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Alberta is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. [2] Located in Western Canada, the province has an area of 661,190 km 2 (255,290 sq mi) and is bounded to the south by the United States state of Montana along 49° north for 298 km (185 mi); to the east at 110° west by the province of Saskatchewan for 1,223 km (760 mi); and at 60° north the Northwest Territories for 644 km ...
With a land area of 634,658.27 km 2 (245,042.93 sq mi), it had a population density of 6.7/km 2 in 2021. [2] Statistics Canada estimated the province to have a population of 4,800,768 in Q1 of 2024. [58] Since 2000, Alberta's population has experienced a relatively high rate of growth, mainly because of its burgeoning economy.
The province's largest and smallest summer villages by land area are Silver Sands and Castle Island with 2.51 km 2 (0.97 sq mi) and 0.05 km 2 (0.019 sq mi) respectively. [3] Gull Lake and Kapasiwin were the last communities in Alberta to incorporate as summer villages. Both were incorporated on September 1, 1993. [21]
Lake Athabasca is the largest lake in both Alberta and Saskatchewan.This 7,850 km 2 (3,030 sq mi) lake has 2,295 km 2 (886 sq mi) of its surface area in Alberta and 5,555 km 2 (2,145 sq mi) in Saskatchewan.
Toggle the table of contents. List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area from 500,000 to 1,000,000 square kilometers. Add languages. ... (km 2) Notes ...
Toggle the table of contents ... De facto size – the remaining 2,321 km 2 were annexed by ... 200,000+ square kilometers • 100,000 to 1,000,000 square kilometers ...
1:100,000 maps are divided into squares representing 1 km 2, each square on the map being one square centimetre in area and representing 1 km 2 on the surface of the Earth. For 1:50,000 maps, the grid lines are 2 cm apart. Each square on the map is 2 cm by 2 cm (4 cm 2) and represents 1 km 2 on the surface of the Earth.
With a land area of 5,107.55 km 2 (1,972.04 sq mi), it had a population density of 237.9 people per square kilometre in 2011. [8] Also in terms of area, the Calgary CMA makes up approximately 40% of Statistics Canada's Division No. 6 in Alberta.