Fort McMurray is an urban service area in Alberta, Canada. It was a formerly a city named ‘McMurray’ between 1947 and 1962, but integrated with Improvement District No. 143 in 1995 to become the Municipality of Wood Buffalo. Fort McMurray is still heavily thought of to be a city however. It is located in close proximity to Edmonton and the Saskatchewan border, as well as the rivers of Athabasca and Clearwater. Fort McMurray boats of a population of around 60,000 people and is the largest community located in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. There are two school districts in Fort McMurray, a public one and a Catholic one which services the needs for all ages of students, including primary, elementary and secondary education. Programs like French Immersion is provided within each school district and some offer specialist performing arts or technology and science programs. There is only one French school in Fort McMurray and caters to those up to Grade 12. There is one university called Keyano College which focuses on vocational training and produces a large amount of workers for the oil sands. Also provided are theatre recitals and events in the university, which attract up to 50,000 visitors per performance. These events lead the population of Fort McMurray to regard the university as the cultural hub in their town.
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