Yellowhead County is a
municipal district in west central
Alberta, Canada. It is the only municipal district within Alberta
census division
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No. 14.
History
*1994: Established as a ''Municipal District of Yellowhead No. 94'' on January 1.
*1998: The name changed to ''Yellowhead County'' on July 8.
*1998:
Evansburg dissolved as a village, and became part of Yellowhead Municipal District on June 30.
Geography
Communities and localities
The following
urban municipalities
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History
Mu ...
are surrounded by Yellowhead County.
;
Cities
*none
;
Towns
*
Edson
*
Hinton
;
Villages
*none
;
Summer villages
*none
The following
hamlets are located within Yellowhead County.
[
; Hamlets
* Brule
*]Cadomin
Cadomin is a hamlet in the west-central Alberta, Canada within Yellowhead County. It is located along the McLeod River in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, approximately south of Hinton near the Bighorn Highway. It is served by a spur of th ...
* Evansburg
* Marlboro
* Niton Junction
*Peers
Peers may refer to:
People
* Donald Peers
* Edgar Allison Peers, English academician
* Gavin Peers
* John Peers, Australian tennis player
* Kerry Peers
* Mark Peers
* Michael Peers
* Steve Peers
* Teddy Peers (1886–1935), Welsh international ...
* Robb
* Wildwood
The following localities are located within Yellowhead County.Carrot Creek
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*Chip Lake
*Coal Valley
* Coalspur
*Dalehurst
*Diss
* Drinnan
* Embarras
* Entrance
*Erith
*Erith Tie
*Fidler
*Foothills
*Galloway
*Granada
*Grave Flats
*Gregg Subdivision
* Haddock
*Hanlon
*Hansonville
*Hargwen
*Hattonford
*Hoff
*Holloway
*Hornbeck
*Kaydee
*Leaman
*Leyland
*Lobstick
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Usage
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*Lovettville
* Luscar
*MacKay Mackay may refer to:
*Clan Mackay, the Scottish clan from which the surname "MacKay" derives
Mackay may also refer to:
Places Australia
* Mackay Region, a local government area
** Mackay, Queensland, a city in the above region
*** Mackay Airport ...
(held hamlet designation from 1979 to 2019)[
*Pinedale Estates
*Pioneer
*Rangeton
*Ravine
*Reco
*Rosevear
*Shaw
*Shining Bank
*Solomon
*Steeper
*Sterco
*Styal
*Swan Landing
*Trade Winds Trailer Court
*Two Rivers Estates
*Weald
*Wild Hay
*Wolf Creek
*Yates
The former Village of Tollerton is also located in Yellowhead County.]
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Yellowhead County had a population of 10,426 living in 4,160 of its 4,859 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 10,995. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
In the
2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Yellowhead County had a population of 10,995 living in 4,309 of its 5,048 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 10,469. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
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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{{Alberta, RM=yes
Municipal districts in Alberta