Warner No. 5 | |
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County of Warner No. 5 | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Alberta |
Region | Southern Alberta |
Planning region | South Saskatchewan |
Established | 1912 |
Incorporated | 1950 |
Government | |
• Reeve | Ross Ford |
• Governing body | County of Warner Council |
• Administrative office | Warner |
Area (2021) [2] | |
• Land | 4,462.2 km2 (1,722.9 sq mi) |
Population (2021) [2] | |
• Total | 4,290 |
• Density | 1/km2 (3/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
Website | warnercounty.ca |
The County of Warner No. 5 is a municipal district in southern Alberta, Canada. Located in Census Division No. 2 just north of the United States border, its municipal office is located in the Village of Warner.
The County of Warner No. 5 comprises approximately 50 townships and is bordered on the south by the Canada-United States border. It is composed of the former Municipal District of Warner No. 36 and a portion of the former Municipal District of Sugar City No. 37.
The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the County of Warner No. 5. [3]
The following hamlets are located within the County of Warner No. 5. [3] | The following localities are located within the County of Warner No. 5. [4]
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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the County of Warner No. 5 had a population of 4,290 living in 907 of its 1,032 total private dwellings, a change of 8.8% from its 2016 population of 3,942. With a land area of 4,462.2 km2 (1,722.9 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.0/km2 (2.5/sq mi) in 2021. [2]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the County of Warner No. 5 had a population of 3,847 living in 816 of its 941 total private dwellings, a 0.2% change from its 2011 population of 3,841. With a land area of 4,531.55 km2 (1,749.64 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.8/km2 (2.2/sq mi) in 2016. [7]
Westwind School Division No. 74 and Horizon School Division No. 67 provide education within the boundaries of the County of Warner No. 5.
Listed below are the former school districts that once provided education within the County of Warner No. 5. [8]
Name & SD No. | Image | Location | Date Established | Date Closed/ Disbanded | Notes |
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Galt/Stirling No. 647 | 29 – 6 – 19 – W4 | 19 November 1901 | Originally named Galt, the name was changed to Stirling in 1957. [9] | ||
Raymond No. 700 | 8 – 6 – 20 – W4 | 1 May 1902 [10] | |||
Mammoth No. 1379 | 24 – 5 – 20 – W4 | 9 August 1905 [11] | |||
Warner No. 1675 | 10 – 4 – 17 – W4 | 31 July 1907 [12] | |||
Tyrells Lake No. 2007 | 20-5-17-W4 | 8 July 1909 | 1939 | Demolished 1940s [13] | |
Milk River Valley/Masinasin No. 2024 | 15 – 2 – 13 – W4 | 24 August 1909 | Originally named Milk River Valley, the name was changed to Masinasin in 1941. [14] | ||
Milk River No. 2056 | 15 – 2 – 13 – W4 | 8 October 1909 [14] | |||
Grain No. 2597 | 15-1-11-W4 | 25 November 1911 [15] | |||
West Butte/St. Kilda No. 2747 | 11-1-12-W4 | 25 May 1912 | Originally named West Butte, the name was changed to St. Kilda in 1920. [16] | ||
Indian Rock No. 2540 | 18-1-12 -W4 moved? to 11 – 1 – 12 – W4 | 25 August 1911 [17] | |||
Locke No. 2730 | 31-1-13 -W4 Moved? to 28 – 2 – 13 – W4 | 10 May 1912 [18] | |||
Clarinda No. 2459 | 8-1-13 -W4 | 10 June 1911 [19] | |||
Verburg No. 2439 | 33-1-14 -W4 | 10 May 1911 [20] | |||
Sexton Creek No. 2510 | 9-1-14 -W4 moved? to 33 – 1 – 14 – W4 | 24 July 1911 [21] | |||
Lind No. 2170 | 34-1-16 -W4 | 25 April 1910 [22] | |||
John Joes No. 2198 | 24-1-17-W4 | 26 May 1910 | Also spelled John Jo [23] | ||
Two Fifteen No. 2153 | 20-2-15-W4 | 26 March 1910 March 26 | Moved to Milk River for a class room when the district was joined with Milk River Consolidated District 12, December 1945 [24] | ||
Sleepy Hollow No. 2634 | 24-2-15-W4 | 25 January 1912 [25] | |||
Lucky Strike No. 2589 | 17-3-11-W4 | 9 November 1911 [26] | |||
Prairie Round No. 2152 | 21-3-12-W4 | 26 March 1910 March 26 [27] | |||
Patience No. 2156 | 23-6-17-W4 | 26 March 1910 [28] | |||
Maybutt | 32-6-19-W4 | 1910 | 1924 | Classes were first held at the Presbyterian Church, a vacant Chinese restaurant and later the Prairie Queen Hotel at the corner of First Avenue and Front Street, Maybutt. Plans to build a school house never got past the planning stages and children from Maybutt were bused to the neighbouring town of Stirling in 1924. [29] | |
Kippen No. 2080 | 34-2-12-W4 | 9 December 1909 | 1933 | Kippenville Consolidated 7 created in 1915 by Kippen & Green Villa disorganized in 1933 [30] | |
Bankview No. 3042 | 16-1-17-W4 | 1913 | 1953 | ||
Craddock/Bluesky No. 3456 | 33 – 81 – 2 – W6 | 15 February 1917 | Originally named Craddock, the name was changed to Bluesky in 1947. [31] | ||
Coutts No. 3560 | 4 – 1 – 15 – W4 | 30 October 1917 [32] | |||
North Wrentham No. 3618 | 7 – 16 – W4 | 18 February 1918 [33] | |||
Wrentham No. 3617 | 36 – 6 – 17 – W4 | 18 February 1918 [34] | |||
Conrad No. 4077 | 11 – 61 – 12 – W4 | 3 November 1921 [35] |
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