Government Centre
Government Centre is a neighborhood in Alberta, Prairies. Government Centre is situated nearby to the neighborhood Wîhkwêntôwin, as well as near Downtown.Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Joseph’s Basilica and St. Joachim’s Roman Catholic Church.
St. Joseph’s Basilica
Church
Photo: Johntwrl, Public domain.
The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Joseph is a Roman Catholic minor basilica in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The basilica, located west of downtown Edmonton is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton and is the second-largest church in Edmonton.
Oblats Maison Provinciale
Monastery
Photo: Themeancanadian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oblats Maison Provinciale is a monastery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wîhkwêntôwin and Central Edmonton.
Wîhkwêntôwin
Neighborhood
Photo: Mack Male, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wîhkwêntôwin is one of the oldest residential neighbourhoods in the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Wîhkwêntôwin is immediately to the west of the downtown core, and overlooks the North Saskatchewan River valley south of the neighbourhood.
Central Edmonton
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Central Edmonton is most densely urbanized and oldest area of Edmonton. The heart of Central Edmonton is the "Downtown Core": which is what locals call the central business district plus the areas immediately adjacent like the Government Centre and the Warehouse District.
Edmonton
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Edmonton is the capital city of Alberta. Its metro area is home to 1.2 million people, and is the northernmost city of at least one million people in North America, the fifth-largest city in Canada and the largest Canadian city farther than 200 kilometres from the US border.
Government Centre
- Type: Neighborhood
- Also known as: “Grandin”
- Category: locality
- Location: Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.53843° or 53° 32′ 18″ northLongitude
-113.51468° or 113° 30′ 53″ westOpen location code
9558GFQP+94OpenStreetMap ID
node 12717115427OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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