Alberta

Alberta
Province
Flag Coat of arms
Motto(s):  Fortis et liber  (Latin) "Strong and free"
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL YT NT NU
Coordinates: 55°N 115°W / 55°N 115°W / 55; -115
Country	Canada
Confederation	September 1, 1905; 121 years ago (1905-09-01) (split from NWT) (10th, with Saskatchewan)
Capital	Edmonton
Largest city	Calgary
Largest metro	Calgary Region
Government
• Type	Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
• Lieutenant governor	Salma Lakhani
• Premier	Danielle Smith (UCP)
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Federal representation	Parliament of Canada
House seats	34 of 343 (9.9%)
Senate seats	6 of 105 (5.7%)
Area
• Total	661,849 km2 (255,541 sq mi)
• Land	640,082 km2 (247,137 sq mi)
• Water	19,532 km2 (7,541 sq mi)  3%
• Rank	Ranked 6th
	6.6% of Canada
Population  (2021)
• Total	4,368,370
• Estimate  (2026 Q3)	5,101,050
• Rank	Ranked 4th
• Density	6.82/km2 (17.7/sq mi)
Demonym	Albertan
Official languages	English
GDP
• Rank	3rd
• Total (2022)	CA$459.288 billion
• Per capita	CA$101,818 (3rd)
HDI
• HDI (2021)	0.955—Very high (1st)
Time zone	UTC−7 (Mountain)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (Mountain DST)
Postal abbr.	AB
Postal code prefix	T
ISO 3166 code	CA-AB
Flower	Wild rose
Tree	Lodgepole pine
Bird	Great horned owl
Rankings include all provinces and territories

Alberta is a province in western Canada. It is bounded by the provinces of British Columbia on the west, Saskatchewan on the east, the US state of Montana on the south and the Northwest Territories to the north.

Alberta is the fourth-largest Canadian province, after Quebec, Ontario, and British Columbia, with an area of 642,317 square kilometres (248,000 sq mi). Alberta has over five million (5,000,000) people living there, making it the fourth-most populous province in Canada.

Alberta's capital, Edmonton, is located near the middle of Alberta. The city of Calgary, Alberta's most populous city and other major centre, is located about 300 kilometres (190 mi) to the south of Edmonton and approximately 240 kilometres (150 mi) north of the United States border.

History

Canada became a country in 1867. It was much smaller than it is now, and did not include the parts of the country to the west. From 1670 to 1870, parts of Alberta were included in "Rupert's Land", land owned by the Hudson’s Bay Company in support of its trading monopoly over a vast area of Canada and parts of the United States. Northern part of Alberta was part of the what was then called "Northwestern Territories".

Alberta was made a province of Canada in 1905, at the same time as Saskatchewan.

The Aboriginal peoples of Canada are referred to as First Nations or by the Name of their Nation. Mixed (European/Aboriginal) People are called Metis.

Weather

Alberta is very cold in the winter and has a lot of snow during the very cold season. There is a dry part of Alberta in the south.

Work in Alberta

Alberta has a huge amount of oil (in the Athabasca Oil Sands) and natural gas.

There are also a lot of farms in Alberta. Farmers grow several different types of crops Farmers mainly grow wheat. There are also a lot of cows on Alberta farms, and Alberta beef is exported.

References

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• Government of Alberta website
• Alberta at the Open Directory Project
• Provincial Archives of Alberta website Archived 2013-02-20 at the Wayback Machine
• Travel Alberta
• Alberta Encyclopedia
• CBC Digital Archives—Striking Oil in Alberta
• CBC Digital Archives—Electing Dynasties: Alberta Campaigns 1935 to 2001
• CBC Digital Archives—Alberta @ 100

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