Carmangay ( ) is a village in

southern Alberta Southern Alberta is a region located in the Canadian province of Alberta. In 2004, the region's population was approximately 272,017.Lethbridge Lethbridge ( ) is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. With a population of 101,482 in its 2019 Alberta municipal censuses, 2019 municipal census, Lethbridge became the fourth Alberta city to surpass 100,000 people. The nearby Canadian ...

and south of

Calgary Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin ...

, along the

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, east of Highway 23. It takes its name from C.W. Carman, who bought at $3.50 per acre to grow wheat in 1904, and his wife, Gertrude Gay.

History

Carmangay is the site of the Carmangay Tipi Rings, an archeological

tipi ring Tipi rings are circular patterns of stones left from an encampment of Post-Archaic, protohistoric and historic Native Americans.Cassells, Steve. (1997). ''The Archaeology of Colorado.'' Boulder: Johnson Books. pp. 224-227. . They are found primar ...

site. The site does not have much archaeological material, though there has been enough to date it to 200–1700 AD.

Demographics

In the

2021 Census of Population 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 sli ...

conducted by

Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ...

, the Village of Carmangay had a population of 269 living in 127 of its 147 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 242. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. The population of the Village Carmangay of according to its 2017 municipal census is 250, a change of from its 2013 municipal census population of 262. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Carmangay recorded a population of 242 living in 121 of its 135 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 367. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

Wind farm

In 2013,

Enbridge Enbridge Inc. is a multinational pipeline and energy company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Enbridge owns and operates pipelines throughout Canada and the United States, transporting crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. ...

and

EDF EDF may refer to: Organisations * Eclaireurs de France, a French Scouting association * Education for Development Foundation, a Thai charity * Électricité de France, a French energy company ** EDF Energy, their British subsidiary ** EDF Luminus, ...

began construction on a 300 MW wind farm east of the Village of Carmangay. 166 wind turbines were constructed at the site, with over 300 workers on the project. The

Blackspring Ridge Wind Project The Blackspring Ridge Wind Project is a wind farm located in Vulcan County, Alberta. The wind farms generates 300 MW of electricity and was the largest wind farm in Western Canada by installed capacity, until the completion of the Whitla, Albert ...

was completed in May 2014.

References

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* {{Subdivisions of Alberta, villages=yes 1910 establishments in Alberta Villages in Alberta Vulcan County Populated places established in 1936

History

Demographics

Wind farm

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