Why does Edmonton have such a large population?

Answer 1

When Edmonton became a town in 1892 It only had 700 residents in the area. When the Klondike Gold Rush happened in the Yukon, Edmonton started growing even more thanks to miners heading to the Klondike. In 1904 when Edmonton became a city the population was 8,350 due to the miners. When Edmonton became Alberta's capital city in 1906 the population grew even more to 11,400. In 1912 Strathcona and Edmonton annexed adding another 5,580 to make a total population of 53,611. When oil was discovered in Leduc another boom happened and in the 1950's 123,264 lived in Edmonton and by 1959 it had a total of 260,733 people.