Edmonton Overview | An informative introduction to Edmonton, Alberta

Edmonton is a great city! Edmonton is the capital city of Alberta and is the northernmost city with over one million people on the continent. There are a lot of things that make Edmonton an interesting city to me that I'm excited to share in this video. In this video I briefly cover Edmonton's history, population, skyline as well as a few things that make it unique. Thanks for watching: Edmonton Overview | An informative introduction to Edmonton, Alberta.

If you enjoy short geography overviews, here is a link to one of the primary books that inspired me to make this channel:

*CORRECTIONS*
- Edmonton was named City of Champions due to the volunteer response to a tornado in 1987. The sporting success in the 1980s may have helped contribute to that nickname though.

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[ibbzjoseph]

As a Brit who lived in Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary for work, I must say Edmonton is a very underrated city. A lot of people seem to think Calgary is better but I enjoyed living there more. Good community feel, very affordable for a major city and has everything you would expect in a major urban centre. Great hockey team and fans as well. I would put it top 3 for best food in Canada too. I miss Alberta.

[ShuFromChina-SYE]

Moved from Toronto to Edmonton last year. Edmonton definitely has a cold and long winter temperature-wise, but it is sunny all year round. Snow-storm is surprisingly rare, fogs none, rain rare, even cloudy days are rare. This is what I love most about this city.

[safifaruqi]

Emigrated to Canada, while others were rushing to Toronto, I choose Edmonton. Haven't regretted it one bit. It' feels like home now. I will rep it forever.

[MatthewJames-hc]

Moved from Toronto to Edmonton 9 months ago. Super underrated city. One thing you didn't mention is how the people here are the friendliest in the country (only rivaled with the Maritimes). Whenever I go to Calgary, I get the same cold and shallow cooperate vibes I get when I lived in Toronto. In Edmonton (for the most part) you feel like you're in a "small town" of 1.4 million people and the communities here seem less "keeping up with the Jones" and more family oriented. Not that I dislike Calgary or Toronto. They're just more hustle and bustle type cities, whereas Edmonton gives you time to smell the roses. Great video!

[modestacattaruzza]

I love this city, it has been my home for 65 years. Some people don't see the beaty ofy city, i do. Culture, venues, festivals, sports teatre food scene, , museum, arts, our gorgeous river valley, muttard conservatory, government center. I can go on and on. Pity some people don't appreciate what we have. Edmontonian are the best, friendly, helpfull and ready to be there when people needs arise
Thats my city, my hometown that I love so.

[JereJeremiah]

Skyline wise, during the day the skyline may appear grey, but at night time and especially sunset the skyline is absolutely stunning. The buildings and infrastructures colours start to come out. Words can’t describe how beautiful a sunset is on Walterdale Hill.

[Sorensenator]

As a born Edmontonian, you couldn’t have displayed this city any better. You covered it extremely well. I live in Calgary now but I always miss Edmonton.

[joshthompson]

Edmonton is amazing. And strangely underrated and known even amongst Canadians. Part of that is because it used to be a lot smaller, but has grown faster. Whereas Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal have been major metros for a century.

Some fun facts:
-youngest big city in Canada
-only city with more millennials than Boomers.
-used to be smaller than Hamilton and Winnipeg but in the last 50 years has become more than twice both of their sizes. (Although Hamilton is now growing faster).
-Highest number of university students per capita of all big cities in canada.
-2nd most days of sun of all cities
-highest income to cost of living ratio in canada for cities.
-Greener than Calgary, and an actually good hockey team too 😉

[SylviusTheMad]

I moved from Vancouver to Edmonton, and it's one of the best decisions I ever made.

[TyGuy]

I am an Edmontonian born and raised. Proud to be Edmontonian. Love this city. It is beautiful. Central Park NY is a distant second to Edmonton's River Valley for largest urban green area.

[Mrparkkila]

Edmonton has a fascinating history. One of the reasons why it was selected as the capital (and why it got the University) over Calgary was because of Alexander Rutherford, Alberta’s first Premier. He owned a lot of land in Strathcona (just across the river from Edmonton and now a part of Edmonton) and lived there.

[TotalTruthca]

I had the amazing experience of living in Edmonton for 6 years. From 1990 to 1996. I was there for yet another win of the Stanley Cup and was blessed enough to touch it as they brought it through the crowd at the airport. I also worked at West Edmonton Mall. Amazing place highly recommend it for you bucket list. The waterpark there was a blast so many good memories. And I also was able to see the Northern Lights many times. So many amazing festivals. Especially enjoyed the Fringe and the Sour Dough Raft Race during Klondike Days. One big water fight on the North Saskatchewan River. The only bad memory I have of Edmonton is the -40 degree weather you can get in the mid winter. But other than that great memories and highly recommend this city. It is also one of the cleanest cities and friendliest cities in Canada :)

[IdrisFashan]

Thank you! I’ve lived in both Calgary and Edmonton and hail from eastern Canada. The city of Edmonton is pure gold. Off to Elk Island for some birdwatching. Cheers! 🙏🏾

[ThatCanadianGuy_]

Moving to downtown Edmonton in a few months, super excited!

[brycegauw]

Thanks for featuring my hometown. Proud to be Edmontonian!

[derekmiskiman]

Worth pointing out the skyline is much smaller then it could have been due to the old airport that used to sit along kingsway . When looking on a sat map you can still see the footprint of the airport

[Elenesski]

I lived in Edmonton for over 25 years before moving to Calgary for work. Edmonton had only had 30-ish story buildings because of it's proximity to the municipal airport. Buildings couldn't be taller than an airplane's glide slope. Now that the airport is closed, super tall skyscrapers are now possible. It's taken the city a while to finally build something tall. Unlike Calgary which has a height limit that results in buildings reaching the maximum height. I expect Edmonton will be getting taller buildings in the future, where as Calgary is unlikely to change it's height rules.

[Robertinho]

It has a nice vibe now between downtown and Whyte Av. Also very nice with the river valley. I enjoyed my last visit. Found some cool breweries downtown.

[briancampbell]

As a former Calgarian who now calls Edmonton home for 15 year's now. Excellent video. You showed Edmonton in a great light. Thank you 😊

[TyGuy]

The River Valley is so deep that you don't even see the tip of the 70 storey Stantec Tower in lots of areas in the River Valley right on the edge of downtown. Feels like you're in the wilderness not near any urban area when you're right next to downtown in some parts.