Division No. 2, Alberta

Division No. 2
Census division in Alberta
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Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Area [1]
• Total	17,662 km2 (6,819 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [2]
• Total	178,513
• Density	10/km2 (26/sq mi)

Division No. 2 is a census division in Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south-central portion of southern Alberta and includes the City of Lethbridge.

Census subdivisions

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1991	119,110	—
1996	125,179	+5.1%
2001	133,913	+7.0%
2006	142,429	+6.4%
2011	156,536	+9.9%
2016	169,729	+8.4%
2021	178,513	+5.2%
[2] [1] [3] [4]

The following census subdivisions (municipalities or municipal equivalents) are located within Alberta's Division No. 2. ^{[5] [6]}

• Cities
  • Lethbridge
  • Brooks
• Towns
  • Bassano
  • Coaldale
  • Coalhurst
  • Milk River
  • Picture Butte
  • Raymond
  • Taber
  • Vauxhall
• Villages
  • Barnwell
  • Barons
  • Coutts
  • Duchess
  • Nobleford
  • Rosemary
  • Stirling
  • Warner
• Hamlets
  • Bow City
  • Cassils
  • Chin
  • Diamond City
  • Enchant
  • Gem
  • Grassy Lake
  • Hays
  • Iron Springs
  • Monarch
  • New Dayton
  • Patricia
  • Purple Springs
  • Rainier
  • Rolling Hills
  • Scandia
  • Tilley
  • Turin
  • Wrentham
• Municipal districts
  • Lethbridge County
  • Newell, County of
  • Taber, M.D. of
  • Warner No. 5, County of

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Division No. 2 had a population of 178,513 living in 66,523 of its 70,936 total private dwellings, a change of 5.2% from its 2016 population of 169,729. With a land area of 17,456.33 km² (6,739.93 sq mi), it had a population density of 10.2/km² (26.5/sq mi) in 2021. ^[2]

See also

• List of census divisions of Alberta
• List of communities in Alberta

References

1. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census divisions, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2012. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
2. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
3. "Division No. 2, Alberta (Code4801) (table). 2006 Community Profiles. 2006 Census". Statistics Canada. March 13, 2007. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
4. "1996 Census of Population, Statistics Canada". Statistics Canada. June 4, 2019. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
5. "2006 Community Profiles, Geographic hierarchy – Division No. 2 (Census division)". Statistics Canada. December 7, 2010. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
6. "2024 Municipal Codes" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 14, 2024.

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