Where is Lloydminster located?

Lloydminster is a Canadian city with the unusual geographic distinction. It straddles a provincial border. Lloydminster is not a pair of twin cities on opposite sides of a border that share the same name, instead it is incorporated as a single city under the same municipal administration.

Lloydminster, Alberta OR Lloydminster, Saskatchewan

image by Arnaud Leroy, 31 March 2006Source: Lloydminster town hall

The provincial border runs north to south following 50th Avenue (Meridian Avenue) in the direct centre of Lloydminster. Those living east of 50th Ave are in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan and those with addresses west of 50th Ave live in Lloydminster, Alberta.

These Unique boundries also encompass two Time Zones. To simplify things Central Time of Alberta is used however individual rules such as ‘no smoking’ in restaurants apply to the province where the establishment is actually located. Read the full story here