Edmonton Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city ancho ...

is the capital city of the Canadian province Alberta. Edmonton may also refer to:

Places

Australia

Edmonton, Queensland Edmonton is a town and suburb in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Edmonton had a population of 10,753 people. Geography Edmonton is located by road south-southwest of the Cairns CBD. It is within the Cairns Region local gov ...

, a town and suburb in Cairns

Canada

Edmonton Metropolitan Region The Edmonton Metropolitan Region (EMR), also commonly referred to as Greater Edmonton or Metro Edmonton, is a conglomeration of municipalities centred on Alberta's provincial capital of Edmonton. The EMR's commonly known boundaries are coincide ...

Snelgrove, Ontario Snelgrove is a former hamlet in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, straddling the border between Brampton and Caledon, and centred on the intersection of Hurontario Street and Mayfield Road. It was known as Edmonton in the 1800s after the home town of loc ...

, previously known as Edmonton

Electoral districts

* Edmonton (federal electoral district), Canadian federal riding between 1903 and 1914 *

Edmonton (provincial electoral district) The Edmonton provincial electoral district also known as Edmonton City from 1905 to 1909, was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada mandated to return members to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1905 to 1917 and again from 1 ...

, Alberta provincial electoral district from 1905–1909 and 1921–1955 * Edmonton (territorial electoral district), a Canadian riding in the Northwest Territories from 1883 to 1905 *

Edmonton-Castle Downs Edmonton-Castle Downs is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 87 mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. The district was cre ...

, Alberta provincial electoral district *

Edmonton Centre Edmonton Centre (french: Edmonton-Centre) is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and since 2004. Geography The riding is anchored in the heart of Down ...

, Canadian federal electoral district *

Edmonton-Ellerslie Edmonton-Ellerslie is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly. History The electoral district was created in 1993 from Edmonton-Mill Woods. The 2010 boundary redi ...

, Alberta provincial electoral district *

Edmonton-Whitemud Edmonton-Whitemud is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. In 1989, its constituents unseated the Premier of the day, Donald Getty, by voting for Liberal candidate Percy Wickman. The district was rep ...

, Alberta provincial electoral district

England

* Edmonton, Cornwall *

Edmonton, London Edmonton is a town in north London, England within the London Borough of Enfield, a local government district of Greater London. The northern part of the town is known as Lower Edmonton or Edmonton Green, and the southern part as Upper Edmonto ...

Edmonton Hundred Edmonton is one of six hundreds (obsolete subdivisions) of the historic county of Middlesex, England. A rotated L-shape, its area has been in the south and east firmly part of the urban growth of London. Since the 1965 formation of London boro ...

, an ancient hundred in north Middlesex **

Municipal Borough of Edmonton Edmonton was a local government district in north-east Middlesex, England, from 1850 to 1965. History Edmonton local board was formed in 1850 for the parish of Edmonton All Saints. In 1881 Southgate was separated from the Edmonton local board's ...

, a local government (1850–1965) **

Edmonton (UK Parliament constituency) Edmonton is a constituency in Greater London, created in 1918 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Kate Osamor of the Labour Co-operative party. Edmonton is a North London constituency based around distric ...

, the Parliamentary constituency corresponding to Edmonton, London

United States

Edmonton, Kentucky Edmonton is a list of Kentucky cities, home rule-class city in and the county seat of Metcalfe County, Kentucky, Metcalfe County, Kentucky, United States. It is part of the Glasgow, Kentucky, Glasgow Glasgow micropolitan area, Micropolitan Statis ...

, United States

Religion

Anglican Diocese of Edmonton The Diocese of Edmonton is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada. The diocese comprises over 126,000 square kilometres of the civil Province of Alberta, consisting of a band across the centra ...

, a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada *

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton The Archdiocese of Edmonton ( la, Archidioecesis Edmontonensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese in the Canadian civil province of Alberta. The archbishop's cathedral see is located in St. Joseph Cathedral, a minor basil ...

, a Roman Catholic archdiocese in the Province of Alberta

Sports

Edmonton Elks The Edmonton Elks are a professional Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. The club competes in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member of the league's West Division and plays their home games at the Brick Field at Commo ...

, formerly ''Edmonton Eskimos'', a professional Canadian Football League (CFL) team based in Edmonton, Alberta *

Edmonton Oil Kings The Edmonton Oil Kings are a major junior ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, that play in the Western Hockey League. As of July 2008, they are owned by Daryl Katz's Oilers Entertainment Group, which also owns the Edmonton Oilers. ...

, a major junior ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada that play in the Western Hockey League *

Edmonton Oilers The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton. The Oilers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. They play their home games at Rogers Place, which ...

, a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL) *

Edmonton Rush The Edmonton Rush were a professional lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League (NLL) that played from 2006 NLL season to 2015. The team announced on July 20, 2015, that they would be relocating to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, for the 2016 sea ...

, a professional lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League (NLL) that played from 2006 NLL season to 2015, they now play in

Saskatoon Saskatoon () is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It straddles a bend in the South Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province. It is located along the Trans-Canada Hig ...

as the Saskatchewan Rush. *

Edmonton International Raceway Edmonton International Raceway is a , paved oval auto racing facility, located outside Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada, approximately south of Edmonton. The track is the first in Alberta to be sanctioned by NASCAR, and hosts races in the NASCAR Adv ...

, a 1/4 mile paved oval auto racing facility

People

Dennis Edmonton Dennis Edmonton (born Dennis Eugene McCrohan; 21 April 1943), also known by the stage name Mars Bonfire, is a Canadian rock musician and songwriter, best known for writing the hit song "Born to Be Wild" for Steppenwolf. Career Born Dennis Eug ...

(born 1943), former stage name of Canadian rock musician Mars Bonfire, writer of the hit song "Born to Be Wild" for Steppenwolf *

Jerry Edmonton Gerald Michael Edmonton (born Gerald McCrohan, October 24, 1946 – November 28, 1993) was a Canadian-American musician who was the drummer, and secondary lead vocalist for the rock band Steppenwolf. Early life and career Edmonton was born in ...

(1946 – 1993), Canadian rock musician and drummer for the rock band Steppenwolf

Other uses

* 96193 Edmonton, an asteroid *

Edmonton Green railway station Edmonton Green is a London Overground and National Rail station on the Lea Valley lines which form part of the West Anglia Main Line, located in Edmonton in the London Borough of Enfield, north London. It is down the line from London Liverpool S ...

, a railway station *

Edmonton tornado The Edmonton tornado of 1987, an event also known as Black Friday to Edmontonians, was a powerful and devastating tornado that ripped through the eastern parts of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and parts of neighbouring Strathcona County on the afte ...

, a large tornado * HMCS ''Edmonton'', a vessel of the Canadian Forces *

West Edmonton Mall West Edmonton Mall (WEM) is a shopping mall in Edmonton, Alberta, that is owned, managed, and operated by Triple Five Group. It is the second most visited mall in Canada, after the Toronto Eaton Centre in Toronto, followed by Metrotown Mall in B ...

, a shopping mall in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada