Edmonton used to be an independent township supporting a sugar mill, but in recent times has become a suburb of Cairns, Queensland, Australia. It is located approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south of the centre of Cairns on the Bruce Highway and within the Cairns Region local government area. At the 2006 census, Edmonton had a population of 8,035. In 1911 a railway station was built in the location and named Edmonton, probably after Edmonton, London, England.