Special area in Alberta, Canada
Special area in Alberta, Canada
Special Area No. 2 is a special area in southern Alberta , Canada. It is a rural municipality similar to a municipal district ; however, the elected council is overseen by four representatives appointed by the province, the Special Areas Board .
Special Area 2 has two provincial parks, Little Fish Lake Provincial Park , and the portion of Dinosaur Provincial Park north of the Red Deer River . Lakes include Little Fish Lake , Dowling Lake, and the south portion of Sullivan Lake.
Geography
Communities and localities
The following localities are located within Special Area No. 2.[4]
Alness
Atlee
Batter Junction
Berry Creek
Bonar
Bullpound
Burfield
Clivale
Comet
Dowling
Finnegan
Galarneauville
Garden Plain
Halliday
Halsbury
Howie
Hutton
Lawsonburg
Lonebutte
Lorne Crossing[5]
Majestic
Medicine Hat Junction
Millerfield
Pollockville
Sharrow
Spondin
Stoppington
Taplow
Trefoil
West Wingham
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Special Area No. 2 had a population of 1,860 living in 644 of its 783 total private dwellings, a change of -2.4% from its 2016 population of 1,905. With a land area of 9,195.06 km2 (3,550.23 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.2/km2 (0.5/sq mi) in 2021.[2]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Special Area No. 2 had a population of 1,905 living in 648 of its 750 total private dwellings, a change of -5.9% from its 2011 population of 2,025. With a land area of 9,347.57 km2 (3,609.12 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.2/km2 (0.5/sq mi) in 2016.[6]
See also
References
^ "Municipal Profile: Special Areas Board" (PDF) (PDF ). Alberta Municipal Affairs . October 24, 2014. p. 1. Retrieved November 3, 2014 .
^ a b c "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities)" . Statistics Canada . February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022 .
^ a b "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF) . Alberta Municipal Affairs . March 1, 2012. Retrieved August 12, 2012 .
^ "Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2006, Economic Regions: 4804004 - Special Area No. 2, geographical codes and localities, 2006" . Statistics Canada . March 5, 2010. Archived from the original on July 1, 2013. Retrieved August 12, 2012 .
^ Geo-Administrative Areas (Hamlet, Locality and Townsite Culture Points) (Geodatabase layer) (Map). AltaLIS. October 26, 2020. Retrieved October 2, 2021 .{{cite map }}
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^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)" . Statistics Canada . February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2017 .
External links
Places adjacent to Special Area No. 2