City of Edmonton

"City of Champions"

Edmonton is a city of talented people and positive energy. From its strength as a centre for research and advanced technology, to its creative passion for festivals and performing arts, Alberta's capital offers business advantage and lifestyle amenity.

"Gateway to the North"

Contact

  • Economic Development
  • 9797 Jasper Avenue
  • Edmonton, AB T5J 1N9
  • Tel: (780) 917-7641
  • Fax: (780) 426-0535
  • Web: www.business.ede.org/

Demographics

  • 1986 - 573,980
  • 1991 - 616,741
  • 1993 - 626,999
  • 2001 - 919,413

Key Linkages

  • Highway 2, 16, 28
  • Bus Line - Red Arrow, Greyhound
  • Railway - CN, CP and VIA Rail
  • Trucking - various
  • Airports - Edmonton International Airport, Edmonton Municipal Airport
  • Airlines - Air Canada, West Jet, American, United, Delta
  • Natural Gas Pipeline - ATCO
  • Electric - EPCOR Energy services
  • Communication - Telus, AT&T, and Sprint
  • Cellular - Telus Mobility, Roger's AT&T
  • Natural Gas Pipeline - Northwestern Utilities
  • Electric - Trans Alta
  • Communication - Telus, AT&T, Sprint
  • Cellular - Telus Mobility, Cantel

Major Industries

  • Oil and Gas
  • Mining
  • Forestry
  • Agriculture
  • Tourism
  • Telecommunications
  • Biotech
  • Environmental Services and Technology

Major Industrial/Commercial Employers

  • Alta Steel
  • Brown and Root
  • Canadian National Railway
  • Dow Chemical Canada
  • Husky Oil
  • Imperial Oil
  • Inland Cement
  • Inter-provincial pipeline
  • Lafarge Construction Materials
  • Lilydale foods
  • North American Construction Group
  • Petro-Canada Refinery
  • Sherritt International
  • ZCL Manufacturing

Corridor Projects and Opportunities

  • The Edmonton International Airport is currently in a $235 million airport terminal redevelopment project
  • Edmonton is holding the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Track and Field

Air Transport

Edmonton International Airport

  • Largest runway is 11,000 ft and capable of handling any size aircraft
  • One of Canada's largest 5 airports
  • Major airline service include: Air Canada, WestJet, American, United, Delta
  • Canada's most northerly 24 hour international airport

Edmonton City Centre Airport

  • Restricted for commercial use and is now the centre for corporate and general aviation, including small charters, private and company aircraft, training, military, industrial and medevac flights
  • Largest runway is 5,800 ft with 24 hour service available

Rail Transport

  • CP and CN provide all rail services with links to the entire CN track extending across Canada and into the Southern United States
  • VIA Rail supplies passenger services East to Saskatoon and West to Jasper linking Edmonton to the entire network of VIA Rail lines

Road Transport

Hwy #16 (Trans-Canada Yellowhead)

  • The northern East-West transportation corridor linking Winnipeg to Vancouver or Prince Rupert
  • 1,161 km West to Vancouver
  • 1,329 km East to Winnipeg

Hwy #2

  • Major North-South Access route linking Calgary and Edmonton
  • Also links Edmonton to points north to Slave Lake, Peace River and the Alaska highway

Bus and Freight Transport

  • Greyhound provides scheduled transportation from Edmonton to destinations all across Canada and into the United States
  • Red Arrow provides scheduled service to Calgary, Red Deer and Fort McMurray

Corridor Advantages

  • The Edmonton International Airport's runways are large enough to accommodate an immediate 200% growth in air traffic movements