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Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo
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| Established | November 22, 2004 |
| Disbanded | Still Active |
| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Modified | Campari_007 December 09, 2020 12:07pm |
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Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo sits in the northeast, stretching 500 kilometres along the Saskatchewan border and 300 kilometres along the boundary with the Northwest Territories. The riding now takes in the pre-2004 redistribution riding of Fort McMurray, much of the old riding of Athabasca-Wabasca, and the part of the old Lesser Slave Lake riding that was in Wood Buffalo National Park. In addition to the park, the new riding contains much of Lake Athabasca and the Athabasca, Peace and Slave Rivers. Other than Fort McMurray, about the only other community is the aboriginal village of Fort Chipewyan in the far north. This riding's population, at 42,617, is the highest in Alberta.
North of Fort McMurray are the famous oil sands, the big industry here. They, and related construction work, account for some of the province's highest household incomes at $99,227 on average. Fewer than six per cent of residents are low income, and government transfer payments account for 3.4 per cent of the money that goes into people's wallets. The population is very young, with the fewest seniors - 1.8 per cent - of any riding. One in 12 residents is an immigrant, and one in seven is aboriginal. In the riding, 44 per cent are Alberta-born.
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