Edmonton Edmonton is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Central Alberta ...

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

Places

Australia

Edmonton, Queensland Edmonton is a town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the suburb of Edmonton had a population of 11,409 people. Geography Edmonton is located by road south-southwest of the Ca ...

, 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 Edmonton, the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta. While the EMR is not a strictly ...

* Snelgrove, Ontario, previously known as Edmonton

Electoral districts

Edmonton (federal electoral district) Edmonton was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada. When created in 1903 it was located in the North-West Territories. Following the creation of the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan in 1905, the riding t ...

, 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 ...

, 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 cr ...

, Alberta provincial electoral district *

Edmonton Centre 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 Downtown Edmonton. It also ...

, Canadian federal electoral district *

Edmonton-Ellerslie Edmonton-Ellerslie is a provincial electoral district in Alberta Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta i ...

, 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 ...

, Alberta provincial electoral district

England

Edmonton, Cornwall Edmonton is a hamlet west of Wadebridge in Cornwall, England. It is in the civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of lo ...

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

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 bor ...

, 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 of health, local board was formed in 1850 for the parish of Edmonton, London, Edmonton All Saints. In 1881 Southgate, Lond ...

, a local government (1850–1965) **

Edmonton (UK Parliament constituency) Edmonton was a List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency in Greater London, created in 1918 and represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliame ...

, 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 Sta ...

, United States

Religion

Anglican Diocese of Edmonton The Diocese of Edmonton is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of the Northern Lights of the Anglican Church of Canada. The diocese comprises over 126,000 square kilometres of the civil Provinces and territories of Canada, Province of Alber ...

, 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 () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese in the Canadian civil province of Alberta and the seat of its archbishop is at St. Joseph Cathedral (Edmonton), St. Joseph Cathedral, a minor basilica in Edm ...

, 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 (CFL), West Division and plays their home games at Commonw ...

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

Edmonton Oil Kings The Edmonton Oil Kings are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, that play in the Western Hockey League (WHL). The team, founded in 2006, shares an ownership group with the National Hockey League's Edmonton Oilers. The te ...

, 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 (NHL), Pacific Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference. Th ...

, 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 the 2006 to 2015 NLL seasons. The team announced on July 20, 2015, that they would be relocating to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, for the 2 ...

, 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 track racing, 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 rac ...

, 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. Early career Born Den ...

(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 musician who was the drummer and secondary lead vocalist for the rock band Steppenwolf. Early life and career Edmonton was born in Oshawa, ...

(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 station on the Weaver line of the London Overground, located in Edmonton in the London Borough of Enfield, north London. It is down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between to the south and (on the ...

, a railway station *

Edmonton tornado The Edmonton tornado, 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 afternoon of Friday, ...

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

West Edmonton Mall West Edmonton Mall (WEM) is a large shopping mall in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 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 Met ...

, a shopping mall in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada