Question from the QUEBEC-L@rootsweb.com list >From SLillo8858@aol.com I wish to know when Alberta became a Province. I can't seem to find it. When some of our kin folk migrated to Alberta in about 1902, the part they went to was considered the NWT for "postal considerations for the new immigrants." -------------------- One Answer from Dessaulles <d-s.beaudry@tr.cgocable.ca> Hi, Alberta was proclaimed province Sept- 1 1905 Named after - Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, fourth daughter of Queen Victoria, Souce : About Alberta---- http://www.gov.ab.ca/aboutalberta/index.cfm Happy Boxing Day. Des. ------------------------ Answer from Mo Sabourin <mo.sab@sk.sympatico.ca> Hello? Alberta and Saskatchewan joined the Canadian Confederation as a Province in 1905. Prior to Confederation, they were a part of the Northwest Territories, which was a Territory of Canada, with administrative offices in Regina. Cheers, Mo Sabourin, Regina, Sask. --------------------- My answer - <davidson3542@home.com> The year Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba became part of Canada was 1905. Also you might learn the present provinces were listed under different names, as we have learned on the Canada Census Committee. The 1906 Census release is very important -- as this would be the first Canadian census records of these three provinces. Many are assisting at present, but more support is needed! Check http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Farm/7843/poll.html Look for an article written by LOIS SPARLING -- deals with the three prairie provinces only. Muriel M. Davidson <davidson3542@home.com> Canada Census Committee http://www.globalgenealogy.com/census/index6.htm