Edmonton's huge population boom over the past two years has one city councillor questioning whether the city is prepared for such a significant influx of people. More than 100,000 people moved to ...

The census also revealed which boomtowns are attracting people and where they tend to settle. Two out of three people, for example, live within 100 kilometres of the Canada-U.S. border.

The housing boom comes as the city's population has starkly increased in recent years, growing by roughly 117,000 people from 2022 to 2024, according to Statistics Canada population estimates.