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  1. What is Alberta's provincial capital city?

    Answer: Edmonton

    Edmonton is Alberta's provincial capital. It is home to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Calgary is Alberta's largest city, but Edmonton is the capital.

  2. Alberta joined Confederation in which year?

    Answer: 1905

    Alberta became a Canadian province on September 1, 1905, along with Saskatchewan. Both were carved out of the Northwest Territories as settlement expanded across the prairies.

  3. What major economic resource drives Alberta's provincial economy?

    Answer: Oil sands and petroleum

    Alberta's economy is heavily driven by the oil sands (tar sands) and petroleum industry. The Athabasca oil sands near Fort McMurray represent one of the world's largest hydrocarbon deposits.

  4. Alberta is the only province in Canada that does not have which type of provincial tax?

    Answer: Provincial sales tax (PST)

    Alberta is the only Canadian province without a provincial sales tax (PST). Residents pay only the federal Goods and Services Tax (GST), making Alberta one of the lowest-tax provinces for consumer spending.

  5. Which mountain range runs along Alberta's western border with British Columbia?

    Answer: The Rocky Mountains

    The Rocky Mountains form Alberta's western border with British Columbia. They are home to Banff National Park and Jasper National Park — two of Canada's most celebrated national parks.

  6. What is the name of the Indigenous group that signed the numbered treaties covering most of present-day Alberta?

    Answer: Cree, Blackfoot, Stoney-Nakoda, and other First Nations of the plains and parkland who signed Treaties 4, 6, 7, and 8

    Most of Alberta is covered by the numbered treaties: Treaties 4, 6, 7, and 8. The signatory First Nations include Cree, Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Piikani, Kainai), Stoney-Nakoda, Saulteaux, and others. These treaties formed the basis of Indigenous-Crown relations in the region.