YEGFacts checks what people say about Edmonton's city government against the public record.

Browse by topic

Each claim is filed under one topic, so the counts add up to the total above.

• Transportation 4 claims
• Housing & development 2 claims
• City finances no claims yet
• Growth & planning 1 claim
• Climate & environment 1 claim
• Downtown no claims yet

Recently checked

8 claims in 5 stories: 1 Supported · 3 Not established · 4 Contradicted

Every checked claim, by topic

How a verdict is made

Every finding goes through the same four steps. Methodology v1.9, change history.

1. 1

   Blind research

   3 AI reviewers, each from a different company, research every claim without seeing each other's work. How the rounds run.

2. 2

   A rule, not a vote

   A lookup table published in advance turns the reviewers' verdicts into one finding. Nobody votes on it. The table.

3. 3

   Archived sources

   Before publication every statement is checked against the archived bytes of the sources it cites, not the live web. 110 sources archived so far.

4. 4

   Four words

   A finding is one of four words with a fixed meaning. Not established means the record can't answer yet, not that the claim is false. What each word means.

Corrections

What changed after publication, on the page it changed.

• 2026-09-01 · Verdict change

  Edmonton's electric buses

  The procurement-failure claim moved from Partially supported (Adjacent panel) to Supported (Unanimous, Moderate confidence) after a re-decision under the methodology v1.4 verdict rule: evidence-quality doubts now affect confidence, not the finding, and no reviewer could name a part of the proposition that fails. Full note

• 2026-09-01 · Correction

  Edmonton's electric buses

  The 350 km commitment's measurable form wrongly added 'including Edmonton winter conditions' — the launch announcement did not specify winter range. Full note

Nine stories, committed in advance

The list was fixed in writing before any panel ran, so it cannot be trimmed to the answers. 4 of 9 checked. Why the list came first.

1. Edmonton's electric busesPublished 2026-09-01
2. Edmonton's climate targetsPublished 2026-09-01
3. Edmonton's 15-minute districtsPublished 2026-09-01
4. Active transportation investmentNot yet checked“Edmonton spends $100 million a year on bike lanes; the active-transportation network has reduced congestion.”
5. Parking reformNot yet checked“Edmonton banned parking and new buildings provide none; removing parking minimums made housing more affordable.”
6. Winter cycling in EdmontonPublished 2026-09-01
7. Infill and zoningNot yet checked“8-plexes can be built on every lot; sewer capacity is not checked before infill is approved.”
8. Vision ZeroNot yet checked“Edmonton is making steady progress toward Vision Zero.”
9. DowntownNot yet checked“Downtown is dead and nobody goes there any more.”