Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo
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The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo is a large northern Alberta municipality that encompasses the oil sands hub of Fort McMurray and surrounding communities and wilderness areas.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
regional municipality
ⓘ
specialized municipality ⓘ |
| administrativeSeat | Fort McMurray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areaCode |
587
ⓘ
780 ⓘ 825 ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Lac La Biche County
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Municipal District of Opportunity No. 17 NERFINISHED ⓘ Northwest Territories NERFINISHED ⓘ Saskatchewan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
Anzac, Alberta
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Athabasca oil sands NERFINISHED ⓘ Conklin, Alberta NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Chipewyan NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Fitzgerald, Alberta NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort MacKay, Alberta NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort McMurray NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort McMurray International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ Gregoire Lake Estates, Alberta NERFINISHED ⓘ Janvier, Alberta NERFINISHED ⓘ Saprae Creek, Alberta NERFINISHED ⓘ Wood Buffalo National Park (partly) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| economicRegion | Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake economic region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formationDate | 1995-04-01 ⓘ |
| formedBy | amalgamation of City of Fort McMurray and Improvement District No. 143 ⓘ |
| governingBody | Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentType | municipal government ⓘ |
| hasCouncil | Wood Buffalo municipal council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDaylightSavingTime | true ⓘ |
| hasMayor | Sandy Bowman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.rmwb.ca/ ⓘ |
| hasWildfireEvent | 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alberta
ⓘ
Northern Alberta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorIndustry |
natural gas production
ⓘ
oil sands development ⓘ petroleum extraction ⓘ |
| majorRiver |
Athabasca River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Clearwater River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Wood Buffalo National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | English ⓘ |
| postalCodePrefix |
T9H
ⓘ
T9J ⓘ T9K ⓘ |
| province | Alberta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subdivisionType | census division ⓘ |
| timeZone | Mountain Time Zone ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Northern Alberta