Egremont, Alberta

Egremont
Hamlet
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Coordinates: 54°02′18″N 113°07′34″W
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Central Alberta
Census division	13
Municipal district	Thorhild County
Government
• Type	Unincorporated
• Governing body	Thorhild County Council
Area  (2021)[1]
• Land	0.19 km^2 (0.07 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	46
• Density	238.3/km^2 (617/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−07:00 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−06:00 (MDT)
Area code(s)	780, 587, 825

Egremont is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Thorhild County.^[2] It is located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north of Highway 28, approximately 37 kilometres (23 mi) north of Fort Saskatchewan. It is named after Egremont, Cumbria.^[3]

Demographics

Population history
of Egremont

Year	Pop.	±%
1941	111	—
1951	103	−7.2%
1956	106	+2.9%
1961	119	+12.3%
1966	94	−21.0%
1971	92	−2.1%
1976	57	−38.0%
1981	61	+7.0%
1986	75	+23.0%
1991	62	−17.3%
2011	42	−32.3%
2016	48	+14.3%
2021	46	−4.2%
Source: Statistics Canada [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][1]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Egremont had a population of 46 living in 27 of its 34 total private dwellings, a change of -4.2% from its 2016 population of 48. With a land area of 0.19 km² (0.073 sq mi), it had a population density of 242.1/km² (627.0/sq mi) in 2021.^[1]

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Egremont had a population of 48 living in 27 of its 34 total private dwellings, a change of 14.3% from its 2011 population of 42. With a land area of 0.19 km² (0.073 sq mi), it had a population density of 252.6/km² (654.3/sq mi) in 2016.^[13]

See also

• List of communities in Alberta
• List of hamlets in Alberta

References

1. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
2. "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
3. Thorhild and District Historical Society (1985). Building and working together : a study of the Thorhild area. Vol. 1. p. 10.
4. Ninth Census of Canada, 1951 (PDF). Vol. SP-7 (Population: Unincorporated villages and hamlets). Dominion Bureau of Statistics. March 31, 1954. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
5. Census of Canada, 1956 (PDF). Vol. Population of unincorporated villages and settlements. Dominion Bureau of Statistics. October 25, 1957. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
6. 1961 Census of Canada: Population (PDF). Series SP: Unincorporated Villages. Vol. Bulletin SP—4. Ottawa: Dominion Bureau of Statistics. April 18, 1963. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
7. Census of Canada 1966: Population (PDF). Special Bulletin: Unincorporated Places. Vol. Bulletin S–3. Ottawa: Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1968. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
8. 1971 Census of Canada: Population (PDF). Special Bulletin: Unincorporated Settlements. Vol. Bulletin SP—1. Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 1973. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
9. "Geographical Identification and Population for Unincorporated Places of 25 persons and over, 1971 and 1976". 1976 Census of Canada (PDF). Supplementary Bulletins: Geographic and Demographic (Population of Unincorporated Places—Canada). Vol. Bulletin 8SG.1. Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 1978. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
10. 1981 Census of Canada (PDF). Place name reference list. Vol. Western provinces and the Territories. Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 1983. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
11. 1986 Census of Canada (PDF). Population. Vol. Unincorporated Places. Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 1988. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
12. 91 Census (PDF). Population and Dwelling Counts. Vol. Unincorporated Places. Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 1993. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
13. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2017.