Most Common Surnames in Alberta (Canada)

Alberta is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. With an estimated population of 4,067,175 people as of the 2016 census, it is Canada's fourth most populous province and the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces. Alberta's area is approximately 660,000 square kilometres (250,000 sq mi). Alberta is bordered by the provinces of British Columbia to the west and Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories to the north, and the U.S. state of Montana to the south. Alberta is one of three Canadian provinces and territories to border only a single U.S. state. It is also one of only two landlocked provinces in the country. Alberta's capital, Edmonton, is near the geographic centre of the province; it is the primary supply and service hub for Canada's crude oil, the Athabasca oil sands and other northern resource industries. About 290 km (180 mi) south of Edmonton is Calgary, the largest city in Alberta. Calgary and Edmonton anchor Alberta's two census metropolitan areas, which each have populations exceeding one million, while the province has 16 census agglomerations.