Editing Alberta (section)

=== Ethnicity ===
{{Main|Demographics of Alberta#Ethnic origins}}
Alberta has considerable ethnic diversity. In line with the rest of Canada, many Albertans are descended from immigrants of Western European nations, notably [[English Canadians|England]], [[Scottish Canadians|Scotland]], [[Irish Canadians|Ireland]], [[Welsh Canadians|Wales]] and [[French Canadians|France]], but large numbers later came from other regions of Europe, notably [[German Canadians|Germany]], [[Ukrainian Canadians|Ukraine]] and [[Nordic and Scandinavian Canadians|Scandinavia]]. More recently, Africans, Asians and South Americans in larger numbers have also contributed to Alberta's mosaic.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethnocultural Portrait of Canada Highlight Tables |work=2006 Census |publisher=Statistics Canada |year=2008 |url=http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/highlights/ethnic/index.cfm?Lang=E |access-date=August 19, 2008 |archive-date=October 12, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012202030/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/highlights/ethnic/index.cfm?Lang=E |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Many Alberta families today can trace their ethnicity in many directions. In the 2006 [[Census in Canada|Canadian census]], the most commonly reported ethnic origins among Albertans were: 885,825 English (27.2%); 679,705 German (20.9%); 667,405 Canadian (20.5%); 661,265 Scottish (20.3%); 539,160 Irish (16.6%); 388,210 French (11.9%); 332,180 Ukrainian (10.2%); 172,910 [[Dutch Canadians|Dutch]] (5.3%); 170,935 [[Polish Canadians|Polish]] (5.2%); 169,355 [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|North American Indian]] (5.2%); 144,585 [[Norwegian Canadians|Norwegian]] (4.4%); and 137,600 [[Chinese Canadians|Chinese]] (4.2%). (Each person could choose as many ethnicities as were applicable so the percentages add up to much more than 100.)<ref name="Ethnic origins, 2006 counts, for Alberta">{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-562/pages/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=PR&Code=48&Table=2&Data=Count&StartRec=1&Sort=3&Display=All&CSDFilter=5000 |title=Ethnic origins, 2006 counts, for Canada, provinces and territories – 20% sample data |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=August 7, 2009 |archive-date=June 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605011738/http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-562/pages/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=PR&Code=48&Data=Count&Table=2&StartRec=1&Sort=3&Display=All&CSDFilter=5000 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Amongst those of British heritage, the Scots have had a particularly strong influence on place-names. Many cities and towns have names of [[List of Scottish place names in Canada|Scottish]] origins, such as Calgary, [[Airdrie, Alberta|Airdrie]], [[Canmore, Alberta|Canmore]], and Banff.

Both Edmonton and Calgary have historic [[Chinatown]]s, and Calgary has Canada's third-largest Chinese community. The Chinese presence began with workers employed in the building of the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] in the 1880s.

In 2021, 27.8% of the population consisted of [[visible minorities]] and 6.8% of the population was [[Indigenous peoples in Canada|Indigenous]], mostly of [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] and [[Métis in Canada|Métis]] descent. A small number of [[Inuit]] live in the province. The Indigenous population has been growing at a faster rate than the population of Alberta as a whole. Some of this increase is due to Albertans who are only now embracing their Metis lineage.<ref name="Aboriginal identity population by age groups Alberta">{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-558/pages/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=PR&Code=01&Table=1&Data=Count&Sex=1&Age=1&StartRec=1&Sort=2&Display=Page |title=Aboriginal identity population by age groups, median age and sex, 2006 counts, for Canada, provinces, and territories – 20% sample data |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=August 9, 2009 |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629150136/http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-558/pages/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=PR&Code=01&Table=1&Data=Count&Sex=1&Age=1&StartRec=1&Sort=2&Display=Page |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Wishart |title=What Lies Behind the Picture}}</ref>