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Alberta
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Motto(s): Fortis et liber (
Latin for 'strong and free')
Coordinates: 54°30′N 115°0′W / 54.500°N 115.000°W / 54.500; -115.000 [ 1] Country Canada Before confederation District of Alberta , District of Assiniboia , District of Athabasca , District of Saskatchewan Confederation September 1, 1905; 119 years ago (1905-09-01 ) (split from NWT ) (10th, with Saskatchewan ) Capital Edmonton Largest city Calgary Largest metro Calgary Region
• Type Parliamentary constitutional monarchy • Lieutenant governor Salma Lakhani • Premier Danielle Smith Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta Federal representation Parliament of Canada House seats 37 of 343 (10.8%) Senate seats 6 of 105 (5.7%)
• 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 6th 6.6% of Canada • Total
4,368,370[ 4] 4,960,097[ 5] • Rank 4th • Density 6.82/km2 (17.7/sq mi) Demonym Albertan Official languages English[ 2] [ 3]
• Rank 3rd • Total (2022) $459.288 billion[ 6] • Per capita $101,818 (3rd) • HDI (2021) 0.955[ 7] Very high (1st ) Time zone UTC−07:00 (Mountain ) • Summer (DST ) UTC−06:00 (Mountain DST)Canadian postal abbr. AB
Postal code prefix ISO 3166 code CA-AB Flower Wild rose Tree Lodgepole pine Bird Great horned owl Rankings include all provinces and territories
Alberta
Flag
Motto(s): Fortis et liber (
Latin for 'strong and free')
Coordinates: 54°30′N 115°0′W / 54.500°N 115.000°W / 54.500; -115.000 [ 1] Country Canada Before confederation District of Alberta , District of Assiniboia , District of Athabasca , District of Saskatchewan Confederation September 1, 1905; 119 years ago (1905-09-01 ) (split from NWT ) (10th, with Saskatchewan ) Capital Edmonton Largest city Calgary Largest metro Calgary Region
• Type Parliamentary constitutional monarchy • Lieutenant governor Salma Lakhani • Premier Danielle Smith Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta Federal representation Parliament of Canada House seats 37 of 343 (10.8%) Senate seats 6 of 105 (5.7%)
• 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 6th 6.6% of Canada • Total
4,368,370[ 4] 4,960,097[ 5] • Rank 4th • Density 6.82/km2 (17.7/sq mi) Demonym Albertan Official languages English[ 2] [ 3]
• Rank 3rd • Total (2022) $459.288 billion[ 6] • Per capita $101,818 (3rd) • HDI (2021) 0.955[ 7] Very high (1st ) Time zone UTC−07:00 (Mountain ) • Summer (DST ) UTC−06:00 (Mountain DST)Canadian postal abbr. AB
Postal code prefix ISO 3166 code CA-AB Flower Wild rose Tree Lodgepole pine Bird Great horned owl Rankings include all provinces and territories
^ "Alberta" . Geographical Names Data Base Natural Resources Canada .^ "Languages Act" . Government of Alberta. Archived from the original on May 2, 2021. Retrieved March 7, 2019 .^ Dupuis, Serge (February 5, 2020). "Francophones of Alberta (Franco-Albertains)" . The Canadian Encyclopedia . Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved September 30, 2020 . In 1988, as a reaction to the Supreme Court's Mercure case, Alberta passed the Alberta Languages Act , making English the province's official language and repealing the language rights enjoyed under the North-West Territories Act, while allowing French in the Legislative Assembly and court. ^ a b "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Data table" . Statistics Canada . February 9, 2022. Archived from the original on February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022 .^ "Population estimates, quarterly" . Statistics Canada . March 19, 2025. Retrieved March 19, 2025 .^ "Gross domestic product, expenditure-based, provincial and territorial, annual" . Statistics Canada . November 8, 2023. Archived from the original on April 27, 2024. Retrieved November 8, 2023 .^ "Sub-national HDI" . Global Data Lab. Archived from the original on July 18, 2021. Retrieved July 18, 2021 .
