Edmonton Metropolitan Region

This article is about the region surrounding and including the City of Edmonton in Alberta, Canada. For other uses, see Edmonton (disambiguation).

Edmonton Metropolitan Region
Metropolitan area
Downtown Edmonton skyline
Member municipalities of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region Board
Location of the region in Alberta
Coordinates: 53°34′N 113°31′W
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Area  (2021)
• CMA	9,416.19 km2 (3,635.61 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	1,472,402
• Estimate  (2025)	1,692,385
• Rank	5th in Canada
GDP
• CMA	CDN$110 billion
Time zone	UTC−06:00 (Alberta Time)
Forward sortation areas	T4X to T6Z, T7X to T8R, T8T, T9E to T9G
Area codes	780, 587, 825
Highways	2, 2A, 14, 15, 16, 16A, 19, 21, 28, 28A, 37, 39, 43, 44, 60, 100, 216
Website	emrb.ca

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The Edmonton Metropolitan Region (EMR), commonly referred to as Greater Edmonton or Metro Edmonton, is a conglomeration of municipalities centred on Edmonton, the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta.

While the EMR is not a strictly defined entity, its commonly known boundaries are coincident with those of the Edmonton census metropolitan area (CMA) as delineated by Statistics Canada. However, the now defunct Edmonton Metropolitan Region Board (EMRB) – established by the provincial government to provide a form of regional government, fostering cooperation for regional planning amongst the City of Edmonton and its surrounding municipalities – had a membership that differed slightly from the CMA.

The EMR is considered a major gateway to northern Alberta and the Canadian North, particularly for many companies, including airlines and oil/natural gas exploration. Located within central Alberta and at the northern end of the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor, the EMR is both the northernmost metropolitan area in Canada and the northernmost metropolitan area in North America with a population over one million.