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Ponoka—Didsbury
Ponoka—Didsbury is a future federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada. Geography Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding will be created from the rural areas of Red Deer—Lacombe and Red Deer—Mountain View: * Contains Ponoka County, Lacombe County, and the municipalities they surround, the western half of Red Deer County including Innisfail and Bowden and the north-eastern half of Mountain View County including Olds and Didsbury. Demographics ''According to the 2021 Canadian census The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sl ...'' Languages: 92.6% English, 1.2% French, 1.2% Tagalog, 1.2% German, 1.0% Dutch Religions: 51.2% Christian (12.5% Catholic, 6.3% United Church, 3.4% Lutheran, 2.3% Anglican, 1.8% Baptist, 1.3% Reformed, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Canadian Federal Electoral Redistribution
The federal electoral redistribution of 2022 is a redistribution of electoral districts ("ridings") in Canada following the results of the 2021 Canadian census. The Constitution of Canada requires that federal electoral districts which compose the House of Commons undergo a redistribution of boundaries following each decennial Canadian census. The redistribution process began in October 2021; it is expected to be completed in September 2023. It is based on data obtained during the 2021 Canadian census. The changes to federal electoral district boundaries may take effect at the earliest in 2024. If the next federal election occurs before the new electoral boundaries have been established, it will occur with the current electoral district boundaries, which have been in effect since the 2015 federal election was called on August 4, 2015. The redistribution formula for federal electoral districts which compose the House of Commons is set out in Section 51 of the ''Constitution Act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gull Lake, Alberta
Gull Lake is a summer village located on the southern shore of Gull Lake, located approximately southeast of the Town of Rimbey in central Alberta, Canada. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Summer Village of Gull Lake had a population of 226 living in 95 of its 243 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 176. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Summer Village of Gull Lake had a population of 176 living in 79 of its 244 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 122. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016. See also *List of communities in Alberta *List of summer villages in Alberta *List of resort villages in Saskatchewan A resort village is a type of incorporated List of communities in Saskatchewan#Urban municipalities, urban municipality in the Provinces and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Deer—Lacombe
Red Deer—Lacombe is an electoral district in Alberta. It was created in 2012 from the more urbanized southern portion of Wetaskiwin (51%) and the northern portion of Red Deer (49%). The riding was originally intended to be named Red Deer—Wolf Creek. Demographics Members of Parliament This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada. The House of Common ...: Election results Notes References Alberta federal electoral districts Lacombe, Alberta Politics of Red Deer, Alberta Ponoka, Alberta {{Canada-constituency-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBC News
CBC News is a division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on the corporation's English-language operations, namely CBC Television, CBC Radio, CBC News Network, and CBC.ca. Founded in 1941, CBC News is the largest news broadcaster in Canada and has local, regional, and national broadcasts and stations. It frequently collaborates with its organizationally separate French-language counterpart, Radio-Canada Info. History The first CBC newscast was a bilingual radio report on November 2, 1936. The CBC News Service was inaugurated during World War II on January 1, 1941, when Dan McArthur, chief news editor, had Wells Ritchie prepare for the announcer Charles Jennings a national report at 8:00 pm. Readers who followed Jennings were Lorne Greene, Frank Herbert and Earl Cameron. ''CBC News Roundup'' (French counterpart: ''La revue de l'actualité'') started on August 16, 1943, at 7:45 pm, being replaced by ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberta
Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories (NWT) to the north, and the U.S. state of Montana to the south. It is one of the only two landlocked provinces in Canada (Saskatchewan being the other). The eastern part of the province is occupied by the Great Plains, while the western part borders the Rocky Mountains. The province has a predominantly continental climate but experiences quick temperature changes due to air aridity. Seasonal temperature swings are less pronounced in western Alberta due to occasional Chinook winds. Alberta is the fourth largest province by area at , and the fourth most populous, being home to 4,262,635 people. Alberta's capital is Edmonton, while Calgary is its largest city. The two are Alberta's largest census metropolitan areas. More tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based. It is officially known in Canadian French as a ''circonscription'' but frequently called a ''comté'' (county). In English it is also colloquially and more commonly known as a Riding (division), riding or constituency. Each federal electoral district returns one Member of Parliament (Canada), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of Canada; each Provinces and territories of Canada, provincial or territorial electoral district returns one representative—called, depending on the province or territory, Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), National Assembly of Quebec, Member of the National Assembly (MNA), Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario), Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) or Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly, Member of the House of Assembly (MHA)—to the provincial or territorial legislature. Since 2015, there have been 338 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Deer County
Red Deer County is a List of municipal districts in Alberta, municipal district in central Alberta, Canada within Division No. 8, Alberta, Census Division No. 8 and surrounding the Red Deer, Alberta, City of Red Deer. The neighbouring municipalities of Red Deer County are Clearwater County, Alberta, Clearwater County to the west, Lacombe County to the north, the County of Stettler No. 6 to the east, Kneehill County to the southeast and Mountain View County to the south. It is located approximately midway between Edmonton and Calgary, bisected by the Alberta Highway 2, Queen Elizabeth II Highway and bounded on the north and east by the Red Deer River. Geography Communities and localities The following List of municipalities in Alberta#Urban municipalities, urban municipalities are surrounded by Red Deer County. ;List of cities in Alberta, Cities *Red Deer, Alberta, Red Deer ;List of towns in Alberta, Towns *Bowden, Alberta, Bowden *Innisfail, Alberta, Innisfail *Penhold, Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponoka County
Ponoka County is a municipal district in Alberta, Canada. It covers and it claims to "embody the essence of rural Alberta". History Ponoka County was founded on January 1, 1952. The county's first public officials were Mr. Bruce Ramsey, who directed municipal affairs, Mr. Peter McDonald as secretary-treasurer, and Mr. L.G. Saunders was head of the school system. The town gets its name from the Blackfoot word for Elk. Geography Communities and localities The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Ponoka County. ;Cities *none ;Towns * Ponoka *Rimbey ;Villages *none ; Summer villages * Parkland Beach The following hamlets are located within Ponoka County. ;Hamlets * Bluffton * Hoadley * Leedale *Maskwacis (formerly Hobbema) The following localities are located within Ponoka County. ;Localities *Alberta Hospital * Crestomere *Frank Subdivision *Homeglen *Lavesta *Menaik *Morning Meadows Subdivision *Nugent *Paulson Pasture *Pleasant Hill Subdivision *Rimbey R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountain View County
Mountain View County is a municipal district in Division No. 6 in central Alberta, Canada. Located between the cities of Calgary and Red Deer within the Calgary-Edmonton corridor, its municipal office is located north of the Town of Didsbury. Mountain View County is a member of the Rural Municipalities of Alberta, along with numerous local boards, commissions and committees. History The first government surveys of the area between Calgary and Edmonton were not made until 1883, around the time when the Canadian Pacific Railway arrived from Eastern Canada in Calgary, then just a small settlement. Just to the east of where the busy Queen Elizabeth II highway runs today, people and goods travelled between Calgary and Fort Edmonton by wagon along the original Calgary and Edmonton Trail. In 1890, the Calgary and Edmonton Railway was chartered, and construction began, with the line reaching the area now comprising the county by the end of that year. While a handful of squatters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lacombe County
Lacombe County is a municipal district in central Alberta, Canada. It is within in Census Division No. 8 north of the City of Red Deer. Its municipal office is west of Highway 2 and the City of Lacombe, and east of the Summer Village of Gull Lake, at the intersection of Highway 12 and Spruceville Road (Range Road 274). Geography Communities and localities The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Lacombe County. ;Cities *Lacombe ;Towns *Bentley *Blackfalds *Eckville ;Villages *Alix *Clive ; Summer villages * Birchcliff * Gull Lake *Half Moon Bay * Sunbreaker Cove The following hamlets are located within Lacombe County. ;Hamlets * Haynes *Joffre *Mirror (dissolved from village status) * Morningside * Tees The following localities are located within Lacombe County. ;Localities *Alix South Junction *Aspen Beach *Birch Bay *Brighton Beach *Brook *Bullocksville *Burbank *Chigwell *Coghill *Deer Ridge Estates *Delaney *Ebeling Beach *Farrant *Forshee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunbreaker Cove
Sunbreaker Cove is a summer village in Alberta, Canada. It is located on the northern shore of Sylvan Lake. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Summer Village of Sunbreaker Cove had a population of 131 living in 64 of its 236 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 81. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Summer Village of Sunbreaker Cove had a population of 81 living in 41 of its 240 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 69. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016. See also * List of communities in Alberta *List of summer villages in Alberta *List of resort villages in Saskatchewan A resort village is a type of incorporated List of communities in Saskatchewan#Urban municipalities, urban municipality in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian provin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parkland Beach, Alberta
Parkland Beach is a summer village in Alberta, Canada. It is located on the northern shore of Gull Lake, southeast of Rimbey. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Summer Village of Parkland Beach had a population of 168 living in 85 of its 232 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 153. Its population density in 2021 was 178.7/km2 (462.9/sq mi), with a land area of 0.94 km2 (0.36 sq mi). In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Summer Village of Parkland Beach had a population of 153 living in 68 of its 213 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 124. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016. See also * List of communities in Alberta *List of summer villages in Alberta *List of resort villages in Saskatchewan A resort village is a type of incorporated List of communities in Saskatchewan#Urban municipalities, urban municipality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
