Editing Edmonton (section)

=== Metropolitan area ===
{{Main|Edmonton Metropolitan Region}}
[[File:Edmonton Skyline July 2020.jpg|thumb|Downtown Edmonton is the centre of the [[Edmonton Metropolitan Region]].]]

Edmonton is at the centre of Canada's sixth-largest census metropolitan area (CMA),<ref name="2011censusCMAs">{{cite web|title=Population and Dwelling Count Highlight Tables, 2016 Census|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=205&S=3&RPP=100|date=February 20, 2019|publisher=Statistics Canada|access-date=May 28, 2020}}</ref> which includes Edmonton and 34 other municipalities in the surrounding area.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page_Hierarchy-Hierarchie.cfm?Lang=E&Tab=4&Geo1=CMA&Code1=835&Geo2=PR&Code2=48&Data=Count&SearchText=edmonton&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |title=Census Profile, Geographic hierarchy: Edmonton (Census metropolitan area) |publisher=Statistics Canada |date=July 16, 2012 |access-date=November 24, 2012 }}</ref> Larger urban communities include [[Sherwood Park]] (an [[urban service area]] within [[Strathcona County]]), the cities of [[St. Albert, Alberta|St. Albert]], [[Beaumont, Alberta|Beaumont]], [[Leduc, Alberta|Leduc]], [[Spruce Grove]] and [[Fort Saskatchewan]], and the towns of [[Stony Plain, Alberta|Stony Plain]], [[Morinville]], and [[Devon, Alberta|Devon]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://capitalregionboard.ab.ca/-/toolkit/module2-abouttheref.pdf |title=About the Regional Evaluation Framework (REF) |publisher=[[Capital Region Board]] |access-date=November 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325201721/http://capitalregionboard.ab.ca/-/toolkit/module2-abouttheref.pdf |archive-date=March 25, 2013 }}</ref> Major employment areas outside Edmonton but within the CMA include the [[Nisku, Alberta|Nisku Industrial Business Park]] and the [[Edmonton International Airport]] (including a planned [[inland port]] logistics support facility in support of the [[Port Alberta]] initiative)<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.portalberta.com/transportation-services/ | title=Infrastructure | publisher=Port Alberta | access-date=May 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715110619/http://www.portalberta.com/transportation-services |archive-date=July 15, 2011}}</ref> in Leduc County, the [[Acheson Industrial Park|Acheson Industrial Area]] in [[Parkland County]], [[Refinery Row (Edmonton)|Refinery Row]] in Strathcona County and [[Alberta's Industrial Heartland]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://capitalregionboard.ab.ca/-/reports/crlanduseplan031209.pdf |title=Capital Region Land Use Plan |publisher=Capital Region Board |date=March 12, 2009 |access-date=November 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325201658/http://capitalregionboard.ab.ca/-/reports/crlanduseplan031209.pdf |archive-date=March 25, 2013 }}</ref> within portions of Fort Saskatchewan, Strathcona County and [[Sturgeon County]].<ref name=AIH>{{cite web | url=http://www.industrialheartland.com/images/stories/maps/asp%20-%20zoning.pdf | title=Alberta's Industrial Heartland: Eco Industrial Master Plan | publisher=Alberta's Industrial Heartland Association | date=November 1, 2007 | access-date=November 24, 2012 }}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Alberta's Industrial Heartland also extends beyond the CMA's northeastern boundary<ref name=CRBGeoProfile>{{cite web |url=http://capitalregionboard.ab.ca/-/toolkit/factsheet-geographicprofile.pdf |title=Geographic Profile |publisher=Capital Region Board |access-date=November 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325201710/http://capitalregionboard.ab.ca/-/toolkit/factsheet-geographicprofile.pdf |archive-date=March 25, 2013 }}</ref> into [[Lamont County]].<ref name=AIH/>

The individual economic development interests and costs of service delivery in certain municipalities within the region have led to intermunicipal competition, strained intermunicipal relationships and overall fragmentation of the region. Although several attempts have been made by the City of Edmonton to absorb surrounding municipalities<ref name="Edmonton Annexation Attempt">{{cite journal|last1=Plunkett|first1=T.J.|last2=Lightbody|first2=James|title=Tribunals, Politics, and the Public Interest: The Edmonton Annexation Case|jstor=3550157|publisher=University of Toronto Press |year=1982|pages=207–221|volume=8|issue=2|journal=Canadian Public Policy|doi=10.2307/3550157}}</ref> or annex portions of its neighbours,<ref>{{cite news | newspaper=Leduc Representative | title=Edmonton shelves airport annexation talks | publisher=[[Sun Media]]| date=July 14, 2005 }}</ref> the city has not absorbed another municipality since the Town of Jasper Place joined Edmonton on August 17, 1964,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/cfml/pdf_search/pdf/CITY/0098/Edmonton_Gaz_BO_1234_1964_No42.pdf |author=Province of Alberta |title=Board Order No. 1234 |date=April 30, 1964 |access-date=February 11, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714035426/http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/cfml/pdf_search/pdf/CITY/0098/Edmonton_Gaz_BO_1234_1964_No42.pdf |archive-date=July 14, 2011 }}</ref> and the city has not annexed land from any of its neighbours since January 1, 1982.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/cfml/pdf_search/pdf/CITY/0098/Edmonton_OC_538_81_1982_No6.pdf |author=Province of Alberta |title=Order in Council (O.C.) No. 538/81 |date=June 11, 1981 |access-date=February 11, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714035451/http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/cfml/pdf_search/pdf/CITY/0098/Edmonton_OC_538_81_1982_No6.pdf |archive-date=July 14, 2011 }}</ref> After years of mounting pressure in the early 21st century, the Province of Alberta formed the [[Capital Region Board]] (CRB) on April 15, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qp.alberta.ca/documents/orders/orders_in_council/2008/408/2008_127.html |author=Province of Alberta |title=Order in Council (O.C.) No. 127/2008 |date=April 15, 2008 |access-date=February 11, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716180406/http://www.qp.alberta.ca/documents/orders/orders_in_council/2008/408/2008_127.html |archive-date=July 16, 2011 }}</ref> The CRB consists of 24 [[Edmonton Metropolitan Region#Member municipalities|member municipalities]] – 22 of which are within the [[Edmonton Metropolitan Region#Edmonton CMA|Edmonton CMA]] and two of which are outside the CMA. The City of Edmonton announced in March 2013 its intent to annex 156 square kilometres of land (including the Edmonton International Airport) from Leduc County.<ref name=EJ130305>{{cite web|url=https://edmontonjournal.com/business/Edmonton+wants+annex+hectares+Leduc+County+including/8052733/story.html |title=Edmonton wants to annex 15,600 hectares of Leduc County, including airport |author=Stolte, Elise |newspaper=[[Edmonton Journal]] |publisher=[[Postmedia Network]] |date=March 5, 2013 |access-date=March 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308104418/http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Edmonton%2Bwants%2Bannex%2Bhectares%2BLeduc%2BCounty%2Bincluding/8052733/story.html |archive-date=March 8, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On November 30, 2016, the City of Edmonton and Leduc County came to an agreement on Edmonton's annexation proposal. The City of Edmonton was poised to annex {{convert|12100|ha|km2 sqmi|abbr=on}} of land from Leduc County and Beaumont, including the Edmonton International Airport, as a result.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.edmonton.ca/projects_plans/annexation/proposed-annexation-lands-south-edmonton.aspx |title=Proposed Leduc County Annexation :: City of Edmonton |publisher=Edmonton.ca |date=December 6, 2016 |access-date=April 14, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201211044/https://www.edmonton.ca/projects_plans/annexation/proposed-annexation-lands-south-edmonton.aspx |archive-date=December 1, 2016 }}</ref>

On January 1, 2019, the City of Edmonton officially annexed {{convert|8260|ha|km2 sqmi|abbr=on}} from Leduc County and the City of Beaumont, increasing the city's area to {{convert|767.85|km2|abbr=on}}, with discussions of annexing an additional {{convert|2830|ha|km2 sqmi|abbr=on}} of Edmonton International Airport land still ongoing.<ref name="City of Edmonton" />