9,209 cafés, restaurants, bars, hotels and motels across 721 towns and suburbs in Alberta.
9,209venues
7,919eat
2,063stay
721towns & suburbs
Alberta accounts for 10% of every venue we hold in New Zealand, which makes it the 4th-largest of the 13 regions by venue count. Those 9,209 venues sit across 721 named towns and suburbs, of which 70 carry at least 25 venues and get a page of their own.
Distribution inside the region is relatively even: Edmonton (917), Calgary (718) and Banff (193) hold 20% of everything between them. The remaining 651 places average 5.4 venues each — a long tail of small settlements that we list on the nearest town page rather than give an empty page to.
The regional split runs 86% eating to 22% accommodation, against a national 81/19. That is close to the national balance.
5,778 venues in Alberta carry a cuisine tag. Measured against the national mix, the region over-indexes on milkshake (4), western (21) and donair (18), and under-indexes on fish and chips and poutine.
Data quality varies by region and it is worth knowing where this one stands: 2,153 venues here publish opening hours (23% against 21% nationally), 3,384 list a website, and 316 record step-free access. Everything on this site comes from open data, so coverage reflects what mappers and councils have published — not what exists on the ground.
The category split
Restaurants
3,424 in Alberta · 37% of the region · 11% of New Zealand's 31,320
Takeaways
2,654 in Alberta · 29% of the region · 12% of New Zealand's 22,636
Cafés
1,330 in Alberta · 14% of the region · 10% of New Zealand's 13,367
Holiday parks and campgrounds
1,014 in Alberta · 11% of the region · 13% of New Zealand's 7,523
Hotels
660 in Alberta · 7% of the region · 15% of New Zealand's 4,289
Pubs
282 in Alberta · 3% of the region · 11% of New Zealand's 2,458
Bars
229 in Alberta · 2% of the region · 10% of New Zealand's 2,361
Motels
211 in Alberta · 2% of the region · 10% of New Zealand's 2,062
B&Bs and guest houses
79 in Alberta · 1% of the region · 6% of New Zealand's 1,250
Serviced apartments
75 in Alberta · 1% of the region · 4% of New Zealand's 1,845
Hostels
24 in Alberta · 0% of the region · 9% of New Zealand's 264
A further 651 smaller places in Alberta carry fewer than 25 venues each. Rather than publish a page with nothing to say, we list their venues on the town pages nearest them.