Oliver Alberta Map

About Oliver, Alberta

Oliver is a urban community in 5-54-23-W4, Alberta, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Oliver is located at 53.6317°N, 113.3639°W.

The North Saskatchewan River carves a slow, deliberate path past the edges of Oliver, defining the geography of the land with its persistent, silt-heavy flow. It lies 13.1 km south-west of Fort Saskatchewan, AB (from Fort Saskatchewan, AB: bearing 228°T), and is situated 13.7 km north-east of Edmonton. The air here possesses a crystalline quality at dusk, when the low sun catches the river’s surface and turns the water into a ribbon of hammered copper. While the sprawling reaches of Elk Island National Park of Canada sit thirty-three kilometers away, Oliver maintains a closer, quieter relationship with the surrounding plains, where the horizon remains wide and indifferent to the passage of human industry. Cut Bank Lake rests eleven kilometers distant, a modest presence in a landscape shaped by the retreat of ancient ice and the relentless pressure of the wind. Even in the height of summer, the light across the fields holds a thin, sharp clarity that clarifies the contours of the earth, revealing a terrain that is as much about the immense sky above as it is about the soil beneath. Oliver carries the legacy of a region shaped by the movement of people who long ago recognized the value of the river as a corridor for trade and survival. The local economy persists in a state of quiet productivity, marked by the steady labor of those who work the land and sustain the infrastructure that keeps the region functional. Life in Oliver follows the turning of the seasons, a cycle felt most keenly when the frost begins to harden the ground and the river slows its pace beneath a thickening layer of ice. The character of the people reflects this environment—pragmatic, resilient, and deeply attuned to the shifts in weather that dictate the rhythm of the day. There is a singular beauty in the way the frost clings to the riverside brush, transforming the mundane into something fragile and fleeting before the heat of the afternoon returns.

About This Oliver Map Page

Explore Oliver, Alberta, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 53.631667, -113.363889. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Detailed location data for Oliver includes the postal code (T5Y), telephone area code (403, 587, 780, 825, 368). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.

Location data for Oliver is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.