User:Hwy43/sandbox/Regions of Alberta

The Canadian province of Alberta is divided into multiple sets of regions for different purposes. Different sets of regions include economic regions, planning regions and tourism regions. Statistics Canada also delineates the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor as a statistically significant region within the national context. The cities of Calgary and Edmonton also centre their own regions, which are considered metropolitan sub-regions of the North Saskatchewan and South Saskatchewan planning regions respectively.

Economic regions
The Government of Alberta divides the province into 14 regions for regional economic analysis purposes. The 14 regions include: Battle River; Calgary; Capital; Central; Mackenzie; North Central; North East; Palliser; Peace Country; Slave Lake; South Central; South West; West Yellowhead; and Wood Buffalo.

Planning regions
Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development divides the province into seven planning regions under the Land-use Framework. These seven regions include: Lower Athabasca; Lower Peace; North Saskatchewan; Red Deer; South Saskatchewan; Upper Athabasca; and Upper Peace.

Tourism regions
Travel Alberta, an agency of the provincial ministry of Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation, divides Alberta into six regions for tourism marketing purposes. These regions include: Calgary and area; the Canadian Rockies; Central Alberta; Edmonton and area; Northern Alberta; and Southern Alberta.