Coleman, Alberta

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Coleman
Unincorporated community
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Coleman
Coordinates: 49°38′06″N114°30′11″W / 49.635°N 114.503°W / 49.635; -114.503
CountryCanada
Province Alberta
Specialized municipality Municipality of Crowsnest Pass
Village 11 January 1904 [1]
Town 10 September 1910 [2]
Amalgamated1 January 1979 [3]
Government
 • Type Unincorporated
 • Governing body Municipality of Crowsnest Pass Council
Area
 • Land1.99 km2 (0.77 sq mi)
Elevation
[4]
1,320 m (4,330 ft)
Population
 (2021) [5]
 • Total1,441
 • Density724.1/km2 (1,875/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−6 (MDT)

Coleman is a community in the Rocky Mountains within the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass in southwest Alberta, Canada. It was formerly incorporated as a town prior to 1979 when it amalgamated with four other municipalities to form Crowsnest Pass.

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Coleman is located in Census Division No. 15 and in the riding of Macleod. It is served by Highway 3 (Crowsnest Highway) and the Canadian Pacific Railway.

History

In 1903, a new townsite was laid out a few kilometres west of Blairmore, to service a new coal mine operated by the International Coal and Coke Company. Initial names of Paulson's Camp or McGillivray Hill were rejected by the post office, settling on Coleman (after the mother's maiden name of the president and mine owner A. C. Flumerfelt's wife, Ada, and the middle name of his youngest daughter, Norma Coleman Flumerfelt). [6] Coleman was incorporated as a village on 11 January 1904. [1] It then incorporated as a town on 10 September 1910. [2]

A feature of Coleman was the mine's 100 (later 216) coke ovens located at it outskirts, which operated from 1906 to 1952. The town grew rapidly, surpassing its neighbour Blairmore as the largest in the region. Coleman had an opera house from 1908 until it burned down in 1948.

Coleman persevered through strikes (1911 and 1932), floods (1923 and 1942), and fires (1948). As the coal mines in the region gradually closed, Coleman's commercial importance waned in favour of Blairmore. On 3 November 1978, the Government of Alberta passed the Crowsnest Pass Municipal Unification Act, which led to the formal amalgamation of the Town of Coleman with the Village of Bellevue, the Town of Blairmore, the Village of Frank, and Improvement District (ID) No. 5 on 1 January 1979. [3]

Coleman's coal mining heritage is evident in its several historic buildings, a regional museum, the ruins of its coal plant and coke ovens, several nearby abandoned mines, and the "biggest piggy bank in the world" made from a 36-inch (910 mm) gauge air driven thermos bottle mine locomotive. Much of the downtown section now forms the Coleman National Historic Site. [7]

Geography

Climate

Coleman has a subarctic climate (Dfc) with mild to warm summers and cold, snowy winters.

Climate data for Coleman
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Record high °C (°F)11.5
(52.7)		13.9
(57.0)		18.3
(64.9)		25.6
(78.1)		29.0
(84.2)		30.0
(86.0)		35.0
(95.0)		34.0
(93.2)		32.0
(89.6)		26.0
(78.8)		16.0
(60.8)		13.5
(56.3)		35.0
(95.0)
Average high °C (°F)−1.6
(29.1)		0.1
(32.2)		4.6
(40.3)		9.5
(49.1)		14.4
(57.9)		18.7
(65.7)		22.1
(71.8)		22.8
(73.0)		17.0
(62.6)		10.2
(50.4)		1.4
(34.5)		−3.0
(26.6)		9.7
(49.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)−6.4
(20.5)		−5.0
(23.0)		−0.8
(30.6)		3.6
(38.5)		7.9
(46.2)		11.8
(53.2)		14.3
(57.7)		14.3
(57.7)		9.5
(49.1)		4.6
(40.3)		−2.7
(27.1)		−7.4
(18.7)		3.6
(38.5)
Average low °C (°F)−11.3
(11.7)		−10.1
(13.8)		−6.2
(20.8)		−2.4
(27.7)		1.3
(34.3)		4.9
(40.8)		6.5
(43.7)		5.7
(42.3)		2.0
(35.6)		−1.1
(30.0)		−6.8
(19.8)		−11.9
(10.6)		−2.4
(27.7)
Record low °C (°F)−39.4
(−38.9)		−37.5
(−35.5)		−37.2
(−35.0)		−24.4
(−11.9)		−8.3
(17.1)		−5.6
(21.9)		−3.3
(26.1)		−7.0
(19.4)		−11.0
(12.2)		−27.0
(−16.6)		−37.0
(−34.6)		−41.1
(−42.0)		−41.1
(−42.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)34.8
(1.37)		37.1
(1.46)		38.6
(1.52)		39.8
(1.57)		69.6
(2.74)		70.2
(2.76)		62.6
(2.46)		43.7
(1.72)		45.9
(1.81)		46.4
(1.83)		56.2
(2.21)		37.3
(1.47)		582.1
(22.92)
Average rainfall mm (inches)12.7
(0.50)		10.8
(0.43)		13.0
(0.51)		23.0
(0.91)		60.8
(2.39)		70.2
(2.76)		62.6
(2.46)		43.2
(1.70)		44.3
(1.74)		32.8
(1.29)		22.4
(0.88)		9.2
(0.36)		404.8
(15.94)
Average snowfall cm (inches)22.1
(8.7)		26.4
(10.4)		25.6
(10.1)		16.7
(6.6)		8.8
(3.5)		0.0
(0.0)		0.0
(0.0)		0.5
(0.2)		1.7
(0.7)		13.6
(5.4)		33.9
(13.3)		28.1
(11.1)		177.3
(69.8)
Source: Environment Canada [8]

Demographics

Population history of Coleman
YearPop.±%
1906915—    
19111,557+70.2%
19161,559+0.1%
19211,590+2.0%
19262,044+28.6%
19311,704−16.6%
YearPop.±%
19362,129+24.9%
19411,870−12.2%
19461,809−3.3%
19511,961+8.4%
19561,568−20.0%
19611,713+9.2%
YearPop.±%
19661,507−12.0%
19711,534+1.8%
19761,543+0.6%
2011 1,366−11.5%
2016 1,475+8.0%
2021 1,441−2.3%
Source: Statistics Canada [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [5]

In the 2021 Census of Population, the urban population centre of Coleman, as delineated by Statistics Canada, recorded a population of 1,441 living in 722 of its 907 total private dwellings, a change of

As a population centre in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Coleman recorded a population of 1,475 living in 696 of its 891 total private dwellings, an

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References

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  2. 1 2 Alberta Gazette. Vol. 6. Government of Alberta. 15 September 1910. p. 448.
  3. 1 2 "Location and History Profile – Municipality of Crowsnest Pass" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Alberta Private Sewage Systems 2009 Standard of Practice Handbook: Appendix A.3 Alberta Design Data (A.3.A. Alberta Climate Design Data by Town)" (PDF) (PDF). Safety Codes Council. January 2012. pp. 212–215 (PDF pages 226–229). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
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