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Coordinates: 54°59′30″N 114°22′36″W / 54.99167°N 114.37667°W / 54.99167; -114.37667 Coordinates : 54°59′30″N 114°22′36″W / 54.99167°N 114.37667°W / 54.99167; -114.37667 Country Canada Confederation September 1, 1905 (split from Northwest Territories ) (8th/9th, with Saskatchewan ) Capital Edmonton Largest city Calgary Largest metro Calgary Region • Type Constitutional monarchy • Lieutenant governor Salma Lakhani • Premier Danielle Smith (UCP ) Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta Federal representation Parliament of Canada House seats 34 of 338 (10.1%) Senate seats 6 of 105 (5.7%) • Total 661,848 km2 (255,541 sq mi) • Land 640,081 km2 (247,137 sq mi) • Water 19,531 km2 (7,541 sq mi) 3% • Rank Ranked 6th 6.6% of Canada • Total 4,067,175 • Estimate (2020 Q4)
4,428,112 • Rank Ranked 4th • Density 6.35/km2 (16.4/sq mi) • Rank 3rd • Total (2015) CA$326.433 billion • Per capita CA$78,100 (2nd ) • HDI (2018) 0.940 — Very high (1st ) Time zone UTC−07:00 (Mountain ) • Summer (DST ) UTC−06:00 (Mountain DST )Postal abbr. AB
Postal code prefix ISO 3166 code CA-AB Flower Wild rose Tree Lodgepole pine Bird Great horned owl Rankings include all provinces and territories
Alberta is a province in western Canada . It is bounded by the provinces of British Columbia on the west, Saskatchewan on the east, the US state of Montana on the south and the Northwest Territories to the North.
Alberta is the fourth largest Canadian province with an area of 642,317 square kilometres (248,000 sq mi). Alberta has around 4,067,175 living there, making it the fourth most populous province in Canada.