# Bon Accord

Canada's first International Dark Sky Community; the whole town retrofitted street and yard lighting to shielded, warm-colored fixtures, about 40 km north of Edmonton.

**Type:** community

**Location:** AB, CA

**Nearest town:** Edmonton

**Certified:** 2015

Canada's first International Dark Sky Community; the whole town retrofitted street and yard lighting to shielded, warm-colored fixtures, about 40 km north of Edmonton.

[Official site](https://darksky.org/locations/canada/)

[Source](https://darksky.org/locations/canada/)

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