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St. Albert occurs as city inside Alberta, located northwest of Edmonton, on the Sturgeon River. It was originally settled as a French-Catholic community, & is nowadays an moneyed, preponderantly whiten suburb of Edmonton.

Demographics
(based on data from Statistics Canada 2001 census) Population: 53,081 Growth rate (1996-2001): Long dozen.2% Total personal domicile: 18638 Area: 34.61 sq. kilometre. Density: 1533.Septenary population by the sq. kilometer.

Culture and History
St. Albert was founded within 1861 by Father Albert Lacombe, who built the chapel in the Sturgeon flow of any stream vale. the class action settlement flourished; two or three years fallowing its instauration, a class action of Grey Nuns moved to St. Albert from either Lac Ste. Anne & although a city has since adult & diversified, it maintains an image as a French Catholic front yard.

Now, a city plays unsuspecting hosts to the International Toddlers's Festival, a annual Rainmaker Rodeo, various plays & musical comedy performance at a Arden Theatre (which is a portion of a equivalent complex when the St. Albert city hall & library, within the building designed by Douglas Cardinal) as well as a thriving weekly farmers' market outside City Hall in the summer months.

Hockey in St. Albert

Inside 2004, a team's Alberta Junior Hockey League team, the St. Albert Saints, which had been one of the most prestigious teams in the league during its life and produced players such as Mark Messier and Mike Comrie, moved to nearby Spruce Grove. This move, allegedly due to the age & little size of Akinsdale Arena, caused a select few dismay amongst a citizens. Despite a brief effort from either fans to save the team, within August 2004 the newly re-known as Spruce Grove Saints played their first game around Spruce Grove's Grant Fuhr Arena.

Famous NHL hockey star Jarome Iginla, captain of the Calgary Flames, is from St. Albert.

City manager: Paul Chalifoux

Surrounding municipalities:

Edmonton, Alberta
Sturgeon Municipal District, Alberta

City People is 56,318 (Source City of St. Albert Nosecount 2005)

City of St. Albert
Official site with information on area jobs, homes, schools and activities.

Shelley's Bed and Breakfast
Whether you are traveling for business, planning a getaway or expecting out-of town guests, you'll appreciate their genuine country hospitality.

St. Albert Community Information and Volunteer Centre
Conducts workshops on volunteer management and volunteering, also functions to match volunteers correctly with suitable agencies.

Croft & Associates
Provides counselling, psychotherapy, clinical hypnotherapy, health psychology and psycho-educational services directly, by telephone or by Internet video-conferencing.

St. Albert Gazette
Weekly newspaper gives news, sports, classifieds and advertising information.

St-AlbertCAP.com
Provides citizens of the area with on-line access in kiosks and computer labs to community organizations and services in the region. Includes participating organizations, membership application and current events.

Heritage Lakes Community Association
Offers information on community activities, membership details and executive list.

Family Audiology Clinic
Providing audiologic evaluations, diagnostic testing, and sales and service of hearing aids. Includes details of staff and services, and contact information.


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