Alberta Slim (February 2, 1910 – November 26, 2005) was a Canadian country music singer.

Slim was born Eric Charles Edwards in Wiltshire, England, and emigrated with his family to Canada as a child.

He was a hobo during the Great Depression, riding the railroads and playing on street corners as a guitarist and yodeler.

[1] He played in an amateur talent show at Regina station CKCK; soon after, in 1938, he was offered a job singing there.

After his career ended, he got a job in British Columbia selling real estate.