Ellscott is a
hamlet
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in
northern Alberta, Canada within
Athabasca County. It is east of
Highway 63, northeast of
Edmonton
Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city ancho ...
. It was named after L.G. Scott, a purchasing agent for the
Alberta and Great Waterways Railway
Northern Alberta Railways was a Canadian railway which served northern Alberta and northeastern British Columbia. Jointly owned by both Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway, NAR existed as a separate company from 1929 until 19 ...
.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Ellscott had a population of 5 living in 1 of its 3 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 10. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
As a designated place in the
2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Ellscott had a population of 10 living in 5 of its 6 total private dwellings, an increase from its 2011 population of 0. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
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 district ...
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List of designated places in Alberta
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List of hamlets in Alberta
Hamlets in the province of Alberta, Canada, are unincorporated communities administered by, and within the boundaries of, specialized municipalities or rural municipalities ( municipal districts, improvement districts and special areas). The ...
References
Athabasca County
Hamlets in Alberta
Designated places in Alberta
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