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Nicknames in popular culture

A small list of nicknames certainly not exhaustive, more or less official, given the province and major cities in Alberta. This may include puns, references to natural or cultural resources, etc.. Some are drawn by hair, some require no explanation ... If you have others, please let me know!


Alberta - North Texas (for its oil resources and its so-called redneck mentality)
- Redneck County (ditto)
- Texas of Canada (ibid.)
- The Energy province (with the largest energy resources in Canada)
- The Princess Province (by name)
- The Sunshine Province (southern Alberta with the highest rates of sunshine in the country)
- Wild Rose County (official slogan)

Calgary
- C-Spot
- C-Town
- Cow-gallery (reference to important local cattle farms - contemptuous nickname)
- Cowgary (ditto)
- Cowtown / Cow Town (Id. )
- Oil Capital (because it includes the seats of oil companies)
- The Heart Of The New West (official slogan)
- The Sandstone City (of the stone used for construction of its former buildings)
- The Stampede City (in reference to the festival of the same name)

Edmonton
- Deadmonton (by a certain reputation for quiet town and cold - often associates in Winnipeg Winterpeg)
- E-Town
- Edmonchuck / The Chuck (in reference to the large Ukrainian population)
- Edmonsuck
- Edmoronton
- Edrock
- Gateway to the North (because s 'acts of the last major town before the North Pole Alberta)
- Oil Capital (through its large oil resources)
- Oil Country (ditto)
- Oil City (ditto)
- Redmonton
(???) - River City (for crossing the River North Sask.)
- Sledmonton
- The Big E
- The City of Champions (in reference to his team of NFL, repeatedly Captions - official slogan)
- The Ditch (insulting)
- The Festival City (opposite of "Deadmonton" - the city hosts many festivals)


Fort McMurray - Fort Crack (because it is the city with the highest rate of drug in the country)
- Fort Mac (causing confusion with Fort Macleod, south of the province)
- Fort McMoney (because it is the city where one earns the highest salaries in the country)
- Fort McMordor (in reference to Mordor Lord of the Rings, a land barren and dirty)
- Newfoundland's Largest City


Leduc - THE
(???) - The Duck (pun intended)

Lethbridge
- THE
(???) - The Bridge
- Windy City (because it includes the area of wind farms envied by Europe)


Lloydminster - Border Town (as located on a horse-Alberta and Sask.)
- Lloyd

Medicine Hat
- The City With All Hell For A Basement (reference to natural gas resources)
- Gas Town (ditto)
- Gassy City (Id.)
- The Hat
Red Deer

- Dead Beer (pun doubtful)
- Dead Rear
- Gasoline Alley (named for its central axis, as loin service stations)
- Redneck Deer (reference redneck culture)

Sherwood Park
- The Park


St. Albert - Edmonton
Not
Wetaskiwin
- Car Mile