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Fort McMurray (/ m ə k ˈ m ʌr i / mək-MURR-ee) is an urban service area in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in Alberta, Canada. [10] [11] It is located in northeast Alberta, in the middle of the Athabasca oil sands, surrounded by boreal forest.
The wildfire burning near Fort McMurray on May 1, 2016. On May 1, 2016, a wildfire began southwest of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. On May 3, it swept through the community, forcing the largest wildfire evacuation in Alberta's history, with upwards of 88,000 people forced from their homes. [ 14 ][ 7 ] Firefighters were assisted by personnel ...
Fort McMurray's median income was 106% higher than Alberta's median income of $103,720, [145] which in turn was higher than Canada's median annual household income of $90, 390. [147] In spite of the high cost of housing and living in FMWB, only 12% of FMWB households spent over 30% of their income on housing in 2015.
Fort McMurray has a population of about 68,000, and a wildfire there in 2016 destroyed 2,400 homes and forced more than 80,000 people to flee.
From a population of 37,222 in 1996, the boomtown of Fort McMurray and the surrounding region (known as the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo) grew to 79,810 people as of 2006, including a "shadow population" of 10,442 living in work camps. [141]
Fort McMurray, which has a population of about 68,000, suffered a devastating blaze in 2016 that destroyed 2,400 homes and forced more than 80,000 people to flee.
Scott's term as MLA coincided with large growth in the Athabasca oil sands and a booming population in Fort McMurray. In 2011, the RMWB's municipal council predicted that the municipality's population would exceed 231,000 residents by 2030, with more than 196,000 residents predicted to be living in Fort McMurray.
Fort Chipewyan is one of the oldest European settlements in the Province of Alberta. It was established as a trading post by Peter Pond of the North West Company in 1788. [ 1] The fort was named after the Chipewyan people living in the area. One of the establishers of the fort, Roderick Mackenzie of Terrebonne, always had a taste for literature ...