Calgary–Edmonton Corridor


The Calgary–Edmonton Corridor is a geographical region of the Canadian province of Alberta. It is the most urbanized area in Alberta and is one of Canada's four most urban regions. It consists of Statistics Canada Alberta census divisions No. 11, No. 8, and No. 6. Measured from north to south, the region covers a distance of approximately. It includes the entire census metropolitan areas of Calgary and Edmonton and the census agglomerations of Red Deer and Wetaskiwin.

Transportation

, also known as the Queen Elizabeth II Highway or QE2, is the busiest highway in Alberta and forms the central spine of the corridor. A Canadian Pacific rail line roughly parallels the highway, though is only used by freight trains. There is no passenger rail service between the two urban centres. The region, has, however, frequently been cited as a potential high-speed rail corridor.
The corridor has two of Canada's five busiest airports: Calgary International and Edmonton International. The number of daily flights between these two airports number into the dozens, making it one of Canada's busiest commuter flight routes.

Demographics

In the Canada 2001 Census, the population of the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor was 2,149,586, representing 72.3% of Alberta's population. In the Canada 2011 Census, the corridor's population had increased to 2,703,380 or 74.2% of the province's population. The population as of the Canada 2016 Census was 3,074,223.
The following presents the historic population growth of the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor between 1996 and 2016 by its three census divisions.
Census divisionArea
Pop.
Pop.
Pop.
Pop.
Pop.
Division No. 61498778131102211609361021060880859
Division No. 8209395189243175337153049133592
Division No. 11136605012031151076103975477898888
Calgary–Edmonton Corridor30742232703380241237621495861913339
Province of Alberta40671753645257329035029748072696826
Provincial proportion6.0%75.6%74.2%73.3%72.3%70.9%

Growth

The Calgary–Edmonton Corridor is one of the fastest growing regions and wealthiest regions in Canada. A 2003 study by TD Bank Financial Group found the GDP per capita in the corridor is 10% above average compared to U.S. metropolitan areas and 40% above average compared to other Canadian cities. Much of this is because of large oil revenues due to the growing cost of oil since 2003.

Census subdivisions

The following are lists of the census subdivisions within the Calgary Metropolitan Region and Edmonton Metropolitan Region portions of the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor. The Edmonton Metropolitan Region's eight summer villages are not listed.
and Edmonton.

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