Edmonton Fast Facts

Festival City

This painting of the Edmonton Folk Music Festival celebrates one of the largest festivals of its kind in North America.

-Edmonton is the capital of the province of Alberta, the second largest metro area west of Toronto and the fifth largest city in Canada.
-Edmonton is the largest city on the TransCanada Yellowhead Highway, which accesses more national and provincial parks than any other route across western Canada.
-Edmonton is situated on VIA Railšs Canadian route which travels from Toronto to Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Jasper and Vancouver.
-The world's longest crude oil pipeline is the Enbridge Pipelines Inc. (1950) connection from Edmonton to Buffalo, NY - a distance of 1775 miles (2856 km).

Population: Edmonton Region is approximately 921,000 (CMA) (The Edmonton CMA is projected to reach 1 million in 2007)

Area: Proper 70,152 hectares/270 square miles (Metro: 438,160 hectares/1,691 square miles)

Altitude: 668 metres/2,192 feet

Record Attractions
-Edmonton has the longest stretch of urban parkland in Canada, which is 22 times larger than New York's Central Park.
-There are over 70 golf courses in Metro Edmonton including Victoria Golf Course, the oldest Municipal Golf Course in Canada (1907).
-The Great Divide Waterfall on the High Level Bridge was created to commemorate Alberta's 75th anniversary. This man-made waterfall is 7.3 metres (24 feet) higher than Niagara Falls. Did You Know?
-The marigold flower, selected as an official city symbol in 1964, represents sunny Alberta and Edmonton's role in the Klondike Gold Rush. Like the marigold, which has many varieties, Edmonton's population is made up of more than 50 ethnic groups.
-Visitors are assured of plenty of sun and beautiful blue Alberta skies during their visit, regardless of the season. The city averages 12.32 hours daily of sunshine, more than any other major Canadian city. At the height of summer, there are up to 17 hours of sunlight each day.

Climate
Average Temperatures
SPRING SUMMER
High 10C (50F) 23C (73F)
Low -1C (30F) 12C (56F)
Mean 4C (40F) 17C (66F)
FALL WINTER
High 11C (52F) -11C (12F)
Low 0C (32F) -19C (-2F)
Mean 6C (43F) -15C (5F)

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