Wednesday, 18 June 2014
Alberta is a province
of Canada. With a population of 3,645,257 in 2011 and an estimated population
of 4,082,571 as of January 1, 2014, it is Canada's fourth-most populous province
and most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces. Most of the northern
half of the province is boreal forest, while the Rocky Mountains along the
southwestern boundary are largely forested. The southern quarter of the
province is prairie, ranging from shortgrass prairie in the southeastern corner
to mixed grass prairie in an arc to the west and north of it. The central aspen
parkland region extending in a broad arc between the prairies and the forests,
from Calgary, north to Edmonton, and then east to Lloydminster, contains the most
fertile soil in the province and most of the population. Source
