With up to 25,000 hours of sunshine yearly, Alberta has gained it's nickname Canada's 'sunny province'.   Alberta is the fourth largest province in Canada and is one of the only two landlocked provinces in Canada.   Over seven million tourists frequent Calgary, Edmonton, and the Rocky Mountain region yearly and with so much to see and do, Alberta is a popular destination both in the summer and the winter months.

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Alberta is situated in between the Canadian eastern province of Saskatchewan and  British Columbia to the west.  It's southern neighbour is the U.S. State of Montana,  and Alberta extends north to meet Canada's North West Territories. 

The Rocky Mountains, one of Canada's major playground attractions, borders the southwestern region of Alberta with boreal forest to the North,  prairies in the southern quarter of the province and aspen parkland situated in central Alberta.  Alberta badlands are located in southeastern Alberta, where the Red Deer River crosses the flat prairie and farmland, featuring deep canyons and striking landforms.  Dinosaur Provincial Park showcases the badlands terrain, desert flora, and remnants from Alberta's past when dinosaurs roamed the then lush landscape.

 

Located in central Alberta, Edmonton is the capital of Alberta and is the gateway to Alberta's northern development.

 

Alberta is named after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Princess Louise was the wife of the Marquess of the Lorne, Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883

 

Alberta has enjoyed a relatively high rate of growth in recent years, mainly because of its burgeoning economy.   With a higher birthrate in the past decade, relatively high immigration and high rate of inter provincial migration, Alberta has enjoyed a relatively high growth rate.

 

The Calgary – Edmonton Corridor is the most urbanized area in the province and is one of the most densely populated areas of Canada.   Population has grown to over three and a half million people in this area alone.

 

English is the most common language used in Alberta with Chinese, German and French being the next most common languages in that order.

  

Alberta has considerable ethnic diversity.  In line with the rest of Canada, many immigrants originated from the U.K..  Large numbers also came from many other areas in Europe.  According to Statistics Canada, Alberta is home to the second largest proportion of Francaphones in Western Canada.

 

Alberta is the third most diverse province in terms of visible minorities after Ontario and British Columbia with 13.9 percent of the population belonging to visible minorities. Aboriginal people make up about 5.8 percent of the population and about half of the aboriginal people consist of North American Indians and the other half consist of Metis with a small number of the aboriginal people being Inuit.

 

Alberta's economy is one of the strongest in Canada, supported by a burgeoning petroleum industry and to a lesser extent, agriculture and technology.   The province is the largest producer of conventional crude oil, synthetic crude, natural gas and gas products in the country.  Alberta is the world's second largest exporter of natural gas and the fourth largest producer.  In both Red Deer (Alberta's third largest city) and Edmonton world class polyethylene and vinyl is manufactured. 

 

Agriculture has a significant position in the province's economy.  Cattle provides Alberta with a healthy worldwide market.  Nearly one half of all Canadian beef is produced in Alberta.  Wheat and canola are primary crops and Alberta leads the other provinces in its production of spring wheat.

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There are a wide range of activities to do in Alberta.  Explore the rapids of one of the many large rivers with a tour by well trained guides.

 

Take a gondola to the top of Lake Louise or visit the many beautiful sights that are part of Alberta's beautiful Rocky Mountains. 

 

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Drumheller and the badlands with it's famous Tyrell Museum – where the richest deposit of fossils and Dinosaur bones...or visit the Calgary Stampede, the largest rodeo in the world that promotes Canada's western heritage and values.  Join in on the chuck wagon races, or watch one of the series of rodeo shows displayed every day of the ten days of the Stampede.

 

You will run out of time visiting before you run out of things to do in Sunny Alberta....

 

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