Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87
Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87 | |
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| Welcome sign Welcome sign | |
| Location within Alberta Location within Alberta | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Region | Northern Alberta |
| Planning region | Lower Athabasca |
| Established | 1914 |
| Incorporated | 1955 |
| Government | |
| • Reeve | Barry Kalinski |
| • Governing body | M.D. of Bonnyville Council
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| • CAO | Al Hoggan |
| • Administrative office | Bonnyville |
| Area (2021)[2] | |
| • Land | 6,005.3 km2 (2,318.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 12,847 |
| • CSD | 12,760 |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| Postal code | T0A 1S1 |
| Website | md.bonnyville.ab.ca |
The Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87 is a municipal district (MD) in northeastern Alberta, Canada in Division No. 12. On the east, it is adjacent to the province of Saskatchewan.
The district was incorporated on January 1, 1955, through the merger of the Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87, the Municipal District of Glendon No. 88 and part of Improvement District No. 101.[4]
On May 1, 2021, the municipal district annexed the adjacent Improvement District No. 349.[5]
Geography
[edit | edit source]Communities and localities
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The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the MD of Bonnyville No. 87.[6][7] |
The following hamlets are within the MD of Bonnyville No. 87.
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The following Métis settlements and Indian reserves are within the MD of Bonnyville No. 87.
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The following localities are within the MD of Bonnyville No. 87.[7][8]
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Demographics
[edit | edit source]As a census subdivision n the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the MD of Bonnyville No. 87 had a population of 12,847 living in 4,742 of its 5,467 total private dwellings, a change of 0.8% from its 2016 population of 12,745. With a land area of 6,005.3 km2 (2,318.7 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.1/km2 (5.5/sq mi) in 2021.[3][2]
As a census subdivision in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the MD of Bonnyville No. 87 originally had a population of 13,575 living in 4,820 of its 5,667 total private dwellings, a 21.3% change from its 2011 population of 11,191.[9] This included the population of two Metis settlements, Elizabeth (653) and Fishing Lake (446),[10] located within the census subdivision that are municipalities independent of the MD of Bonnyville No. 87.[7] Statistics Canada subsequently amended the 2016 census results for Bonnyville No. 87 to a population of 12,760 living in 4,589 of its 5,405 total dwellings, a 14% change from its 2011 population of 11,191.[11] With a land area of 6,064.73 km2 (2,341.61 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.1/km2 (5.4/sq mi) in 2016.[9][11] Excluding the two Metis settlements, the MD of Bonnyville No. 87 had a population of 11,661 in 2016,[12] a change of 15.4% from its 2011 population of 10,101.[13]
The population of the MD of Bonnyville No. 87 according to its 2014 municipal census is 11,836,[14] a 17.2% change from its 2011 population of 10,101.[13]
Visible minorities and Aboriginals
[edit | edit source]The following is a breakdown of the visible minority and Aboriginal populations of the Bonnyville No. 87 census subdivision that includes the Elizabeth and Fishing Lake Metis settlements.
| Visible minority and Aboriginal population (Canada 2006 Census) | |||
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| Population group | Population | % of total population | |
| White | 8,300 | 81.6% | |
| Visible minority group Source:[15] |
South Asian | 0 | 0% |
| Chinese | 0 | 0% | |
| Black | 20 | 0.2% | |
| Filipino | 15 | 0.1% | |
| Latin American | 20 | 0.2% | |
| Arab | 0 | 0% | |
| Southeast Asian | 0 | 0% | |
| West Asian | 0 | 0% | |
| Korean | 0 | 0% | |
| Japanese | 0 | 0% | |
| Visible minority, n.i.e. | 0 | 0% | |
| Multiple visible minority | 0 | 0% | |
| Total visible minority population | 55 | 0.5% | |
| Aboriginal group Source:[16] |
First Nations | 375 | 3.7% |
| Métis | 1,420 | 14% | |
| Inuit | 0 | 0% | |
| Aboriginal, n.i.e. | 0 | 0% | |
| Multiple Aboriginal identity | 10 | 0.1% | |
| Total Aboriginal population | 1,815 | 17.8% | |
| Total population | 10,170 | 100% | |
Notable people
[edit | edit source]Peter Hochachka (1937–2002), zoologist and biochemist, was born in Bordenave
See also
[edit | edit source]- CFB Cold Lake
- List of communities in Alberta
- List of francophone communities in Alberta
- List of municipal districts in Alberta
References
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- ^ Bonnyville Municipal profile - Alberta Municipal Affairs
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External links
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