Municipal District of Peace No. 135 | |
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Country | Canada |
Province | Alberta |
Region | Northern Alberta |
Census division | 19 |
Established | 1916 |
Incorporated | 1945 |
Government | |
• Reeve | Robert Willing |
• Governing body | MD of Peace Council |
• Administrative office | adjacent to Berwyn |
Area (2021) [2] | |
• Land | 847.22 km2 (327.11 sq mi) |
Population (2021) [2] | |
• Total | 1,581 |
• Density | 1.9/km2 (5/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
Website | mdpeace.com |
The Municipal District of Peace No. 135 is a municipal district (MD) in northwestern Alberta, Canada. Located in Census Division No. 19, its municipal office is located outside but adjacent to the Village of Berwyn.
The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the MD of Peace No. 135. [3]
The following hamlets are located within the MD of Peace No. 135. [3] | The following localities are located within the MD of Peace No. 135. [4]
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Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1916 | 918 | — |
1921 | 1,337 | +45.6% |
1926 | 1,377 | +3.0% |
1931 | 1,990 | +44.5% |
1936 | 2,155 | +8.3% |
1941 | 2,003 | −7.1% |
1946 | 1,791 | −10.6% |
1951 | 1,741 | −2.8% |
1956 | 1,732 | −0.5% |
1961 | 1,917 | +10.7% |
1966 | 1,745 | −9.0% |
1971 | 1,624 | −6.9% |
1976 | 1,583 | −2.5% |
1981 | 1,520 | −4.0% |
1986 | 1,527 | +0.5% |
1991 | 1,481 | −3.0% |
1996 | 1,562 | +5.5% |
2001 | 1,496 | −4.2% |
2006 | 1,487 | −0.6% |
2011 | 1,446 | −2.8% |
2016 | 1,747 | +20.8% |
Source: Statistics Canada [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] |
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the MD of Peace No. 135 had a population of 1,581 living in 577 of its 654 total private dwellings, a change of -9.8% from its 2016 population of 1,752. With a land area of 847.22 km2 (327.11 sq mi), it had a population density of 1.9/km2 (4.8/sq mi) in 2021. [2]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the MD of Peace No. 135 had a population of 1,747 living in 578 of its 639 total private dwellings, a 20.8% change from its 2011 population of 1,446. With a land area of 847.47 km2 (327.21 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.1/km2 (5.3/sq mi) in 2016. [16]
Agriculture is a significant part of the area's economy, with the region being dubbed as most northern agricultural industry oasis in the world. [17] The region has unique growing combination of a northern climate, fertile soils, and a watershed system fed by glacial run offs.
Fairview is a town in Peace Country, Alberta, Canada. It is located 82 km (51 mi) southwest of Peace River and 115 km (71 mi) north of Grande Prairie at the intersection of Highway 2 and Highway 64A.
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Kinuso is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within Big Lakes County, and surrounded by the Swan River First Nation reserve. It is located approximately 48 kilometres (30 mi) west of Slave Lake and 71 km east of High Prairie along Highway 2, south of the southern shore of Lesser Slave Lake.
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