Yellowhead County

Yellowhead County
Municipal district
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Location of Yellowhead County in Alberta
Coordinates: 53°34′54″N 116°26′4″W / 53.58167°N 116.43444°WCoordinates: 53°34′54″N 116°26′4″W / 53.58167°N 116.43444°W
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Central Alberta
Census division	No. 14
Established	1994
Incorporated	1994
Government[1]
• Mayor	Gerald Soroka
• Governing body	Yellowhead County Council Shawn Brian Berry Sandra Cherniawsky Anthony Giezen Dawn Mitchell Fred Priestley-Wright David Russell William Velichko Jack Williams
• CAO	Jack Ramme
• Office location	Edson
Area (2011)[2]
• Total	22,296.26 km^2 (8,608.63 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
• Total	10,469
• Density	0.47/km^2 (1.2/sq mi)
• Dwellings	4,177
Time zone	MST (UTC-7)
Website	yellowheadcounty.ab.ca

Winter at Embarras

Entering Yellowhead County on the Yellowhead Highway

Yellowhead County is a municipal district in west central Alberta, Canada.

It is the only county in Alberta Division 14, and shares the boundaries with this census division.

History

• 1994: Established as a Municipal District of Yellowhead No. 94 on January 1.
• 1998: The name changed to Yellowhead County on July 8.^[3]
• 1998: Evansburg dissolved as a village, and became part of Yellowhead Municipal District on June 30.

Demographics

In the 2011 Census, Yellowhead County had a population of 10,469 living in 4,083 of its 4,708 total dwellings, a 4.2% change from its 2006 population of 10,045. With a land area of 22,296.26 km² (8,608.63 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.5/km² (1.2/sq mi) in 2011.^[2]

In 2006, Yellowhead County had a population of 10,045 living in 4,177 dwellings, a 1.7% increase from 2001. The municipal district has a land area of 22,303.82 km² (8,611.55 sq mi) and a population density of 0.5/km² (1.3/sq mi).^[4]

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Yellowhead County:^[5]

Cities none Towns Edson Hinton

Villages none Summer villages none Other places Tollerton

The following hamlets are located within Yellowhead County:[5] Hamlets Brule Cadomin Evansburg MacKay Marlboro Niton Junction Peers Pinedale Pine Shadows Robb Wildwood

The following localities are located within Yellowhead County:^[6]

Ansell Balkan Basing Bickerdike Branch Inn Trailer Court Brule Mines Brûlé Mines Bryan Calvert Carrot Creek Chip Lake Coal Valley Coalspur Dalehurst Diss Drinnan Embarras Entrance Erith Erith Tie

Fidler Foothills Galloway Granada Grave Flats Gregg Subdivision Haddock Hanlon Hansonville Hargwen Hattonford Hoff Holloway Hornbeck Kaydee Leaman Leyland Lobstick Lovettville Luscar

Mahaska Matthews Crossing McLeod River McLeod Valley Medicine Lodge Mercoal Mountain Park Mountain View Estates Niton Nojack or No Jack Northville Obed Oke Old Entrance Park Court Pedley Pembina Forks Pine Dale Subdivision Pine Shadows

Pinedale Estates Pioneer Rangeton Ravine Reco Rosevear Shaw Shining Bank Solomon Steeper Sterco Styal Swan Landing Trade Winds Trailer Court Two Rivers Estates Weald Wild Hay Wolf Creek Yates

See also

• List of communities in Alberta
• List of municipal districts in Alberta

References

1. "Municipal Officials Search". Alberta Municipal Affairs. February 5, 2016. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
2. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
3. Alberta Municipal Affairs. "Yellowhead County municipal profile". Retrieved 2008-04-16.
4. Statistics Canada. "Canada 2006 Census: Yellowhead County - Community Profile". Retrieved 2007-06-10.
5. "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
6. "Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2006, Economic Regions: 4814003 - Yellowhead County, geographical codes and localities, 2006". Statistics Canada. 2010-03-05. Retrieved 2012-08-12.

External links

• Official website