Strong McMurray

Fort McMurray is a community of the north of the Alberta located in the Prairies of the Canada. Administratively, it is not a Ville, but a hamlet, urban center of the Regional Municipalité of Wood Buffalo, who is in the largest surface of the Municipalités of the North America. Populated 61  000 inhabitants it is one of the cities with the fastest growth of the country. In the middle of the Northern forest and located on the greatest reserve of bituminous Sand at the world. Rich city and thrives, it surprises by the number of activities offered and the promptness of its population.

Situation

Fort McMurray is located at the coordinates, 370 m above the mean level of the seas. To some 435 km in the North-East of Edmonton by road 63 and to 60 km of the border of the Saskatchewan in the west. With the confluence of the River Athabasca and Rivière Clearwater it is the main door of the north of the Alberta. National park Wood Buffalo.

Population

The population of Wood Buffalo (with the Census of 2005) was of 73 ' 176 but the majority remains in the immediate surroundings of Strong McMurray, which had acquired the quality of Ville until are incorporation with the Regional Municipalité of Wood Buffalo in 1995; from now on it does not have any more authority by itself on its territory, it is now of it a Hameau. According to the municipal census of 2005, the number of its residents is estimated all the same at 60 ' 983. Fort McMurray is a multicultural community which attracts people of the four corners of Canada and even of the world. Albertains of origin represent almost half of the people having immigrant there, followed by the originating ones in Newfoundland who account for 17% of the population. .

Climate

The average temperature with Fort McMurray is of -19,8 °C in January and of +16,6°C in July. Precipitations turn around 334,5 mm of rain and 172,0 cm snow.

Economy

The economic boom of this cities is closely related to the reserve of bituminous Sable located near. That involved the production of natural gas, the construction of Pipeline and the development of the forest and tourist activity. The two larger mining companies which operate there are the Suncor and the Syncrude.

Owe with the massive arrival new residents, the price of the houses and housing is from now on highest of Canada. the promise of Government of Ralph Klein to release from the Grounds of the Crown in the area of Timberlea did not bear fruits yet.

Other communities of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo

  • Anzac
  • Conclin
  • To drape
  • Strong Chipewyan
  • Strong Fitzgerald
  • Strong Mackay
  • Gregoire Lake Estates
  • January
  • Mariana Lakes
  • Saprae Creek Estates

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