Red Deer | |
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City | |
City of Red Deer | |
Motto(s): Education, Industry and Progress | |
![]() City boundaries | |
Coordinates: 52°16′05″N 113°48′40″W / 52.26806°N 113.81111°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Alberta |
Planning region | Red Deer |
Municipal district | Red Deer County |
Founded | 1882 |
Incorporated[1] | |
• Village | May 31, 1894 |
• Town | June 12, 1901 |
• City | March 25, 1913 |
Named for | Red Deer River |
Government | |
• Mayor | Ken Johnston |
• Governing body |
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• City Manager | Tara Lodewyk |
• MPs | Earl Dreeshen (CPC), Blaine Calkins (CPC) |
• MLAs | Jason Stephan (UCP), Adriana LaGrange (UCP) |
Area (2021)[3] | |
• 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 | |
• 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[5] |
• Estimate (2020) | 106,736[6] |
Demonym | Red Deerian[9] |
Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
Forward sortation areas | |
Area code(s) | 403, 587, 825, 368 |
Highways | 2, 2A, 11, 11A, 595 |
Waterways | Red Deer River, Waskasoo Creek, Piper Creek |
Website | reddeer |
Red Deer is a city in Alberta, Canada, located midway on the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor. Red Deer serves central Alberta,[10] and its key industries include health care, retail trade, construction, oil and gas, hospitality, manufacturing and education.[11] 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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