostels, with locations in nine provinces but none in the territories. [6] In 2009, over 270,000 overnight stays were recorded in Canadian hostels. [ 7 ] During the 2024 wildfire in Jasper, Alberta , the HI hostel located in the Jasper townsite was destroyed.
The Edmonton CMA is the largest of the 41 CMAs [a] in Canada by area, at 9,416.19 km 2 (3,635.61 sq mi). [5] In the 2021 Canadian census, it had a population of 1,418,118, making it the sixth largest CMA in Canada by population, with the second largest percentage increase in national CMA population (37.0% versus 37.3% for the Calgary CMA ) over ...
Map of the provinces and territories of Canada by HDI in 2021. This is a list of Canadian provinces and territories by their Human Development Index, which is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education, standard of living and overall well-being of the citizens in each province and territory. All Canadian provinces and ...
Alberta is the fourth-largest province by area at 661,848 square kilometres (255,541 square miles), [10] and the fourth-most populous, being home to 4,262,635 people. [2] Alberta's capital is Edmonton, while Calgary is its largest city. [11] The two are Alberta's largest census metropolitan areas. [12]
Pre-2019 Map of Edmonton and adjoining St. Albert and Sherwood Park. The City of Edmonton, the provincial capital of Alberta, Canada is divided into 7 geographic sectors [1] and 375 neighbourhoods, [2] not including those proposed and planned neighbourhoods that have yet to be developed. This article generally describes each sector, their ...
It was established in 1999 through Edmonton City Council's adoption of the Ellerslie Area Structure Plan, which guides the overall development of predominantly residential neighbourhoods in the area. [4] While City of Edmonton documents note that there are diverse stories related to Scottish settlers introducing the name Ellerslie, it is known ...
Edmonton is at the centre of Canada's sixth-largest census metropolitan area (CMA), [115] which includes Edmonton and 34 other municipalities in the surrounding area. [116] Larger urban communities include Sherwood Park (an urban service area within Strathcona County ), the cities of St. Albert , Beaumont , Leduc , Spruce Grove and Fort ...
According to the neighbourhood description in the City of Edmonton Map utility, Strathcona was named for Lord Strathcona, Hudson's Bay Company Governor (1889–1914) and the man chosen to drive the "last spike" of the CPR transcontinental railway. The neighbourhood became part of Edmonton when the City of Strathcona amalgamated with Edmonton in ...