Daysland is a town in
central Alberta
Central Alberta is a region located in the Canadian province of Alberta.
Central Alberta is the most densely populated rural area in the province. Agriculture and energy are important to the area's economy.
Geography
Central Alberta is bordere ...
, Canada. It is on
Highway 13, approximately east of
Camrose.
History
The community was named for its founder and first mayor,
Edgerton W. Day,
who purchased of land from the CPR in 1904 to form the basis of Daysland.
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, the Town of Daysland had a population of 789 living in 333 of its 356 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 824. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
In the
2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Daysland recorded a population of 824 people living in 330 of its 356 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 807. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
Notable people
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Richard Petiot, professional hockey player
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Matthew Spiller, professional hockey player
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Dick Beddoes
Richard Herbert Beddoes ( – 24 August 1991) was a Canadian sports journalist. He was a columnist for ''The Vancouver Sun'' and '' The Globe and Mail'' and later appeared on television and radio.
Early life
Beddoes was born in Daysland, Alber ...
, sportscaster and journalist
See also
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List of communities in Alberta
The province of Alberta, Canada, is divided into ten types of local governments – urban municipalities (including cities, towns, villages and summer villages), specialized municipalities, rural municipalities (including municipal distr ...
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List of towns in Alberta
A town is an urban municipality status type used in the Canadian province of Alberta. Alberta towns are created when communities with populations of at least 1,000 people, where a majority of their buildings are on parcels of land smaller tha ...
References
External links
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1906 establishments in Alberta
Towns in Alberta