Newfoundland & Labrador and Alberta
Alberta
The capital of Alberta is Edmonton. The population is 3.7 million people and there are many
nationalities. Besides English and French there are also immigrants from Scotland, Ireland,
Wales, Germany, Ukraine and Scandinavia. In Edmonton and Calgary there are also historic
Chinatowns, and Calgary has Canada's third largest Chinese community.
Geographical features
Alberta covers an area of 661,848 square kilometres, an area about 5% smaller than Texas or
20% larger than France. This makes it the fourth largest province after Quebec, Ontario, and
British Columbia. To the south, the province borders on the 49th parallel north, separating it
from the U.S. state of Montana, while on the north the 60th parallel north divides it from the
Northwest Territories. To the east the 110th meridian west separates it from the province of
Saskatchewan, while on the west its boundary with British Columbia follows the 120th meridian
west south fro...