Welcome to Alberta, Canada
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Alberta summary
Alberta is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1, 1905. Alberta is located in Western Canada, bounded by the provinces of British Columbia to the west and Saskatchewan to the east, Northwest Territories to the north, and by the U.S. state of Montana to the south. Alberta is one of two provinces (the other being New Brunswick) to border only a single U.S. state. It is also one of two provinces that are land-locked (the other being Saskatchewan). REMAX MLS real estate homes for sale including residential houses, apartments, condos, duplexes, acreages and farms.The capital city of Alberta is Edmonton, located just south of the centre of the province. Calgary is a major distribution and transportation hub as well as being one of Canada's major commerce centres. Edmonton is the primary supply and service hub for Canada's oil sands and other northern resource industries. According to recent population estimates, these two metropolitan areas have now both exceeded 1 million people, Calgary being slightly more populous than Edmonton. Other municipalities in the province include Red Deer, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie, Camrose, Lloydminster, Wetaskiwin, Banff, and Jasper. REMAX MLS real estate homes for sale including residential houses, apartments, condos, duplexes, acreages and farms. Alberta is named after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta (1848–1939), the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria. Princess Louise was the wife of the Marquess of Lorne, Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883. Lake Louise, the village of Caroline, and Mount Alberta were also named in honour of Princess Louise.
Alberta economy
Alberta's economy is one of the strongest in Canada, supported by the burgeoning petroleum industry and to a lesser extent,
agriculture and technology. The per capita GDP in 2006 was by far the highest of any province in Canada at C$69,789. This
was 56% higher than the national average and more than twice that of some of the Atlantic provinces. This deviation from the
national average was the largest for any province in Canadian history.
The Calgary-Edmonton Corridor is the most urbanized region in the province and one of the densest in Canada. Measured from
north to south, the region covers a distance of roughly 400 kilometres. In 2001, the population of the Calgary-Edmonton
Corridor was 2.15 million (72% of Alberta's population). It is also one of the fastest growing regions in the country. A
2003 study by TD Bank Financial Group found the corridor to be the only Canadian urban centre to amass a U.S level of wealth
while maintaining a Canadian-style quality of life, offering universal health care benefits. The study found that GDP per
capita in the corridor is 10 percent above average U.S. metropolitan areas and 40 percent above other Canadian cities.
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farms. According to the Fraser Institute, Alberta also has very high levels of economic freedom. It is by far the most free economy
in Canada, and is rated as the 4th most free economy of U.S. States and Canadian Provinces.
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