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On January 1, 2019, the City of Edmonton officially annexed 8,260 ha (82.6 km 2; 31.9 sq mi) from Leduc County and the City of Beaumont, increasing the city's area to 767.85 km 2 (296.47 sq mi), with discussions of annexing an additional 2,830 ha (28.3 km 2; 10.9 sq mi) of Edmonton International Airport land still ongoing.
The City of Edmonton maintains the Government House Park, part of the North Saskatchewan River valley parks system, in the river valley directly below the Government House clifftop location. Government House is about a 4-kilometre (2.5 mi) walk from the Alberta Legislature Building , northwest along the banks of the North Saskatchewan River .
The Edmonton Police Service (EPS) is the municipal police force for the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The current chief of the EPS is Dale McFee. McFee is the second highest paid police chief in Canada with an annual salary of $357,000 (2023), [4] following Vancouver's police chief Adam Palmer, who in 2022 was paid $493,932. [5]
Four months later, the Capital Region Board was formed on April 15, 2008 with the passing of the Capital Region Board Regulation by Order in Council 127/2008 under the authority of the Municipal Government Act. [15] On October 26, 2017, [16] the Capital Region Board (CRB) was renamed to the Edmonton Metropolitan Region Board (EMRB). [17]
The Edmonton Metropolitan Transit Services Commission (EMTSC) was a proposed regional public transit service which was intended to encompass eight municipalities within the Edmonton Metropolitan Region of Alberta, Canada. The EMTSC was dissolved, after the City of Edmonton opted not to provide its share of the annual budget.
This is a list of mayors of Edmonton, a city in Alberta, Canada. Edmonton was incorporated as a town on January 9, 1892, [1] with Matthew McCauley acclaimed as its first mayor during the town's first election, held February 10, 1892. On October 8, 1904, Edmonton became a city during the tenure of Mayor William Short.
Four months later in March 2013, after Edmonton's city council voted 11-1 in favour, Mayor Mandel announced the city's intent to annex approximately 15,600 ha (39,000 acres) of land from Leduc County along the entire length of the city's southern boundary, including the Edmonton International Airport (EIA). [29]
Port Alberta is a joint venture between Edmonton Global and Edmonton International Airport (EIA) based in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region in Alberta, Canada. Port Alberta provides transportation, logistics and supply chain solutions to connect Alberta's economy to worldwide markets. [1] Its office is located in Edmonton.