The County of Paintearth No. 18 is a
municipal district in east central
Alberta, Canada. Located in
Census Division No. 7, its
municipal office
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...
is located southeast of the
Town of Castor near the intersection of
Highway 12
Route 12 or Highway 12 can refer to:
For a list of roads named A12, see A12 roads.
International
* Asian Highway 12
* European route E12
* European route E012
Argentina
* National Route 12
Australia NSW
* Western Sydney Airport Motorway ( ...
and
Highway 36.
History
Originally incorporated in 1944 as the ''Municipal District of Paintearth No. 334'', it was established as a
county in 1962.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, the County of Paintearth No. 18 had a population of 1,990 living in 648 of its 720 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 2,102. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
In the
2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the County of Paintearth No. 18 had a population of 2,102 living in 638 of its 696 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 2,029. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
Communities and localities
The following
urban municipalities are surrounded by the County of Paintearth No. 18.
;
Cities
*none
;
Towns
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
*
Castor
*
Coronation
;
Villages
*
Halkirk
Halkirk ( gd, HÃ craig) is a village on the River Thurso in Caithness, in the Highland council area of Scotland. From Halkirk the B874 road runs towards Thurso in the north and towards Georgemas in the east. The village is within the parish o ...
;
Summer villages
*none
The following
hamlets are located within the County of Paintearth No. 18.
[
; Hamlets
* Brownfield
* Fleet
The following localities are located within the County of Paintearth No. 18.]
See also
*
List of communities in Alberta
*
List of municipal districts in Alberta
A municipal district (MD) is the most common form of all rural municipality statuses used in the Canadian province of Alberta. Alberta's municipal districts, most of which are branded as a county (e.g. Yellowhead County, County of Newell, etc. ...
References
External links
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