Edmonton | |
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Ceety | |
Ceety o Edmonton | |
Eik-name(s): | |
Motto(s): Industry, Integrity, Progress | |
Location of Edmonton in Alberta | |
Coordinates: 53°32′N 113°30′W / 53.533°N 113.500°W | |
Kintra | Canadae |
Province | Alberta |
Region | Edmonton Caipital Region |
Census diveesion | 11 |
Established | 1795 |
Incorporatit - Town | Januar 9, 1892 |
- Ceety | October 8, 1904 |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Stephen Mandel
(Leet o umwhile mayors) |
• Govrenin body | Edmonton Ceety Cooncil |
• Manager | Simon Farbrother |
• MPs | Leet o MPs
|
• MLAs | Leet o MLAs
|
Area | |
• Ceety | 684.37 km2 (264.24 sq mi) |
• Metro | 9426.73 km2 (3,639.68 sq mi) |
Elevation | 671 m (2,201 ft) |
Population | |
• Ceety | 812,201 (5t) |
• Density | 1186.8/km2 (3,074/sq mi) |
• Urban | 960,015 (5t) |
• Metro | 1,159,869 (6t) |
• Metro density | 123.0/km2 (319/sq mi) |
• Demonym | Edmontonian |
Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
Postal code span | |
Area code(s) | 780, 587 |
NTS Cairt | 083H11 |
GNBC Code | IACMP |
GDP per capita | C$39,675 (est. 2010) |
Median income (all census families) | C$69,214 (2005) |
Average income per hoosehauld | C$98,857 (est. 2010) |
Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
Edmonton i/ˈɛdməntən/ is the caipital o the Canadian province o Alberta. Edmonton is on the North Saskatchewan River an is the centre o the Edmonton Caipital Region, which is surroondit bi Alberta's central region.
The ceety haed a population o 812,201 in the 2011 Census, makin it Alberta's seicont-lairgest ceety an Canadae's fift-lairgest municipality. This population represents 70 percent o the tot 2011 population o 1,159,869 within the Edmonton census metropolitan aurie (CMA), Canadae's saxth-lairgest CMA bi population. Edmonton is the northrenmaist North American ceety wi a metropolitan population ower ane million. A resident o Edmonton is kent as an Edmontonian.
Edmonton's historic grawth haes been facilitatit throu the absorption o five adjacent urban municipalities, includin Strathcona, North Edmonton, Wast Edmonton (Calder), Beverly an Jasper Place, an a series o annexations o surroondin rural lands til 1982. Edmonton serves as the northren anchor o the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor an is a stagin pynt for lairge-scale ile sands projects occurrin in northren Alberta an lairge-scale diamond minin operations in the Northwast Territories.
Edmonton is a cultural, governmental an eddicational centre. It hosts a year-roond slate o festivals, reflectit in the nickname "The Festival Ceety." It is home tae North Americae's lairgest mall, Wast Edmonton Maw (the warld's lairgest maw frae 1981 til 2004), an Fort Edmonton Park, Canadae's lairgest livin history museum. In 2004, Edmonton celebrated the centennial of its incorporation as a ceety.
Climate data for Edmonton City Centre (Blatchford Field) Airport | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record heich humidex | 10.6 | 13.8 | 16.7 | 29.2 | 33.4 | 35.9 | 39.0 | 39.6 | 34.1 | 28.3 | 18.9 | 16.0 | 39.6 |
Record heich °C (°F) | 11.7 (53.1) |
14.0 (57.2) |
23.9 (75.0) |
31.1 (88.0) |
32.3 (90.1) |
34.4 (93.9) |
34.4 (93.9) |
34.5 (94.1) |
33.9 (93.0) |
28.6 (83.5) |
21.7 (71.1) |
16.7 (62.1) |
34.5 (94.1) |
Average heich °C (°F) | −7.3 (18.9) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
2.1 (35.8) |
11.3 (52.3) |
17.6 (63.7) |
21.0 (69.8) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.1 (71.8) |
16.8 (62.2) |
10.9 (51.6) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
9.0 (48.2) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −11.7 (10.9) |
−8.4 (16.9) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
5.5 (41.9) |
11.7 (53.1) |
15.5 (59.9) |
17.5 (63.5) |
16.6 (61.9) |
11.3 (52.3) |
5.6 (42.1) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
3.9 (39.0) |
Average law °C (°F) | −16.0 (3.2) |
−13.1 (8.4) |
−7.3 (18.9) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
5.7 (42.3) |
10.0 (50.0) |
12.1 (53.8) |
11.1 (52.0) |
5.8 (42.4) |
0.3 (32.5) |
−8.2 (17.2) |
−13.9 (7.0) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
Record law °C (°F) | −44.4 (−47.9) |
−46.1 (−51.0) |
−36.1 (−33.0) |
−25.6 (−14.1) |
−12.2 (10.0) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
0.6 (33.1) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
−11.7 (10.9) |
−25.0 (−13.0) |
−34.1 (−29.4) |
−48.3 (−54.9) |
−48.3 (−54.9) |
Record law wind chill | −52.8 | −50.7 | −44.6 | −37.5 | −14.5 | −4.0 | 0.5 | −4.2 | −13.3 | −34.3 | −50.2 | −55.5 | −55.5 |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 22.5 (0.89) |
14.6 (0.57) |
16.6 (0.65) |
26.0 (1.02) |
49.0 (1.93) |
87.1 (3.43) |
91.7 (3.61) |
69.0 (2.72) |
43.7 (1.72) |
17.9 (0.70) |
17.9 (0.70) |
20.9 (0.82) |
476.9 (18.78) |
Average rainfaw mm (inches) | 1.3 (0.05) |
0.9 (0.04) |
2.1 (0.08) |
13.1 (0.52) |
45.1 (1.78) |
87.1 (3.43) |
91.7 (3.61) |
68.9 (2.71) |
42.3 (1.67) |
10.5 (0.41) |
1.9 (0.07) |
0.8 (0.03) |
365.7 (14.40) |
Average snowfall cm (inches) | 24.5 (9.6) |
15.8 (6.2) |
16.8 (6.6) |
13.4 (5.3) |
3.5 (1.4) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
1.5 (0.6) |
7.8 (3.1) |
17.9 (7.0) |
22.3 (8.8) |
123.5 (48.6) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 11.9 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 7.8 | 11.3 | 14.3 | 14.4 | 12.4 | 9.8 | 7.0 | 9.1 | 10.9 | 125.9 |
Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 0.93 | 0.97 | 1.2 | 5.1 | 10.8 | 14.3 | 14.4 | 12.4 | 9.5 | 5.0 | 1.7 | 0.83 | 77.13 |
Average snawy days (≥ 0.2 cm) | 11.7 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.03 | 0.60 | 2.5 | 7.9 | 10.6 | 54.33 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 66.6 | 62.5 | 57.7 | 43.4 | 40.8 | 48.0 | 52.3 | 52.8 | 51.9 | 49.6 | 64.5 | 67.2 | 54.8 |
Mean monthly sunshine oors | 95.0 | 121.2 | 172.9 | 237.6 | 277.5 | 279.7 | 305.6 | 278.5 | 184.3 | 166.8 | 101.3 | 78.7 | 2,299.1 |
Source #1: Environment Canadae | |||||||||||||
Source #2: Environment Canadae |
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