LLOYDMINSTER, ALBERTA-SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA

Lloydminster is a Canadian city which has the unusual distinction of straddling the provincial border between Alberta and Saskatchewan. Unlike most such cases (such as Texarkana and Kansas City), Lloydminster is not a pair of twin cities on opposite sides of a border which merely share the same name, but is incorporated by both provinces as a single city with a single municipal administration.

Commemorating Lloydminster’s distinctive bi-provincial status, a monument consisting of four 100-foot survey markers was erected in 1994 near the city’s downtown core.

The provincial border runs north to south, falling directly on 50^th Avenue (Meridian Avenue) in the center of Lloydminster. Addresses east of 50^th Avenue are considered to be in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan and addresses west of 50^th Avenue are considered to be in Lloydminster, Alberta.

An aerial view of Lloydminster City Hall looking north along the Alberta-Saskatchewan border.