Red Deer, Alberta
Red Deer is a city in Alberta, Canada, located midway on the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor. Red Deer serves central Alberta, and its key industries include health care, retail trade, construction, oil and gas, hospitality, manufacturing and education. It is surrounded by Red Deer County and borders on Lacombe County. The city is in aspen parkland, a region of rolling hills, alongside the Red Deer River.
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| City of Red Deer | |
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| Motto(s): Education, Industry and Progress | |
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| Coordinates: 52°16′05″N 113°48′40″W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Planning region | Red Deer |
| Municipal district | Red Deer County |
| Founded | 1882 |
| Incorporated | |
| • Village | May 31, 1894 |
| • Town | June 12, 1901 |
| • City | March 25, 1913 |
| Named for | Red Deer River |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ken Johnston |
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| • City Manager | Tara Lodewyk |
| • MPs | Earl Dreeshen (CPC), Blaine Calkins (CPC) |
| • MLAs | Jason Stephan (UCP), Adriana LaGrange (UCP) |
| Area (2021) | |
| • Land | 104.34 km2 (40.29 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 65.93 km2 (25.46 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 104.34 km2 (40.29 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 855 m (2,805 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • City | 100,844 |
| • Density | 966.5/km2 (2,503/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 99,846 |
| • Urban density | 1,514.4/km2 (3,922/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 100,844 |
| • Metro density | 966.5/km2 (2,503/sq mi) |
| • Municipal census (2019) | 101,002 |
| • Estimate (2020) | 106,736 |
| Demonym | Red Deerian |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
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| Area code(s) | 403, 587, 825, 368 |
| Highways | 2, 2A, 11, 11A, 595 |
| Waterways | Red Deer River, Waskasoo Creek, Piper Creek |
| Website | reddeer.ca |
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