Red Deer Region

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The Red Deer Region is a land-use framework region in Alberta, Canada. One of seven in the province, each is intended to develop and implement a Regional Plan, complementing the planning efforts of member municipalities in order to coordinate future growth. Corresponding roughly to major watersheds while following municipal boundaries, these regions are managed by Alberta Environment and Parks. [1]

Land-use framework regions of Alberta

Land-use framework regions are a scheme of organizing local governments adopted by the Canadian province of Alberta. Numbering seven in total, each land-use region is named for, and roughly follows the boundary of, a major watershed. Managed by Alberta Environment and Parks, the stated aims of the program are to create a venue for regionwide planning and cooperation, promoting sustainable use of public and private lands. Every region is intended to develop and enact its own comprehensive regional land-use plan, guiding future development within its territory. However, as of 2019, approved plans have only been submitted from two of the seven regions.

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Red Deer Region
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Drumheller badlands
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Location in Alberta
Largest population centres Red Deer
Sylvan Lake
Lacombe
Drumheller
Government
  Parent authority Alberta Environment and Parks
Area
[2]
  Total50,338 km2 (19,436 sq mi)
Population
 (2016) [3]
  Total292,018
  Density5.8/km2 (15/sq mi)

Communities

The following municipalities are contained in the Red Deer Region.

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North Saskatchewan Region Land-use framework region

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References

  1. "Land-use Framework". Alberta Environment and Parks. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
  2. "Land-use Planning Regions". Alberta Biosphere Monitoring Initiative. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
  3. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved 2019-07-07.