Alberta

**Introduction**: This wiki is made to give students, parents, and community members information about the province of Alberta, Canada. The Alberta section of this wiki will give the reader information about the history, economics, politics, geography, culture, and home activities. Heres to happy learning!


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Alberta Up Close Albertans enjoy a very high quality of life. They enjoy the lowest overall taxes in Canada with among the highest level of services. They have the highest disposable incomes in Canada and the lowest unemployment rate in Canada. Alberta also has:
 * a strong and vibrant economy
 * a young, skilled and productive workforce
 * affordable living costs
 * a strong commitment to innovation and knowledge-based progress
 * a highly entrepreneurial and competitive business community
 * a business-friendly province committed to responsible regulation
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">a modern and efficient infrastructure
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">an abundance of natural resources
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">a beautiful natural environment

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Alberta's provincial parks and protected areas provide access to some of the most spectacular natural landscapes in North America, including more dinosaur fossils than any other single spot on the planet; the world's only boreal forest songbird observatories; the largest collection of aboriginal rock art on the North American Plains; a glacier; majestic mountains and so much more.

===<span style="background-color: #dc6573; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Alberta Facts === <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Population:** As of January 1, 2009 = 3,632,483. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Capital City:** Edmonton <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Currency:** Canadian dollar <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Weather:** Current weather in Alberta <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Proclaimed a Province:** September 1, 1905 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Time Zone:** Mountain Time



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