Alberta is a province within Canada. Canada is part of the North American region in the continent of the Americas. Canada's name is believed to have derived from the Iroquoian word Kanada, which means Village and is also known as The Great White North. It is in the Northern hemisphere and is 10 million square kilometres in size. The primary languages spoken are English and French; the capital city is Ottawa and the main currency used is the Canadian dollar. The regional capital of Alberta is Edmonton, which has a total area of 642.3 thousand square kilometres and is the only area within the region