Gunn, Alberta

Gunn
Hamlet
Location of Gunn in Alberta
Coordinates: 53.7269°N 114.3436°W / 53.7269; -114.3436
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Census division	No. 13
Municipal district	Lac Ste. Anne County
Government
• Type	Unincorporated
• Reeve	William Hegy
• Governing body	Lac Ste. Anne County Council Ross Bohnet Wayne Borle Dwight Davidson Lloyd Glebelhaus William Hegy Robert Kohn Lorne Olsvik
Area  (2021)[1]
• Land	0.44 km^2 (0.17 sq mi)
Elevation	740 m (2,430 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	26
• Density	59.7/km^2 (155/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)

Gunn is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Lac Ste. Anne County.^[2] It is located west of the junction of Highway 43 and Highway 33 on the northeast shore of Lac Ste. Anne. It is approximately 58 kilometres (36 mi) northwest of Edmonton and has an elevation of 740 metres (2,430 ft).

The hamlet is located in Census Division No. 13 and in the federal riding of Yellowhead.

The community has the name of Peter Gunn, Hudson's Bay Company factor at Lac Ste. Anne and first MLA for that constituency.^[3][4]

The first post office was established in 1915.^[3]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Gunn had a population of 26 living in 10 of its 18 total private dwellings, a change of 73.3% from its 2016 population of 15. With a land area of 0.44 km² (0.17 sq mi), it had a population density of 59.1/km² (153.0/sq mi) in 2021.^[1]

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Gunn had a population of 10 living in 4 of its 10 total private dwellings, an increase from its 2011 population of 0. With a land area of 0.01 km² (0.0039 sq mi), it had a population density of 1,000.0/km² (2,590.0/sq mi) in 2016.^[5]

See also

• List of communities in Alberta
• List of designated places in Alberta
• List of hamlets in Alberta
• Peter Gunn (Alberta politician)

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. Lac Ste. Anne Historical Society. Archives Committee (1959). West of the Fifth: a history of Lac Ste. Anne Municipality. Edmonton, Ca: The Institute of Applied Art Ltd. p. 230.
4. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 60.
5. "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.