City / Town: Edmonton

Shop until you can’t carry any more, cross-country ski on the Ribbon of Green, hear the Symphony under the Sky.

Highlights

Buy tickets to—and a cowboy hat for—the Canadian Finals Rodeo.
See where Leduc #1 went into production in 1947, the start of Alberta’s oil boom.
Enjoy the Symphony under the Sky: the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra plays outdoors at Hawrelak Park in the summers.
Shop the one-of-a-kind boutiques at Old Strathcona, Edmonton’s fashion mecca and a 19th-century Provincial Historical District.
See the stars come out at Beaver Hills Dark Sky Preserve in Elk Island National Park.
Get set for the 2010 opening of the innovative 85,000-sq-ft “New Vision” gallery at the Art Gallery of Alberta.
Visit the pyramid-shaped buildings of the Muttart Conservatory, Edmonton’s premier horticultural attraction.
Combine cocktails and a murder mystery at historic Fort Edmonton Park, Canada’s largest interactive living history park.
Party at the Yardbird Suite, a jazz venue since 1957.
Hike through four distinct natural habitats in the North Saskatchewan River Valley.

The 48-block West Edmonton Mall is the world’s largest shopping and entertainment center and Alberta’s top attraction.
Sir Winston Churchill Square is in the core of Edmonton’s Downtown Arts District.
There’s a special event, celebration or festival anytime of year in Canada’s “Festival City.”
Summer’s biggest party is the Capital EX (formerly Klondike Days): 10 days of shows, fireworks, and frontier fun.
Edmonton is the northernmost city in North America with a metro population over one million.

“A Delectable Cuisine Scene in Edmonton Alberta,” Canadian Tourism Commission Media Centre website
“Edmonton’s upper-crust comforts,” PURE Canada
“Boogie nights,” Canadian Geographic Travel

Area: 9,417.88 sq km (3,636 sq mi)
Population: 1,034,945 in the Metropolitan area
Fact: Edmonton is the northernmost city in North America with a metro population over one million
People: Called “Edmontonians”