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Edmonton Strathcona is about 3,460 km from Parliament Hill. The drive would take 36 hours on the road, via the Trans-Canada Highway.
About 17% of the riding’s labour force uses public transit and the Edmonton Light Rail Transit (LRT). University Station is the city’s busiest LRT station.
Edmonton Strathcona is in central Edmonton, south of the North Saskatchewan River in the North Saskatchewan River Valley.
A tributary of the North Saskatchewan River, Mill Creek flows through the riding. Other bodies of water include Fulton Creek, which has mostly been culverted by the city for housing developments, causing it to dry up in the summer.
This riding is home to the city’s largest francophone population, with over 3% of residents speaking French as their first language.
Compared to other Edmonton ridings, the riding has a relatively small immigrant population at 16%. The United Kingdom is the top country of origin.
German, Spanish, and Ukrainian are the top non-official languages spoken in the riding.
Edmonton is known as the “Festival City” The annual International Fringe Theatre Festival, North America’s oldest and largest fringe festival, is held in the riding. Other festivals include: Ice on Whyte Festival, Western Canada Fashion Week, and Pride.
Found in Old Strathcona, Whyte Avenue is one of the city’s best entertainment areas with many restaurants, bars, live music and theatre options, and shops.
The High Level Bridge Streetcar and the Great Divide Waterfall were installed in 1980 to celebrate Edmonton’s 75th anniversary. The waterfall is seven metres taller than Niagara Falls, while the streetcar is the world’s highest streetcar river crossing.
Recognizable by its four glass pyramids, the Muttart Conservatory is one of Canada’s largest botanical gardens.
Education is the riding’s top industry. The University of Alberta’s annual economic impact on the province is an estimated $12.3 billion. It’s the province’s fourth-employer, providing over 15,000 jobs.
Tourism in Edmonton and the surrounding region had an economic impact of $1.82 billion in 2012.
The average price of a home here is $400,904.
The University of Alberta has an annual sustainability week, including workshops and lectures. The university has also reduced over 2.3 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions since 1975 through its Energy Management Program. The U of A’s Camrose Performing Arts Centre has Canada's largest building-integrated array of solar panels.
Dr. John Callaghan performed Canada’s first successful open-heart surgery at the University of Alberta Hospital in 1956. He also performed the first successful repair of blue baby malformation. His techniques contributed to saving the lives of millions of patients around the world.