About the town » Jasper, Alberta, Canada

Jasper is a specialized municipality in western Alberta, Canada. It is the commercial centre of Jasper National Park, located in the Canadian Rockies in the Athabasca River valley. Jasper is approximately 362 kilometres west of Edmonton and 290 kilometres north of Banff, Alberta at the intersection of the Yellowhead Highway and the Icefields Parkway (Highway 93). The Municipality of Jasper, comprising the Jasper townsite known as the Town of Jasper and a surrounding rural service area, was established as a specialized municipality on July 20, 2001. Governance is shared between the municipality and the federal Parks Canada agency.