Edmonton, Alberta The changing landscape of Canadian metropolitan areas
Edmonton, Alberta

Highlights

• At the CMA level, built-up area increased from 342 km² in 1971 to 1,094 km² in 2011, an increase of 220%.
• At the CMA-E level, built-up area increased from 414 km² in 1971 to 1,422 km² in 2011, an increase of 243%.
• In 2011, the natural and semi-natural land class was divided into forest (39%), water (14%) and other (48%).
• From 1971 to 2011, 402 km² of arable land and 169 km² of natural and semi-natural land were lost to settled area.
• Of the natural and semi-natural land converted to settled area from 1971 to 2011, 39.3% was forest, 47.5% was natural land for pasture and 13.2% was classed as other.
• Population in the CMA increased by 118% from 530, 888 to 1,159,869 between 1971 and 2011.
• The number of dwellings in the CMA increased by 212% from 154,343 to 482,249 between 1971 and 2011.

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