Edmonton

Edmonton  /ˈɛdməntən/ is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province. The city and its census metropolitan area had populations of 812,201 and 1,159,869 as of the 2011 Census respectively, making it Canada's fifth-largest municipality and sixth-largest metropolitan area by population. Edmonton is the northernmost North American city with a metropolitan population over one million. A resident of Edmonton is known as an Edmontonian. The majority of Edmonton's metropolitan population lives within the City of Edmonton rather than in the...