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Alberta

Leduc

Telford's Place, then the well that woke Alberta

Leduc in brief

Robert Telford bought land beside a lake south of Edmonton and opened a stagecoach stop on the Calgary-Edmonton line. The first Calgary and Edmonton Railway train halted in July 1891. The name Leduc stuck after Father Hippolyte Leduc walked into a new telegraph office in 1886 and later appeared on the railroad's naming list.

Village status came in 1899, town status in 1906, and city status in 1983. The real plot twist arrived when Imperial Oil's Leduc No. 1 well blew in, ending a long dry spell and becoming a National Historic Site that still draws visitors.

Drawn from Wikipedia, Leduc No. 1.

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#63
City Score rank
45%
City Score
1
Owned lists in score

City Score over time

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Rankings for Leduc

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Composite · OpenStats

OpenStats City Score

OpenStats

Average standing across OpenStats-owned rankings built from public data (currently radon, building permit value, and residential mill rates). Each placement is scored from 0–1 within its edition, then averaged. External livability lists stay on hometown pages as separate published appearances.

Single edition · 2026

#63
Published · 2026 · of 125
Score 0.453

Only one published edition places Leduc in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.

Original source · Full edition

Health · OpenStats

OpenStats Highest Indoor Radon

OpenStats

Communities ranked by Health Canada survey mean indoor radon (Bq/m³). Rank 1 is the highest mean.

Single edition · 2026

#53
Published · 2026 · of 117
Score 114.1

Only one published edition places Leduc in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.

Original source · Full edition

Worth knowing in Leduc

Distinctive local notes and places, each linked to its source.

  • Leduc is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada.

    Wikipedia

  • It is 33 km (21 mi) south of the provincial capital of Edmonton and is part of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region.

    Wikipedia

  • The Leduc No. 1 well blew in after Imperial Oil's long dry spell and became a National Historic Site of Canada.

    Wikipedia

Places to see

Leduc No. 1

The February 13, 1947 oil discovery near Leduc unlocked Alberta's modern petroleum industry and reshaped the provincial economy.

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