MONTHLY UPDATE - NOVEMBER 2024
Howdy!
Thanks for signing up for the November Project Summit 13 mailing list. We’ll be sending you monthly news and need-to-know information on the 5th of each month, leading all the way up to the opening day of Summit 13 on June 5, 2025.
For those of you coming from out-of-town, we can’t wait to welcome you to our city. We know Edmonton may not be the biggest or most well-known city out there, so we’d like to share a bit about us to get you excited for your trip.
Traveling to Edmonton is the hot thing to do in 2025. Lonely Planet chose Edmonton as a top 10 city to visit in its 2025 Best in Travel list. If you’ve haven’t already, book your trip now! (Also, just a reminder that we have some great hotel discounts at npsummit13.com)
People often know us for our giant shopping mall and for our hockey stars: Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl (and Wayne Gretzky too). However, there’s much more to experience here! Here are 13 fun facts to get to know us:
The Edmonton River Valley is North America’s largest urban green space. At 7,300 acres (22 times the size of Central Park), it is larger than all of Manhattan, or 18 times larger than Stanley Park in Vancouver. It has 150 km (93.2 miles) of trails waiting for you to run, walk and bike.
Edmonton is the fifth largest city in Canada and is the capital city of the province of Alberta. The current metro area population of Edmonton in 2024 is 1,568,000. Alberta became a province in 1905 and Edmonton was designated as its capital in 1906.
Edmonton is one of the sunniest cities in Canada, with an average of 325 sunny days and 2345 sunshine hours per year. On June 21 (summer solstice) Edmonton will have over 17 hours of daylight.
Edmonton experiences all four seasons each year. The lowest temperature ever recorded in Edmonton was -49.4 degrees Celsius (-56.9 degrees Fahrenheit) on January 19 and 21, 1886. The highest temperature was 37.2 degrees Celsius (99 degrees Fahrenheit) recorded on June 29, 1937.
The area around Edmonton was occupied by First Nations people going back at least 3000 years, and possibly as much as 10,000 years when it was a corridor between retreating ice fields.
Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton is the largest stadium in Canada. It is mainly used by the Edmonton Elks Football Club, concerts and of course November Project Canada for stair workouts every Wednesday morning at 6 am throughout the spring, summer and fall.
There are 19 breweries in Edmonton and its suburbs.
The High Level Bridge is the world’s highest bridge that is still used by a streetcar today. The old-time streetcars run from downtown to Whyte Avenue on summer weekends. (We highly recommend checking it out when you’re here.)
Edmonton is the northernmost city in North America with a population over 1 million people.
Edmonton is considered the “Gateway to the North” with its railway, road and air connections to communities in the far north. The city served as the staging ground for the construction of the Alaska Highway in the 1940’s.
The main industries in Alberta are oil and gas, agriculture, forestry, and manufacturing.
Edmonton is know as the “Festival City” because of the many festivals held throughout the year. The Edmonton Fringe Festival held in August is the largest fringe festival outside of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Alberta’s borders touch the Canadian Rocky Mountains to the west, prairies to the east, the State of Montana to the south and the Canadian arctic to the north.
Stay tuned to the next newsletters for updates. We’re hard at work planning all sorts of activities for Summit 13 and can’t wait to share everything we’re planning! In the coming months, we’ll be sharing the Summit 13 relay race registration page, unveiling the Summit 13 tag and so much more!
#JustShowUp
Rob & Eric
Co-leaders, November Project Canada
