St. Albert, Alberta
St. Albert | |
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City | |
| City of St. Albert | |
View of Downtown St. Albert | |
City boundaries | |
| Coordinates: 53°38′13″N 113°37′13″W / 53.63694°N 113.62028°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Region | Edmonton Metropolitan Region |
| Adjacent municipal district | Sturgeon County |
| Founded | 1861 |
| Incorporated | |
| • Village | December 7, 1899 |
| • Town | September 1, 1904 |
| • New town | January 1, 1957 |
| • Town | July 3, 1962 |
| • City | January 1, 1977 |
| Named after | Albert of Louvain |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Cathy Heron |
| • Governing body |
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| • CAO | William Fletcher |
| • MP | Michael Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton-CPC) |
| • MLA | Marie Renaud (St. Albert-NDP) Dale Nally (Morinville-St. Albert-UCP) |
| Area (2021) | |
| • Land | 47.84 km2 (18.47 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 689 m (2,260 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 68,232 |
| • Density | 1,426.4/km2 (3,694/sq mi) |
| • Municipal census (2018) | 66,082 |
| • Estimate (2020) | 69,335 |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| Forward sortation area | |
| Area code(s) | 780, 587, 825, 368 |
| Highways | |
| Waterways | Sturgeon River, Big Lake |
| Website | Official website |
St. Albert is a city in Alberta, Canada, next to the Sturgeon River, northwest of the City of Edmonton, the provincial capital. It was originally settled as a Métis community, and is now the second-largest city in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region. St. Albert first received its town status in 1904 and was reached by the Canadian Northern Railway in 1906. Originally separated from Edmonton by several miles of farmland, the 1980s expansion of Edmonton's city limits placed St. Albert immediately adjacent to the larger city on St. Albert's southern and eastern sides.