Edmonton Metropolitan Region#Edmonton CMA

As of the 2021 Canadian census, the Edmonton CMA includes the following 34 census subdivisions (municipalities or municipality equivalents):{{cite web |title=Focus on Geography Series, 2021 Census of Population {{!}} Edmonton, Census metropolitan area |publisher=Statistics Canada |date=2022-12-16 |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/as-sa/fogs-spg/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Dguid=2021S0503835&topic=1 |access-date=2023-07-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221021912/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/as-sa/fogs-spg/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Dguid=2021S0503835&topic=1 |archive-date=2022-12-21 |url-status=live}}

• six cities (Beaumont, Edmonton, Fort Saskatchewan, Leduc, Spruce Grove and St. Albert);
• one specialized municipality (Strathcona County, which includes the Sherwood Park urban service area);
• three municipal districts (Leduc County, Parkland County, and Sturgeon County);
• ten towns (Bon Accord, Bruderheim, Calmar, Devon, Gibbons, Legal, Morinville, Redwater, Stony Plain and Thorsby);
• two villages (Spring Lake and Warburg);
• eight summer villages (Betula Beach, Golden Days, Itaska Beach, Kapasiwin, Lakeview, Point Alison, Seba Beach, and Sundance Beach); and
• four Indian reserves for three First Nations (Alexander 134 of the Alexander First Nation, Enoch Cree Nation 135 of the Enoch Cree Nation, and Wabamun 133A and 133B of the Paul First Nation).

The Edmonton CMA is the largest of the 41 CMAs{{efn|As of the 2021 Census, with the promotion of the Nanaimo, Kamloops, Chilliwack, Fredericton, Drummondville and Red Deer CAs to CMA status, Canada has 41 CMAs.{{cite web |title=Dictionary, Census of Population, 2021 {{!}} Changes to the name and number of CMAs and CAs for the 2021 Census |publisher=Statistics Canada |date=2021-11-17 |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/ref/dict/az/Definition-eng.cfm?ID=geo009 |access-date=2023-07-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403173554/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/ref/dict/az/Definition-eng.cfm?ID=geo009 |archive-date=2023-04-03 |url-status=live}}}} in Canada by area, at {{convert|9,416.19|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}.{{cite web |title=Table 98-10-0003-01 Population and dwelling counts: Census metropolitan areas, census agglomerations and census subdivisions (municipalities) |date=2022-02-09 |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000301 |access-date=2023-07-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209181811/https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000301 |archive-date=2022-02-09 |url-status=live}} In the 2021 Canadian census, it had a population of 1,418,118, making it the sixth largest CMA in Canada by population, with the second largest percentage increase in national CMA population (37.0% versus 37.3% for the Calgary CMA) over the 15 years since the 2006 Canadian census.{{cite web |title=Population change (in percentage), census metropolitan areas, 2006 to 2011, 2011 to 2016 and 2016 to 2021 |publisher=Statistics Canada |date=2022-12-16 |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/as-sa/fogs-spg/alternative.cfm?topic=1&lang=E&dguid=2021S0503835&objectId=4 |access-date=2023-07-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705032144/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/as-sa/fogs-spg/alternative.cfm?topic=1&lang=E&dguid=2021S0503835&objectId=4 |archive-date=2023-07-05 |url-status=live}} The Edmonton CMA comprises the majority of Statistics Canada's Division No. 11 in Alberta.

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Edmonton metropolitan region recorded a population of 1,418,118 living in 548,624 of its 589,554 total private dwellings, a change of 7.3% from its 2016 population of 1,321,441. With a land area of {{convert|9,416.19|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|1418118|9416.19|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). [https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=edmonton&DGUIDlist=2021S0503835&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population]. www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved August 11, 2023

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A fragmentation in regional cooperation and partnership has long played a divisive role within the EMR. Particularly, Edmonton was frustrated that its surrounding municipalities were receiving an increased tax base for major industrial development, while not contributing to Edmonton's burden to maintain and build new infrastructure within Edmonton used by the residents and businesses of the surrounding municipalities.

After pulling out of the Alberta Capital Region Alliance (ACRA), Edmonton lobbied the provincial government to establish some form of regional government that would be more effective in fostering regional cooperation between it and its surrounding municipalities. As a result, Premier Ed Stelmach announced in December 2007 that a governing board would be established for Edmonton's Capital Region.{{cite news|url=http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?k=50233&id=574c66c0-f3bf-4de3-8f45-aa3cc5fff4eb |title=Mayor "elated" by new regional planning board |access-date=2008-01-09 |author=Archie McLean |author2=Susan Ruttan |name-list-style=amp|date=2007-12-19 |newspaper=Edmonton Journal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103182718/http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?k=50233&id=574c66c0-f3bf-4de3-8f45-aa3cc5fff4eb |archive-date=2012-11-03 }} Four months later, the Capital Region Board was formed on April 15, 2008 with the passing of the Capital Region Board Regulation by Order in Council 127/2008 under the authority of the Municipal Government Act.{{cite web | url=http://www.qp.alberta.ca/documents/orders/orders_in_council/2008/408/2008_127.html | title=Order in Council 127/2008 | access-date=December 24, 2009 | date=April 15, 2008 | publisher=Alberta Queen's Printer | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716180406/http://www.qp.alberta.ca/documents/orders/orders_in_council/2008/408/2008_127.html | archive-date=July 16, 2011 | url-status=live }}

On October 26, 2017,{{cite web | url=http://www.qp.alberta.ca/documents/orders/Orders_in_Council/2017/1017/2017_355.html | title=Order in Council 355/2017 | access-date=November 18, 2017 | date=October 26, 2017 | publisher=Alberta Queen's Printer | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040131/http://www.qp.alberta.ca/documents/orders/Orders_in_Council/2017/1017/2017_355.html | archive-date=December 1, 2017 | url-status=live }} the Capital Region Board (CRB) was renamed to the Edmonton Metropolitan Region Board (EMRB).{{cite web|last1=Simons|first1=Paula|title=Welcome, neighbours, to the Edmonton Metropolitan Region|url=https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/paula-simons-welcome-neighbours-to-the-edmonton-metropolitan-region|publisher=Edmonton Journal|access-date=November 13, 2017|date=November 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107003239/http://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/paula-simons-welcome-neighbours-to-the-edmonton-metropolitan-region|archive-date=November 7, 2017|url-status=live}}

The original Capital Region Board (CRB) was established with 25 participating or member municipalities,{{cite web |url=http://www.qp.alberta.ca/documents/orders/orders_in_council/2010/310/2010_066.html |title=Order in Council (O.C.) 66/2010 |publisher=Province of Alberta |date=2010-03-15 |access-date=2012-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404013303/http://www.qp.alberta.ca/documents/orders/orders_in_council/2010/310/2010_066.html |archive-date=2012-04-04 |url-status=live}} differing slightly from the municipalities that Statistics Canada included in the Edmonton CMA as the CRB excluded entities which did not take active involvement in the greater regional planning activity (four Indian reserves, eight summer villages and one village) while including the non-CMA Lamont County and the Town of Lamont.{{cite web |url=http://capitalregionboard.ab.ca/-/toolkit/factsheet-geographicprofile.pdf |title=Fact Sheet: Geographic Profile |publisher=Capital Region Board |access-date=2012-02-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325201710/http://capitalregionboard.ab.ca/-/toolkit/factsheet-geographicprofile.pdf |archive-date=2013-03-25 }} The number of member municipalities was reduced to 24 on September 10, 2010{{cite web |url=http://www.qp.alberta.ca/documents/orders/orders_in_council/2010/910/2010_316.html |title=Order in Council (O.C.) 316/2010 |publisher=Province of Alberta |date=2010-03-15 |access-date=2012-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404013815/http://www.qp.alberta.ca/documents/orders/orders_in_council/2010/910/2010_316.html |archive-date=2012-04-04 |url-status=live}} after the Village of New Sarepta dissolved to hamlet status under the jurisdiction of Leduc County on September 1, 2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.qp.alberta.ca/documents/orders/orders_in_council/2010/710/2010_230.html |publisher=Alberta Queen's Printer |title=Order in Council (O.C.) 230/2010 |access-date=2010-07-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716180910/http://www.qp.alberta.ca/documents/orders/orders_in_council/2010/710/2010_230.html |archive-date=2011-07-16 |url-status=live}} Concurrent with the CRB's name change to the EMRB in October 2017, municipal membership decreased from 24 to 13, with the two non-CMA CRB members (Lamont County and Town of Lamont) no longer included, and only those municipalities within the CMA with a population of 5,000 or more remain as members (smaller municipalities are represented by their municipal districts).{{cite web |url=http://emrb.ca/recap/what-s-new/2017/new-faces-for-a-newly-revitalized-region/ |title=New faces for a newly revitalized region |publisher=Edmonton Metropolitan Region Board |date=October 28, 2017 |access-date=November 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114093256/http://emrb.ca/recap/what-s-new/2017/new-faces-for-a-newly-revitalized-region/ |archive-date=November 14, 2017 |url-status=dead}}

More specifically, the EMRB includes:{{cite web |title=Map of EMRB Members |author=Edmonton Metropolitan Region Geographic Information Services |date=2018-03-26 |publisher=Edmonton Metropolitan Region Board |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6091a8036dae4b4781f5d71b/t/61a1111bf2f8dd6d6dc70a1f/1637945648793/EMRB_Map_HighRes.jpg |access-date=2023-07-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926012146/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6091a8036dae4b4781f5d71b/t/61a1111bf2f8dd6d6dc70a1f/1637945648793/EMRB_Map_HighRes.jpg |archive-date=2022-09-26 |url-status=live}}

• six cities (Beaumont, Edmonton, Fort Saskatchewan, Leduc, St. Albert, and Spruce Grove);
• one specialized municipality (Strathcona County, which includes the Sherwood Park urban service area);
• three municipal districts (Leduc County, Parkland County, and Sturgeon County); and
• three towns (Devon, Morinville, and Stony Plain).

{{update|section|reason=This growth plan has since been replaced by the Edmonton Metropolitan Region Growth Plan|date=November 2017}}

Under the CRB Regulation, the CRB was tasked with preparing a growth plan to cover land use, intermunicipal transit, housing, and geographic information services components.{{cite web | url=http://www.capitalregionboard.ab.ca/ | title=Capital Region Board | publisher=Capital Region Board | access-date=2012-01-21 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103205620/http://www.capitalregionboard.ab.ca/ | archive-date=2012-01-03 | url-status=dead }} In March, 2010, Growing Forward: The Capital Region Growth Plan (CRGP), consisting of individual plans for these four components and two addenda, was approved by the Government of Alberta.{{cite web | url=http://capitalregionboard.ab.ca/growth-plan-update | title=Capital Region Growth Plan: Growing Forward | publisher=Capital Region Board | access-date=2012-01-21 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325204825/http://capitalregionboard.ab.ca/growth-plan-update | archive-date=2015-03-25 | url-status=live }}

The CRGP includes a population and employment forecast for the Capital Region. With a base population of 1.12 million in 2009, the CRB has forecasted the population of the Capital Region to reach 1.31 million by 2019.{{cite web | title=The Capital Region Growth Plan Addendum | url=http://capitalregionboard.ab.ca/-/reports/10%20december%202009%20addendum-revisedsept2010.pdf | publisher=Capital Region Board | date=December 2009 | access-date=2012-01-21 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325201202/http://capitalregionboard.ab.ca/-/reports/10%20december%202009%20addendum-revisedsept2010.pdf | archive-date=2013-03-25 | url-status=dead }} However, the 2019 population estimate was reached and exceeded by 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/demo05a-eng.htm |title=Population of census metropolitan areas |publisher=Statcan.gc.ca |date=2017-03-08 |access-date=2017-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161216151031/http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/demo05a-eng.htm |archive-date=2016-12-16 |url-status=live }} The CRGP also designates priority growth areas and cluster country residential areas within the Capital Region.{{cite web | title=The Capital Region Growth Plan Addendum | url=http://capitalregionboard.ab.ca/-/reports/9%20october%202009%20addendum-revisedsept2010.pdf | publisher=Capital Region Board | date=October 2009 | access-date=2012-01-21 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325201159/http://capitalregionboard.ab.ca/-/reports/9%20october%202009%20addendum-revisedsept2010.pdf | archive-date=2013-03-25 | url-status=dead }}

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The following is a list of municipalities in the Edmonton CMA, with those that are members of the EMRB indicated accordingly.

• {{note|Strathcona}}Strathcona County's 2021 federal census population of 99,225 includes 72,017 in the Sherwood Park urban service area.[https://www.strathcona.ca/council-county/facts-stats-and-forecasts/census/past-census-results/ Census population results]. Strathcona County. September 13, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2023
• {{note|WabamunIRs}}The combined Wabamun 133A and 133B population of 1,001 includes 981 in Wabamun 133A and 20 in Wabamun 133B.

Major industrial areas within the ECR include the northwest, southeast and Clover Bar industrial areas in Edmonton, Nisku Industrial Business Park in Leduc County, Acheson Industrial Area in Parkland County, Refinery Row in Strathcona County, and Alberta's Industrial Heartland spanning portions of Sturgeon County, Strathcona County, Lamont County and Fort Saskatchewan.

At the moment, two more major industrial areas are in the final stages of establishment. The establishment of the Horse Hills industrial area in northeast Edmonton is in the final planning stages, while Edmonton Airports is currently planning its inland port development under the Port Alberta initiative at the Edmonton International Airport within Leduc County.

• Edmonton
• Calgary-Edmonton Corridor
• Calgary Metropolitan Region

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• {{Official website}}
• [https://www.edmonton.com/ Edmonton.com - Portal to Greater Edmonton]
• [https://www.eedc.ca/ EEDC - Edmonton Economic Development Corporation]
• [https://regionaldashboard.alberta.ca/region/customregion/19/#/ Government of Alberta Regional Dashboard economic data for the Edmonton CMA]

{{Adjacent communities

| Northwest = County of Barrhead No. 11
Lac Ste. Anne County

| North = Westlock County, Thorhild County

| Northeast = Lamont County

| West = Yellowhead County

| Centre = Edmonton Metropolitan Region

| East = Beaver County

| Southwest = Brazeau County

| South = County of Wetaskiwin No. 10

| Southeast = Camrose County

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