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EV charging stations in Alberta

495 charging locations and 1,461 ports across 16 cities and towns, 223 of them DC fast.

Charging in Alberta

Alberta's charging is a two-city story. Calgary and Edmonton hold well over half of the province's locations between them, with a useful secondary layer in Lethbridge, Red Deer, St. Albert, Sherwood Park and Grande Prairie. Everything else is thin.

Level 2 dominates heavily: only about one port in seven is DC fast, so much of what the map shows is destination charging at hotels, offices and shopping centres rather than something you'd stop at mid-trip. flo and ChargePoint run the largest share of sites, with Tesla, SWTCH and Shell Recharge Solutions filling in behind them. Fort McMurray in particular has very little, so treat trips north as ones that need real planning.

On the road

Highway 2, the Queen Elizabeth II between Calgary and Edmonton, is the natural spine, linking the two cities that hold most of the province's charging. The Trans-Canada, Highway 1, runs west into Banff and the mountain parks and east toward Medicine Hat. Highway 16, the Yellowhead, heads to Jasper and on into Saskatchewan. Highway 63 north to Fort McMurray is long and lightly covered, so leave with a full battery.

Plugs and payment

J1772 for Level 2, CCS1 on most DC fast units, and NACS turning up as newer hardware arrives. A few CHAdeMO plugs remain at older installations. Level 2 posts have their own cable attached; carry a portable cord for standard outlets and whatever adapter your car takes. Card readers exist on recent equipment, but app or RFID access is still the norm on many networks.

Three things to know

Deep winter cold slashes range and slows DC charging, so budget extra time and stops from November through March.
Precondition the battery before a fast charge in cold weather; a cold pack accepts far less power.
With few fast ports per location, check for a second option nearby before committing to a rural stop.

Cities in Alberta

Towns smaller than 20,000 residents are not listed here, but the live map covers every public charger in Alberta: search for the town or allow location access.