[58] Temperatures can exceed 30 °C (86 °F) for an average of four to five days anytime from late April to mid-September and fall below −20 °C (−4 °F) for an average of 24.6 days in the winter. All three school boards and public charter schools are funded through provincial grants and property taxes. As a result, the mall was evacuated as a precautionary measure. Continue to current page menu and content, Edmonton Metropolitan Region Community Data. The Telephone Historical Centre is a telephone museum also located in the Prince of Wales Armouries Heritage Centre. [248] After the 2019 federal election, Edmonton lacked elected representation in the federal government for the first time since 1980. [254] The brigade had existed in Calgary since the 1950s, and Lord Strathcona's Horse had traditionally been a Calgary garrison unit dating back to before World War I. Edmonton also has a large army reserve element from 41 Canadian Brigade Group (41 CBG), including The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (4th Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry); 41 Combat Engineer Regiment; HQ Battery, 20th Field Artillery Regiment; and B Squadron of The South Alberta Light Horse, one of Alberta's oldest army reserve units. endstream endobj 17 0 obj<>stream The Edmonton Valley Zoo is in the river valley to the southwest of the city centre.[222]. [26][27] The agreement includes the Plains and Woods Cree, Assiniboine, and other band governments of First Nations at Fort Carlton, Fort Pitt, and Battle River. [320][321] Edmonton was Nashville's first sister city and in 2015, the cities celebrated the 25th anniversary of their partnership. According to the 2011 Canadian Household Survey, 59.1 percent of metropolitan Edmonton residents identify as Christian. Bourbon Street has numerous eating establishments; clubs and casinos can also be found within the complex. Edmonton is on track for a population of more than one million people by the end of 2020 and more than two million within 30 years if current growth rates persist, the city said. [253] In 1996, all fixed-wing aviation units were transferred to CFB Cold Lake. And certainly with the problems with inmates not being able to properly socially distance with COVID-19, it is really important to even further reduce the number of people being held in remand.”. Choose between the following two options: These pages provide demographic information for both the City of Edmonton and the Edmonton Census Metropolitan Area (CMA). Volunteer programs include River Valley Clean-up, Root for Trees, and Partner in Parks. View questionnaire summaries on topics including population, education, housing, and economic information. In April, the justice ministry said it had released all 32 offenders locked up for failing to pay fines, while allowing offenders serving a weekend jail sentence to run out their time on house arrest. In 2011, 232,195 immigrants accounted for 20.4% of Edmonton’s population, and they represented 6.5%of Alberta’s population. ... Edmonton has a population of 815,000 in 2014. Demographics and profile information on the City of Edmonton. [213] Three walnut species – butternut, Manchurian walnut, and black walnut – have survived in Edmonton. On average, it receives 455.7 mm (17.94 in) of precipitation, of which 347.8 mm (13.69 in) is rain and 111.2 mm (4.38 in) is the melt from 123.5 cm (48.6 in) of snowfall per annum.