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Lloydminster is a Canada city which has the unusual geography distinction of straddling a province border. Unlike most such cases (such as Texarkana), Lloydminster is not a pair of twin cities on opposite sides of a border which merely share the same name, but is actually incorporated as a single city with a single municipal administration.

Geography The provincial border runs north to south, falling directly on 50th Avenue (Meridian Avenue) in the centre of Lloydminster. Addresses east of 50th Avenue are considered to be in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan and addresses west of 50th Avenue are considered to be in Lloydminster, Alberta.

Lloydminster is not the only city that straddles a Canadian provincial border. The city of Flin Flon, Manitoba has a small section that is actually located within Saskatchewan. In the National Capital Region (Canada), Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec form a single metropolitan area, but they do not form a biprovincial city because there are separate municipalities in each province.

Lloydminster's unique situation is reflected in other legal matters, including its time zone. Alberta law requires the use of daylight saving time, while Saskatchewan does not observe daylight saving time. Lloydminster's charter allows it to follow Alberta's use of sunlight saving time on both sides of the provincial border; this places the city in the Mountain Standard Time Zone and synchronization clocks with those of Alberta. Lloydminster, however, was not exempted from recent anti-tobacco smoking legislation passed by Saskatchewan's legislature. Lloydminster follows the Saskatchewan schedule when voting in municipal elections.

History Intended to be an exclusively United Kingdom Utopian community centred around the idea of sobriety, the town was founded in 1903 by the Barr Colonists, who came directly from the British Isles. At a time when the area was still part of the Northwest Territories, the town was located astride the Fourth Meridian of the Dominion Land Survey. This meridian was intended to coincide with 110° west longitude although the imperfect surveying methods of the time led to the meridian being placed a few hundred meters west of this longitude.

The town was named for Church of England Bishop George Exton Lloyd, a strong opponent of non-British immigration to Canada. During a nearly disastrous immigration journey, which was badly planned and conductedShara Buchan. History of Lloydminster, he distinguished himself with the colonists and replaced the Barr Colony leader and namesake Isaac Montgomery Barr during the colonists' journey to the eventual townsite.

When the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan were created in 1905, the Fourth meridian (geography) was selected as the border, bisecting the town. For the next quarter century, Lloydminster remained two separate towns with two separate municipality Local governments, but in 1930 the provincial governments agreed to amalgamation (politics) the towns into a single town under shared jurisdiction. The provinces, again jointly, reincorporated Lloydminster as a city in 1958.

Commemorating Lloydminster's unique bi-provincial status, a monument consisting of four 100-foot survey markers was erected in 1994 near the city's downtown core.

Although the majority of Lloydminster's population once lived in Saskatchewan, that ratio has long since been reversed. The Alberta side of the border has seen most of the city's recent population growth. In 2000, the town hall and municipal offices were re-located from Saskatchewan to Alberta.

Since Lloydminster's founders were attempting to create a utopian, Temperance movement society, alcohol was not available in Lloydminster for the first few years after its founding. A bylaw prohibiting nude entertainment remains on the books.

Demographics According to the Canada 2006 Census, the population was 24,028, of which 15,910 (66.0%) live in Alberta and 8,118 (34.0%) live in Saskatchewan. According to the 2001 federal census, the total population of the city was 20,988, of which 13,148 (62.6%) resided in Alberta while 7,840 (37.4%) lived in Saskatchewan. From 2001 to 2006, the population rose 21.0% on the Alberta side while the Saskatchewan side rose by 3.5%.

The two sides of the city rank 10th in Alberta and 11th in Saskatchewan in municipal population. If the city were entirely in one province or the other, Lloydminster's population would rank ninth in Alberta and fifth in Saskatchewan.

There are substantial demographic differences between the populations on each side of the border, with the population on the Saskatchewan side being substantially younger.

Economy and taxation The local Economics is driven primarily by the booming petroleum industry. Many new projects including an expansion to the Husky Energy Heavy crude oil Upgrader are in place or planned for the near future. Agriculture remains an important economic activity, although many farmers in the area have been sustained financially by lease payments resulting from oil wells drilled on their land.

Lloydminster's bi-provincial status has resulted in special provisions regarding provincial taxation within the city limits. The Saskatchewan side of the city is exempt from that province's sales tax, preventing businesses located there from being placed at a disadvantage relative to businesses in Alberta, which has no Sales taxes in Canada. There is no exemption for provincial income tax, which is based solely on the taxpayer province of residence.

Politics Residents on the Alberta side are served by the electoral district (Canada) of Vegreville—Wainwright in the federal House of Commons (Canada), and Vermilion-Lloydminster in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Residents in Saskatchewan are served by Battlefords—Lloydminster federally, and Lloydminster (electoral district) in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.

Education Lloydminster schools all use Saskatchewan's curriculum even though elementary and secondary schools are on both sides of the border. Lloydminster provides post-secondary education through Lakeland College (Alberta) offering one and two year certificate and diploma programs.

Media Radio

FM radio 95.9: CKSA-FM ("Lloyd FM", country music)
FM 97.5: CKUA (variety)
FM 106.1: CKLM-FM ("The Goat", rock music)

Television

Channel 2: CKSA-TV, CBC Television
Channel 4: CITL-TV, CTV television network

See also

Twin cities

References

External links

City of Lloydminster homepage
Lloydminster Development
Lloydminster Tourism
The Canadian Encyclopedia. Lloydminster

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Lloydminster is a Canada city which has the unusual geography distinction of straddling a province border. Unlike most such cases (such as Texarkana), Lloydminster is not a pair of twin cities on opposite sides of a border which merely share the same name, but is actually incorporated as a single city with a single municipal administration.

Geography The provincial border runs north to south, falling directly on 50th Avenue (Meridian Avenue) in the centre of Lloydminster. Addresses east of 50th Avenue are considered to be in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan and addresses west of 50th Avenue are considered to be in Lloydminster, Alberta.

Lloydminster is not the only city that straddles a Canadian provincial border. The city of Flin Flon, Manitoba has a small section that is actually located within Saskatchewan. In the National Capital Region (Canada), Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec form a single metropolitan area, but they do not form a biprovincial city because there are separate municipalities in each province.

Lloydminster's unique situation is reflected in other legal matters, including its time zone. Alberta law requires the use of daylight saving time, while Saskatchewan does not observe daylight saving time. Lloydminster's charter allows it to follow Alberta's use of sunlight saving time on both sides of the provincial border; this places the city in the Mountain Standard Time Zone and synchronization clocks with those of Alberta. Lloydminster, however, was not exempted from recent anti-tobacco smoking legislation passed by Saskatchewan's legislature. Lloydminster follows the Saskatchewan schedule when voting in municipal elections.

History Intended to be an exclusively United Kingdom Utopian community centred around the idea of sobriety, the town was founded in 1903 by the Barr Colonists, who came directly from the British Isles. At a time when the area was still part of the Northwest Territories, the town was located astride the Fourth Meridian of the Dominion Land Survey. This meridian was intended to coincide with 110° west longitude although the imperfect surveying methods of the time led to the meridian being placed a few hundred meters west of this longitude.

The town was named for Church of England Bishop George Exton Lloyd, a strong opponent of non-British immigration to Canada. During a nearly disastrous immigration journey, which was badly planned and conductedShara Buchan. History of Lloydminster, he distinguished himself with the colonists and replaced the Barr Colony leader and namesake Isaac Montgomery Barr during the colonists' journey to the eventual townsite.

When the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan were created in 1905, the Fourth meridian (geography) was selected as the border, bisecting the town. For the next quarter century, Lloydminster remained two separate towns with two separate municipality Local governments, but in 1930 the provincial governments agreed to amalgamation (politics) the towns into a single town under shared jurisdiction. The provinces, again jointly, reincorporated Lloydminster as a city in 1958.

Commemorating Lloydminster's unique bi-provincial status, a monument consisting of four 100-foot survey markers was erected in 1994 near the city's downtown core.

Although the majority of Lloydminster's population once lived in Saskatchewan, that ratio has long since been reversed. The Alberta side of the border has seen most of the city's recent population growth. In 2000, the town hall and municipal offices were re-located from Saskatchewan to Alberta.

Since Lloydminster's founders were attempting to create a utopian, Temperance movement society, alcohol was not available in Lloydminster for the first few years after its founding. A bylaw prohibiting nude entertainment remains on the books.

Demographics According to the Canada 2006 Census, the population was 24,028, of which 15,910 (66.0%) live in Alberta and 8,118 (34.0%) live in Saskatchewan. According to the 2001 federal census, the total population of the city was 20,988, of which 13,148 (62.6%) resided in Alberta while 7,840 (37.4%) lived in Saskatchewan. From 2001 to 2006, the population rose 21.0% on the Alberta side while the Saskatchewan side rose by 3.5%.

The two sides of the city rank 10th in Alberta and 11th in Saskatchewan in municipal population. If the city were entirely in one province or the other, Lloydminster's population would rank ninth in Alberta and fifth in Saskatchewan.

There are substantial demographic differences between the populations on each side of the border, with the population on the Saskatchewan side being substantially younger.

Economy and taxation The local Economics is driven primarily by the booming petroleum industry. Many new projects including an expansion to the Husky Energy Heavy crude oil Upgrader are in place or planned for the near future. Agriculture remains an important economic activity, although many farmers in the area have been sustained financially by lease payments resulting from oil wells drilled on their land.

Lloydminster's bi-provincial status has resulted in special provisions regarding provincial taxation within the city limits. The Saskatchewan side of the city is exempt from that province's sales tax, preventing businesses located there from being placed at a disadvantage relative to businesses in Alberta, which has no Sales taxes in Canada. There is no exemption for provincial income tax, which is based solely on the taxpayer province of residence.

Politics Residents on the Alberta side are served by the electoral district (Canada) of Vegreville—Wainwright in the federal House of Commons (Canada), and Vermilion-Lloydminster in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Residents in Saskatchewan are served by Battlefords—Lloydminster federally, and Lloydminster (electoral district) in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.

Education Lloydminster schools all use Saskatchewan's curriculum even though elementary and secondary schools are on both sides of the border. Lloydminster provides post-secondary education through Lakeland College (Alberta) offering one and two year certificate and diploma programs.

Media Radio

FM radio 95.9: CKSA-FM ("Lloyd FM", country music)
FM 97.5: CKUA (variety)
FM 106.1: CKLM-FM ("The Goat", rock music)

Television

Channel 2: CKSA-TV, CBC Television
Channel 4: CITL-TV, CTV television network