Vegreville

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Vegreville

Total population

5,708

Founded

1906

Air quality index

16Good

Elevation635 m

Land area14.08 km²

Coordinates53.50°, -112.05°

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Vegreville is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is on Highway 16A approximately 103 km (64 mi) east of Edmonton, Alberta's capital city. It was incorporated as a town in 1906, and that year also saw the founding of the Vegreville Observer, a weekly newspaper for the region. It was named after a Roman Catholic Oblate missionary, Father Valentin Vegreville.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Beckie Scott

Canadian cross-country skier

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Brent Severyn

Canadian ice hockey player

David Motiuk

Canadian Ukrainian Catholic Catholic bishop

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Brian Hughes

Canadian musician

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Chris Langkow

Canadian ice hockey player

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Dave Gordichuk

Canadian ice hockey player

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Bill Diachuk

Canadian politician (1929-2014)

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Ed Diachuk

Canadian professional ice hockey player

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Ed Ewasiuk

Canadian politician

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George Bures Miller

Canadian artist (born 1960)

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James Edgar Walker

Canadian politician (1911–1989)

Laurence Decore

Canadian politician

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Simma Holt

Canadian politician

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Dennis Kassian

Canadian ice hockey player

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Roderick D. Fraser

Canadian academic

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Ed Kassian

Canadian ice hockey player

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Vegreville

Riverside Cemetery, Vegreville, Alberta

Alberta Genealogical Society · 1999

Exotic mushroom cultivation in Alberta

John Stephen Davies · 1990

Relationship between soils and groundwater in field mapping near Vegreville, Alberta

Leonard Alexander Leskiw · 1971

Soil genesis in relation to groundwater and soil moisture regimes near Vegreville, Alberta

Adrian Henry Maclean · 1974

Catalogue, James Wyllie, Vegreville, Alberta, shorthorn dispersal sale

James Wyllie · 1975

CAMROSE - VEGREVILLE REGION OF ALBERTA

Canada. Dept. of Agriculture. Economics Branch. Communications Unit.

Vegreville flood risk mapping study

Alberta. Alberta Environmental Protection · 1994

Vegreville (west of fourth meridian), Alberta

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

American Goldfinch

Spinus tristis

Seen 2026-10-18

Pelegrina flavipedes

Pelegrina flavipedes

Seen 2026-10-17

Thirteen-spotted Lady Beetle

Hippodamia tredecimpunctata

Seen 2026-10-17

Black-capped Chickadee

Poecile atricapillus

Seen 2026-10-17

Dark-eyed Junco

Junco hyemalis

Seen 2026-10-16

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Sitta canadensis

Seen 2026-10-16

Snow Goose

Anser caerulescens

Seen 2026-10-16

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers