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2,674 schools and 9,176 charities in Alberta. Counts of records, not rates.
Schools
2,674
about 677,401 pupils - 16% of Canada
Charities
9,176
11% of Canada
By registered addressCounts organisations by registered address, not where they work. Head offices and trustees inflate some areas.
Hospitals and health bodies
200
with boards on file

What stands out about this place?

Findings where this place differs most from Canada, with the evidence behind each one. A difference is not a verdict: it is a prompt to look closer.

EducationHigh confidence

Larger schools on average

The average school here has about 253 pupils, compared with about 180 across Canada (2,674 schools with a pupil count).

253 Alberta180 Canada
How do we know this?
Method
Pupils summed over schools that report a pupil count, divided by the number of those schools, for this area and for the whole country.
Limitations
  • Schools without a pupil count are left out.
  • Pupil counts are from different years in different countries.
  • This describes school size, not quality.
EducationHigh confidence

More public schools than usual

59% of schools here are listed as "Public", compared with 18% across Canada.

59% Alberta18% Canada
How do we know this?
Method
Share of schools in this phase, for this area and the whole country.
Limitations
  • School phases are named differently by each national or regional list.

Education

2,674 schools with about 677,401 pupils. Provincial school lists. Pupil numbers and school types, never league tables.

Public1,576
Separate435
Private School238
ECS Private Operator139
Provincial97
Federal First Nations84

Largest schools by pupil numbers

Alberta Distance Learning CentrePublic - N/a4,629 pupils
Vista Virtual SchoolPublic - Calgary4,161 pupils
Harry Ainlay SchoolPublic - Edmonton2,453 pupils
Jasper Place SchoolPublic - Edmonton2,391 pupils
Centre HighPublic - Edmonton2,257 pupils
Sir Winston Churchill High SchoolPublic - Calgary2,111 pupils
CBe-learnPublic - Calgary2,088 pupils
The Centre for Learning@HOMESeparate - Okotoks1,974 pupils
Chinook Learning ServicesPublic - Calgary1,962 pupils
St. Anne Academic CentreSeparate - Calgary1,948 pupils

People and organisations

iShare of charities here, with the share across Canada after "vs". Only organisations with a recorded type are counted (9,176 of 9,176).Largest here (largest boards first (income is not held here))

9,176 charities are registered here. Source: Canada Revenue Agency charities listings already on this site.

Charitable Organization87% vs 86%
Private Foundation9.1% vs 8.1%
Public Foundation4.2% vs 5.5%
The Yellowhead Library BoardCharitable Organization47 board members
Marigold Library SystemCharitable Organization30 board members
Evangelical Bergthaler Mennonite ConferenceCharitable Organization28 board members
The Synod of the Diocese of CalgaryCharitable Organization27 board members
Many Islands Recreational Development SocietyCharitable Organization26 board members
Burman UniversityCharitable Organization25 board members
Firefighters Burn Treatment Society - Calgary ChapterPublic Foundation25 board members
Johann Strauss FoundationCharitable Organization25 board members
The Family Leisure Centre Association of Southeast CalgaryCharitable Organization24 board members
The Masonic Foundation of AlbertaPublic Foundation24 board members
St Barbara's Russian Greek Catholic Orthodox ChurchCharitable Organization23 board members
The Pink Shield Charitable FoundationCharitable Organization23 board members

Forward sortation area areas in Alberta

The 60 biggest by number of charities.

Wainwright Region (T0B)353 charitiesNorthwestern Alberta (T0H)259 charitiesLethbridge West and Central (T1J)244 charitiesEastern Alberta (T0A)220 charitiesCalgary (T2P)209 charitiesCentral Foothills (T0M)203 charitiesCentral Alberta (T0C)187 charitiesInternational Border Region (T0K)179 charitiesSoutheastern Alberta (T0J)179 charitiesCalgary (T2E)177 charitiesKananaskis Country (T0L)170 charitiesEdmonton (T5J)146 charitiesEdmonton (T6E)136 charitiesCalgary (T2G)135 charitiesLacombe (T4L)133 charitiesRed Deer Central (T4N)131 charitiesCalgary (T3H)118 charitiesLethbridge Southeast (T1K)114 charitiesSt. Albert (T8N)107 charitiesCalgary (T3E)104 charitiesEdmonton (T5H)103 charitiesNorth Central Alberta (T0G)100 charitiesWestern Alberta (T0E)97 charitiesCalgary (T2N)96 charitiesGrande Prairie Central (T8V)96 charitiesCalgary (T2H)92 charitiesMedicine Hat Central (T1A)90 charitiesCalgary (T2A)85 charitiesEdmonton (T6H)82 charitiesEdmonton (T6J)82 charitiesAirdrie West (T4B)80 charitiesCalgary (T2R)79 charitiesEdmonton (T6C)78 charitiesCalgary South (T2T)76 charitiesCalgary (T1Y)75 charitiesCochrane (T4C)74 charitiesEdmonton (T5N)73 charitiesCalgary (T3A)72 charitiesEdmonton (T5G)72 charitiesCalgary (T3B)71 charitiesCamrose (T4V)70 charitiesEdmonton (T5M)70 charitiesEdmonton West (T5T)67 charitiesCalgary (T3J)66 charitiesEdmonton (T5K)66 charitiesCalgary (T2X)65 charitiesCalgary (T2J)64 charitiesCalgary (T3C)64 charitiesCalgary (T3G)64 charitiesOkotoks (T1S)64 charitiesCalgary (T2V)62 charitiesEdmonton (T6G)60 charitiesCanmore (T1W)58 charitiesCalgary (T3K)57 charitiesEdmonton (T5B)57 charitiesFort McMurray Outer Central (T9H)57 charitiesCalgary (T2S)56 charitiesEdmonton (T6W)55 charitiesLeduc (T9E)55 charitiesSpruce Grove North (T7X)55 charities

Who runs things here

Councils, elected members and health bodies we hold for this area. For the people matched to a specific postal code, use Who runs things.

Municipal council

No council for this place is held yet. About 110 Canadian municipal councils are held, those that publish open councillor data.

Browse councils

Federal and provincial membersiWe do not hold a postal-code-to-riding file, so your MP and provincial member are not matched here.

Health bodies in AlbertaiHospitals, health bodies and foundations with their boards (CRA T3010).

See Alberta health bodies

Where is it?

Largest schoolsLargest charities

What we do not hold here

  • Population, housing, crime, income and other census-style figures: we hold none for Canada here, so nothing above is a rate per person.
  • Charities are placed at the centre of their postal-code prefix (first three characters), a few kilometres wide in cities and far larger in rural areas.
  • No open postal-code-to-riding file is held, so federal and provincial representatives are not matched to a postal code; municipal councils are matched by city name for the 100 or so that publish.
  • Charity income is not held for Canada here, so charities are ranked by board size.
  • About a fifth of schools have no coordinates in the provincial lists.

Sources used on this pageiBuilt 2026-10-18 06:19:19 UTC. Registered addresses are not operating locations. An independent register, not affiliated with any government.

  • Canada Revenue Agency charities listings already on this site.
  • provincial school lists (school profiles already on this site).
  • GeoNames postal codes (forward sortation area centres), CC BY 4.0.
  • Representatives and councils from the public bodies already held on this site.