Alberta blue and gold are the official colours and were adopted in 1984. The blue represents the sky and the gold deep yellow represents the prairies.
Alberta Facts
Alberta mines the most Crude Oil in Canada.
Alberta is the fourth largest province, and one of the three prairie provinces.
Alberta attracts thousands of tourists every year.
Alberta has a low tax, 5%.
Alberta is known as Canada's "Energy Province".
The University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta, and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president.
Alberta's Coat of Arms, made on May 30, 1907.
Listen to "Alberta Bound" by Paul Brandt.
Alberta's Symbols and Emblems
Area: 661,848 km²
Population: 4.146million (Jan 1, 2014)
Motto: "Strong and Free"
Emblem: Wild Rose Rosa Aciculari
Mammal: Big Horned Rocky Mountain Sheep Ovis Canadenis
Bird: Great Horned Owl Bubo Virginianus
Tree: Lodgepole Pine Pinus Contora Variety Latifolia
