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Typical abbreviation for Fort Saskatchewan: Ft. Saskatchewan (or less commonly used: Frt. Saskatchewan)
The city of Fort Saskatchewan is 2,040 feet [621.79 m] above sea level.<1>
Time Zone: Fort Saskatchewan lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time.
We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Fort Saskatchewan, but it seems to be unique to this community.
At the time of the 2006 StatCan Census, Fort Saskatchewan had a population of 14,957 people<2>. This is an increase of 13.99% since the previous Census (with 13,121 people in 2001).
With 14,957 people, Fort Saskatchewan represented 0.45% of the total population of Alberta.
The following is a sample of nearby communities:
| | Community | Direction | Distance<3> | 2006
Population | Change
Since 2001 |
| | Ardrossan |  S | 11 mi [17.7 km] | --- | |
| | Bon Accord |  NW | 11 mi [17.7 km] | 1,534 | 0.13% increase |
| | Bruederheim |  NE | 12 mi [19.31 km] | 1,215 | 1.08% increase |
| | Edmonton |  SW | 16 mi [25.75 km] | 730,372 | 9.65% increase |
| | Gibbons | NW | 9 mi [14.48 km] | 2,642 | 0.45% decrease |
| | Josephburg |  E | 4 mi [6.44 km] | --- | |
To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Fort Saskatchewan.
Website for Fort Saskatchewan
| Official Website: | www.city.fort-saskatchewan.ab.ca/ |
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Search for Local BusinessesPeople have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Fort Saskatchewan. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.
For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.
If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).
Other Roadside Stops
Off-the-Road Links
The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Fort Saskatchewan: Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Fort Saskatchewan? Please visit the Map Page for Fort Saskatchewan. |
Footnotes
| <1> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fort Saskatchewan - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation |
| <2> | Unless noted otherwise, the population counts we use are estimates. Our population values come different sources and should not be considered official. - Return to Citation |
| <3> | Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Fort Saskatchewan and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation |
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| Last Modified: 06 Nov 2009 |
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