Vegreville

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Vegreville

Total population

5,708

Founded

1906

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.

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).

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

Spotted Asparagus Beetle

Crioceris duodecimpunctata

Seen 2026-07-03

scallop shell moth

Hydria undulata

Seen 2026-07-02

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata

Seen 2026-07-02

Hunt's Bumble Bee

Bombus huntii

Seen 2026-07-01

Northern House Wren

Troglodytes aedon

Seen 2026-06-30

Three-banded Lady Beetle

Coccinella trifasciata

Seen 2026-06-30

Scarlet Malachite Beetle

Malachius aeneus

Seen 2026-06-30

Black-shouldered Drone Fly

Eristalis dimidiata

Seen 2026-06-30

Orange-spotted Drone Fly

Eristalis anthophorina

Seen 2026-06-30

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

Official Identifiers