Did you know that Edmonton:

• Enjoys 2,263.7 hours of sunlight in the average year, more than any other major Canadian city?

• Averages up to 17 hours of daylight per day in June?

• Opened the first IMAX film theatre in Western Canada?

• Has 3,440 hectares of parkland, the largest area per capita of any Canadian city?

• Has a waterfall 7.3 metres (24 feet) higher than Niagara Falls?

• Has the oldest municipal golf course in Canada (Victoria), established in 1905 and purchased by the City in 1910?

• Was the first city in North America with a population of less than one million to open a Light Rail Transit system (1978)?

• Has more theatre groups for its size than any other Canadian city?

• Has one of the highest rates of volunteerism in the country?

• Had the first indoor wave pool in North America, which opened at the Millwoods Recreation Centre in 1983?

• Was the first Canadian city to be declared a Green Survival City by the American Association of Nurserymen (1975)?

• Has the largest festival of alternative theatre in North America, the Fringe, which had an attendance of 453,000 in 1995?

• Has average annual rainfall of 33 cm (13 inches) and average snowfall of 132 cm (55 inches)?

• Has a river valley trail system used yearly by over two million joggers, cyclists, walkers and bird watchers when last counted in 1995?