Calgary–Edmonton Corridor

The **Calgary–Edmonton Corridor** is an area of the Canadian province of Alberta. It is the most urbanized area in Alberta and is one of the four urban areas in Canada with the biggest population. It consists of Statistics Canada Alberta census divisions No. 11, No. 8, and No. 6. The region covers a distance of approximately  from the north to the south.

## Population

In the Canada 2001 Census, the population of the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor was 2,149,586. That was 72.3% of Alberta's population at the time. In the Canada 2011 Census, the area's population had increased to 2,703,380. That number was 74.2% of the province's population. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 3,230,150.

The table below has the population growth of the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor between 1996 and 2021 by its three census divisions.

|Census division|Area (km<sup>2</sup>)|Pop. (2021)|Pop. (2016)|Pop. (2011)|Pop. (2006)|Pop. (2001)|Pop. (1996)|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Division No. 6||||||||
|Division No. 8||||||||
|Division No. 11||||||||
|Province of Alberta||||||||
|Provincial proportion|6.0%||75.6%|74.2%|73.3%|72.3%|70.9%|

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Calgary–Edmonton Corridor
- **settlement type**: List of regions of Canada#Alberta, Geographic region
- **image skyline**: Alberta Census divisions-corridor pop density.svg
- **imagesize**: 200
- **image caption**: The corridor is made of Alberta's three most Density, densely populated census divisions and two biggest cities.
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision name**: Canada
- **subdivision type1**: Provinces and territories of Canada, Province
- **subdivision name1**: Alberta
- **area footnotes**:  (2011)
- **population as of**: 2021
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone**: Mountain Standard Time, MST
- **utc offset**: −7
- **timezone dst**: MDT
- **utc offset dst**: −6
- **postal code type**: Forward sortation areas
- **postal code**: List of T postal codes of Canada, T1S to T1V, T1X to T4S, T4X to T7A, T7X to T8R, T8T, T9A, T9E to T9G, T0C (part), T0E (part)
- **area code**: Area code 403, 403, Area code 780, 780, Area codes 587, 825, and 368, 587, 825, 368
- **blank name**: List of Alberta provincial highways, Highways
- **blank info**: Alberta Highway 1, 1, Alberta Highway 1A, 1A, Alberta Highway 2, 2, Alberta Highway 2A, 2A, Alberta Highway 8, 8, Alberta Highway 11, 11, Alberta Highway 11A, 11A, Alberta Highway 14, 14, Alberta Highway 15, 15, Alberta Highway 16, 16, Alberta Highway 16A, 16A, Alberta Highway 19, 19, Alberta Highway 22X, 22X, Alberta Highway 28, 28, Alberta Highway 28A, 28A, Alberta Highway 37, 37, Alberta Highway 39, 39, Alberta Highway 60, 60, Sherwood Park Freeway, 100, Stoney Trail, 201, Anthony Henday Drive, 216, Alberta Highway 595, 595
- **blank1 name**: Waterways
- **blank1 info**: Bow River, Elbow River, North Saskatchewan River, Red Deer River, Battle River, Blindman River, Medicine River (Alberta), Medicine River, Rosebud River, Sturgeon River (Alberta), Sturgeon River, Raven River, North Raven River, Sheep River, Little Bow River, Highwood River, Brazeau River