Edmonton Capital Region

Edmonton Capital Region refers to the metropolitan area of Edmonton, Alberta. The population of this area is 1.3 million (2016). It is the sixth largest metro area in Canada. Edmonton's suburbs are small cities that usually rely on Edmonton for jobs, health care, and stuff to do.

For complete information on Edmonton, see its article.

Cities

(Population statistics as of 2016.)

  • 🌍 Edmonton - population: 930,000. Home to world-class shopping (even outside of the famous West Edmonton Mall), an established theatre scene, excellent nightlife, beautiful parks, high end & extraordinary festivals, and a beautiful array of food selection.
  • 🌍 Sherwood Park - population: 70,000. The popular Millennium Place and Festival Place are here.
  • 🌍 St. Albert - population: 66,000. It is a clean city with scenic trails and parks. It is home to the Musée Héritage Museum and the Arden Theatre.
  • 🌍 Leduc - population: 30,000, including Nisku
  • 🌍 Spruce Grove - population: 34,000
  • 🌍 Stony Plain - population: 17,000
  • 🌍 Fort Saskatchewan - population: 24,000
  • 🌍 Morinville - population: 10,000
  • 🌍 Devon - population: 6,600
  • 🌍 Beaumont - population: 17,000

Along with the above, there are numerous other small towns.

Other destinations
  • 🌍 Elk Island National Park. Also, the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village on the edge of the park is a living history museum on detailing the traditional lives of the influential Ukrainian immigrants to Alberta.
  • 🌍 The University of Alberta Botanical Gardens, 51227 Highway 60, Parkland County, AB T7Y 1C5 (5 km north of Devon on Hwy 60), ☎ +1 780 492-3050, e-mail: . June 29 - Sept 3: 10am - 6pm, Sept 4 - Oct 8: 10am - 5pm. July 5 through Aug 30, open late on Thursdays until dusk, last admissions at 8:30pm.. Botanical garden featuring native and Japanese themes, and large indoor showhouses. A new Mughal style garden opened in 2018 thanks to a gift from the Aga Khan. Admission: adult $15.85, senior $11.75, student with ID $8.50, youth 13-17 $8.50, child 3-12 $4.50, child age 2 & under free, family $39.00.
    First Tuesdays of the month are half price    . (updated Jul 2018)

Understand

Edmonton Capital Region is the metro region of Edmonton. Its main suburbs are Sherwood Park, St Albert, Spruce Grove, Stony Plain, and Leduc.

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gollark: I also seem to not have blkid or lsblk.
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gollark: If it comes to it I *think* I can reflash it from the "MTK scatter tool" but this would require me to find a windows computer somewhere and such.
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