It is situated in the heart of Edmonton, Alberta’s river valley. Valley Zoo is open 364 days a year only closing on Christmas, operated by the city of Edmonton.

Valley Zoo is a replacement for a previous Edmonton Zoo (Borden Park Zoo) which was torn down to expand Northlands Park. Valley Zoo opened in 1959. Valley Zoo consists of 350 exotic and native animals.

Valley zoo features numerous animals of over 100 different species, arranged according to their needs with warm tropical animals indoors and native and exotic cold weather animals outdoors.