Edmonton Metropolitan Region | |
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Coordinates: 53°34′N113°31′W / 53.567°N 113.517°W | |
Province | Alberta |
Country | Canada |
Area (2021) [1] | |
• CMA | 9,416.19 km2 (3,635.61 sq mi) |
Population (2021) [1] | |
• CMA | 1,418,118 |
• CMA density | 150.6/km2 (390/sq mi) |
GDP | |
• CMA | CA$87.5 billion (2020) [2] |
Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
Forward sortation areas | |
Area code(s) | 780, 587, 825 |
Highways | 2, 2A, 14, 15, 16, 16A, 19, 21, 28, 28A, 37, 39, 43, 44, 60, 100, 216 |
Website | emrb |
The Edmonton Metropolitan Region (EMR), also commonly referred to as Greater Edmonton or Metro Edmonton, is a conglomeration of municipalities centred on Edmonton, the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta.
While the EMR is not a strictly defined entity, its commonly known boundaries are coincident with those of the Edmonton census metropolitan area (CMA) as delineated by Statistics Canada. However, the Edmonton Metropolitan Region Board (EMRB) –established by the provincial government to provide a form of regional government, fostering cooperation for regional planning amongst the City of Edmonton and its surrounding municipalities –has a membership that differs slightly from the CMA.
The EMR is considered a major gateway to northern Alberta and the Canadian North, particularly for many companies, including airlines and oil/natural gas exploration. Located within central Alberta and at the northern end of the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor, the EMR is both the northernmost metropolitan area in Canada and the northernmost metropolitan area in North America with a population of over one million.
As of the 2021 Canadian census, the Edmonton CMA includes the following 34 census subdivisions (municipalities or municipality equivalents): [3]
The Edmonton CMA is the largest of the 41 CMAs [lower-alpha 1] in Canada by area, at 9,416.19 km2 (3,635.61 sq mi). [5] In the 2021 Canadian census, it had a population of 1,418,118, making it the sixth largest CMA in Canada by population, with the second largest percentage increase in national CMA population (37.0% versus 37.3% for the Calgary CMA) over the 15 years since the 2006 Canadian census. [6] The Edmonton CMA comprises the majority of Statistics Canada's Division No. 11 in Alberta.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Edmonton metropolitan region recorded a population of 1,418,118 living in 548,624 of its 589,554 total private dwellings, a change of 7.3% from its 2016 population of 1,321,441. With a land area of 9,416.19 km2 (3,635.61 sq mi), it had a population density of 150.6/km2 (390.1/sq mi) in 2021. [1]
Panethnic group | 2021 [7] [8] | 2016 [9] | 2011 [10] | 2006 [11] | 2001 [12] | |||||||||
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Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |||||
European [lower-alpha 2] | 849,515 | 60.78% | 857,085 | 66.07% | 822,830 | 72.2% | 797,420 | 77.81% | 750,315 | 80.94% | ||||
South Asian | 123,340 | 8.82% | 91,420 | 7.05% | 61,135 | 5.36% | 40,205 | 3.92% | 29,065 | 3.14% | ||||
Southeast Asian [lower-alpha 3] | 101,410 | 7.26% | 78,310 | 6.04% | 56,240 | 4.94% | 30,655 | 2.99% | 23,865 | 2.57% | ||||
Indigenous | 87,600 | 6.27% | 76,205 | 5.87% | 61,765 | 5.42% | 52,105 | 5.08% | 40,930 | 4.42% | ||||
African | 80,575 | 5.76% | 57,820 | 4.46% | 32,725 | 2.87% | 20,380 | 1.99% | 14,095 | 1.52% | ||||
East Asian [lower-alpha 4] | 74,140 | 5.3% | 70,255 | 5.42% | 59,140 | 5.19% | 53,235 | 5.19% | 45,965 | 4.96% | ||||
Middle Eastern [lower-alpha 5] | 39,955 | 2.86% | 32,255 | 2.49% | 21,590 | 1.89% | 14,865 | 1.45% | 10,840 | 1.17% | ||||
Latin American | 21,955 | 1.57% | 18,755 | 1.45% | 14,530 | 1.28% | 9,210 | 0.9% | 7,515 | 0.81% | ||||
Other/Multiracial [lower-alpha 6] | 20,200 | 1.45% | 15,170 | 1.17% | 9,640 | 0.85% | 6,750 | 0.66% | 4,430 | 0.48% | ||||
Total responses | 1,397,750 | 98.56% | 1,297,280 | 98.17% | 1,139,585 | 98.25% | 1,024,820 | 99.02% | 927,020 | 98.85% | ||||
Total population | 1,418,118 | 100% | 1,321,426 | 100% | 1,159,869 | 100% | 1,034,945 | 100% | 937,845 | 100% | ||||
Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses |
The question on knowledge of languages allows for multiple responses. The following figures are from the 2021 Canadian Census, and lists languages that were selected by at least 1,000 respondents.
Language | 2021 [13] | |
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Pop. | % | |
English | 1,372,110 | 98.17% |
French | 96,620 | 6.91% |
Cree | 3,915 | 0.28% |
Oromo | 2,615 | 0.19% |
Somali | 10,555 | 0.76% |
Amharic | 5,965 | 0.43% |
Arabic | 34,760 | 2.49% |
Hebrew | 1,360 | 0.1% |
Tigrigna | 6,440 | 0.46% |
Khmer (Cambodian) | 1,055 | 0.08% |
Vietnamese | 12,490 | 0.89% |
Bisaya, n.o.s. | 1,055 | 0.08% |
Cebuano | 3,190 | 0.23% |
Hiligaynon | 1,510 | 0.11% |
Ilocano | 4,760 | 0.34% |
Tagalog | 63,930 | 4.57% |
Malayalam | 6,485 | 0.46% |
Tamil | 4,870 | 0.35% |
Telugu | 2,140 | 0.15% |
Czech | 1,035 | 0.07% |
Polish | 10,715 | 0.77% |
Russian | 10,420 | 0.75% |
Serbo-Croatian | 5,845 | 0.42% |
Ukrainian | 12,680 | 0.91% |
German | 18,685 | 1.34% |
Afrikaans | 1,360 | 0.1% |
Dutch | 4,380 | 0.31% |
Greek | 1,545 | 0.11% |
Bengali | 3,865 | 0.28% |
Gujarati | 10,620 | 0.76% |
Hindi | 41,900 | 3% |
Kacchi | 1,110 | 0.08% |
Marathi | 1,470 | 0.11% |
Nepali | 2,500 | 0.18% |
Punjabi | 53,280 | 3.81% |
Sinhala | 2,105 | 0.15% |
Urdu | 16,575 | 1.19% |
Pashto | 1,155 | 0.08% |
Dari | 2,220 | 0.16% |
Iranian Persian | 3,740 | 0.27% |
Italian | 8,095 | 0.58% |
Portuguese | 6,500 | 0.47% |
Romanian | 2,960 | 0.21% |
Spanish | 36,115 | 2.58% |
Japanese | 3,320 | 0.24% |
Korean | 8,020 | 0.57% |
Akan (Twi) | 1,660 | 0.12% |
Igbo | 1,295 | 0.09% |
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) | 1,520 | 0.11% |
Rundi (Kirundi) | 1,060 | 0.08% |
Shona | 1,100 | 0.08% |
Swahili | 5,030 | 0.36% |
Yoruba | 3,230 | 0.23% |
Mandarin | 32,395 | 2.32% |
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) | 1,685 | 0.12% |
Cantonese | 29,300 | 2.1% |
Turkish | 2,920 | 0.21% |
Hungarian | 1,805 | 0.13% |
Total Responses | 1,397,750 | 98.56% |
Total Population | 1,418,118 | 100% |
A fragmentation in regional cooperation and partnership has long played a divisive role within the EMR. Particularly, Edmonton was frustrated that its surrounding municipalities were receiving an increased tax base for major industrial development, while not contributing to Edmonton's burden to maintain and build new infrastructure within Edmonton used by the residents and businesses of the surrounding municipalities.
After pulling out of the Alberta Capital Region Alliance (ACRA), Edmonton lobbied the provincial government to establish some form of regional government that would be more effective in fostering regional cooperation between it and its surrounding municipalities. As a result, Premier Ed Stelmach announced in December 2007 that a governing board would be established for Edmonton's Capital Region. [14] Four months later, the Capital Region Board was formed on April 15, 2008 with the passing of the Capital Region Board Regulation by Order in Council 127/2008 under the authority of the Municipal Government Act. [15]
On October 26, 2017, [16] the Capital Region Board (CRB) was renamed to the Edmonton Metropolitan Region Board (EMRB). [17]
The original Capital Region Board (CRB) was established with 25 participating or member municipalities, [18] differing slightly from the municipalities that Statistics Canada included in the Edmonton CMA as the CRB excluded entities which did not take active involvement in the greater regional planning activity (four Indian reserves, eight summer villages and one village) while including the non-CMA Lamont County and the Town of Lamont. [19] The number of member municipalities was reduced to 24 on September 10, 2010 [20] after the Village of New Sarepta dissolved to hamlet status under the jurisdiction of Leduc County on September 1, 2010. [21] Concurrent with the CRB's name change to the EMRB in October 2017, municipal membership decreased from 24 to 13, with the two non-CMA CRB members (Lamont County and Town of Lamont) no longer included, and only those municipalities within the CMA with a population of 5,000 or more remain as members (smaller municipalities are represented by their municipal districts). [22]
More specifically, the EMRB includes: [22] [23]
This section needs to be updated. The reason given is: This growth plan has since been replaced by the Edmonton Metropolitan Region Growth Plan.(November 2017) |
Under the CRB Regulation, the CRB was tasked with preparing a growth plan to cover land use, intermunicipal transit, housing, and geographic information services components. [24] In March, 2010, Growing Forward: The Capital Region Growth Plan (CRGP), consisting of individual plans for these four components and two addenda, was approved by the Government of Alberta. [25]
The CRGP includes a population and employment forecast for the Capital Region. With a base population of 1.12 million in 2009, the CRB has forecasted the population of the Capital Region to reach 1.31 million by 2019. [26] However, the 2019 population estimate was reached and exceeded by 2014. [27] The CRGP also designates priority growth areas and cluster country residential areas within the Capital Region. [28]
The following is a list of municipalities in the Edmonton CMA, with those that are members of the EMRB indicated accordingly.
Municipality | Municipal status [29] | Federal census population (2021) [30] | Latest municipal census population (2016-2017) [31] | Latest municipal census year [31] | EMRB member [22] |
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Alexander 134 | Indian reserve | 1,077 | N | ||
Beaumont | City | 20,888 | 19,236 | 2019 | Y |
Betula Beach | Summer village | 27 | N | ||
Bon Accord | Town | 1,461 | N | ||
Bruderheim | Town | 1,329 | N | ||
Calmar | Town | 2,183 | N | ||
Devon | Town | 6,545 | Y | ||
Edmonton | City | 1,010,899 | 972,223 | 2019 | Y |
Enoch Cree Nation 135 | Indian reserve | 1,825 | N | ||
Fort Saskatchewan | City | 27,088 | 26,942 | 2019 | Y |
Gibbons | Town | 3,218 | N | ||
Golden Days | Summer village | 248 | N | ||
Itaska Beach | Summer village | 30 | N | ||
Kapasiwin | Summer village | 24 | N | ||
Lakeview | Summer village | 29 | N | ||
Leduc | City | 34,094 | 33,032 | 2019 | Y |
Leduc County | Municipal district | 14,416 | Y | ||
Legal | Town | 1,232 | N | ||
Morinville | Town | 10,385 | 10,578 | 2020 | Y |
Parkland County | Municipal district | 32,205 | Y | ||
Point Alison | Summer village | 18 | N | ||
Redwater | Town | 2,115 | N | ||
Seba Beach | Summer village | 229 | N | ||
Spring Lake | Village | 711 | N | ||
Spruce Grove | City | 37,645 | 35,766 | 2018 | Y |
St. Albert | City | 68,232 | 66,082 | 2018 | Y |
Stony Plain | Town | 17,993 | Y | ||
Strathcona County | Specialized municipality | 99,225 | Y | ||
Sturgeon County | Municipal district | 20,061 | Y | ||
Sundance Beach | Summer village | 42 | N | ||
Thorsby | Town | 967 | N | ||
Wabamun 133A and 133B | Indian reserve | 1,001 | N | ||
Warburg | Village | 676 | N | ||
Total Edmonton CMA | 1,418,118 | — | — | — |
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