Cayley, Alberta

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Cayley
Hamlet
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Location of Cayley in Alberta
Coordinates: 50°26′53″N113°50′50″W / 50.4481°N 113.8472°W / 50.4481; -113.8472
CountryCanada
Province Alberta
Census division No. 6
Municipal district Foothills County
Government
 • Type Unincorporated
 • Reevevacant
 • Governing body
  • Alan Alger
  • R.D. McHugh
  • Delilah Miller
  • Suzanne Oel
  • Jason Parker
  • Robert Siewert
  • Larry Spilak
Area
 (2021) [1]
 • Land0.62 km2 (0.24 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [1]
 • Total414
 • Density672.7/km2 (1,742/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−6 (MDT)

Cayley is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the Foothills County. [2] It is also recognized as a designated place by Statistics Canada. [3]

Contents

Cayley is approximately 73 kilometres (45 mi) south of Calgary, 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) south of High River and 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) west of Highway 2 on Range Road 290 (former designated as Highway 2A). It is located within Census Division No. 6.

History

The community was named for the Hon. Hugh St. Quentin Cayley, a barrister and the publisher of the Calgary Herald in 1884, who also represented Calgary in the Northwest Territories legislature from 1886 to 1894. [4] The hamlet originally contained at least seven grain elevators; all have been demolished. Cayley is also home to a Hutterite colony and a colony school; in 2001, two Cayley Colony girls were the first students from an Alberta colony school to write provincial diploma exams and graduate from high school. [5]

Incorporation history

Previously incorporated as a village on August 4, 1904, Cayley dissolved to hamlet status on June 1, 1996. [6]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1926 {est.} 135—    
1936 135+0.0%
2011 265+96.3%
2016 340+28.3%
2021 414+21.8%
Sources: [1]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cayley had a population of 414 living in 166 of its 170 total private dwellings, a change of

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cayley had a population of 340 living in 143 of its 143 total private dwellings, a change of

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  3. ↑ Statistics Canada (2007). "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2006 and 2001 censuses" . Retrieved January 30, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Hugh St. Quenton Cayley biography". Southern Alberta Pioneers. Retrieved December 7, 2007.
  5. ↑ "Alberta Teachers' Association - In the News - Two firsts for Cayley Colony School". Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved November 13, 2006.
  6. ↑ Alberta Queen's Printer (April 24, 1996). "Order in Council (O.C.) 173/96" (PDF). Retrieved June 24, 2010.
  7. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2017.

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