---
title: "Athabasca University"
url: "https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/athabasca-university"
description: "Athabasca University is a university in Alberta, Canada. Official website: athabascau.ca. Operator on record for 1 university. Description from Wikidata."
site: "Canada Service Map"
author: "Mahmoud Halat"
publisher: "Space & Story"
updated: "2026-10-14"
licence: "Built entirely from public data: open data and official government pages. Each record keeps the licence of its source, listed at https://canadaservicemap.ca/data."
---
# Athabasca University

Alberta · Universities and colleges

Compiled by Mahmoud Halat, updated 14 October 2026. Not a government website. The official page always has the final word.

## About

Athabasca University is a university in Alberta, Canada. It was established in 1970.

Source: [Wikidata (structured data only: description, instance of, inception, parent organization, population)](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q754656). Licence: CC0 1.0.

## Facts

- Jurisdiction: Alberta
- Layer: Universities and colleges
- Class: Universities
- Wikidata: [Q754656](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q754656)

## Official website

- [athabascau.ca](https://www.athabascau.ca)

## Places on record

Operator on record for 1 place, from open data, by type. Operators are matched from the source records and may be approximate.

- Universities: 1

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## Sources

- Description source: [Wikidata (structured data only: description, instance of, inception, parent organization, population)](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q754656). Licence: CC0 1.0.
- Record from: [Statistics Canada, Public Sector Universe](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/68-516-x/68-516-x2016001-eng.htm). Licence: Statistics Canada Open Licence.

## More

- [View it in the explorer](https://canadaservicemap.ca/explore?sel=psu:2146481740), with the sources of its record.
- [Public services in Alberta](https://canadaservicemap.ca/provinces/alberta)
- [Data and sources](https://canadaservicemap.ca/data): every record keeps the licence of its source.

## Cite this page

Canada Service Map, "Athabasca University", updated 14 October 2026, https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/athabasca-university