Kananaskis Improvement District is an improvement district in

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, Canada. It is located within

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, sharing much of its boundaries with

Kananaskis Country Kananaskis Country is a multi-use area west of Calgary, Alberta, Canada in the foothills and front ranges of the Canadian Rockies. The area is named for the Kananaskis River, which was named by John Palliser in 1858 after a Cree acquaintance. Cove ...

. The administrative centre of the improvement district is

Kananaskis Village Kananaskis Village is an unincorporated community in Alberta's Rockies within the Kananaskis Country park system in the Kananaskis Improvement District of Alberta, Canada. It is located approximately south of the Trans-Canada Highway ( Highway ...

History

The following is the incorporation history of Kananaskis Improvement District. *April 1, 1945 – Improvement District (I.D.) No. 161, I.D. No. 192, and a portion of I.D. No. 193 amalgamated to form ''I.D. No. 33'' *January 1, 1969 – I.D. No. 33 amalgamated with I.D. No. 27 to form ''I.D. No. 6'', while adjacent I.D. No. 46 and I.D. No. 50 amalgamated to form ''I.D. No. 8'' *January 1, 1983 – portions of I.D. No. 6 and portions of I.D. No. 8 amalgamated to form ''I.D. No. 5'' *April 1, 1996 – the name of I.D. No. 5 changed to ''Kananaskis Improvement District''

Geography

Communities and localities

There are no

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located within Kananaskis Improvement District. The following localities are located within Kananaskis Improvement District. ;Localities *Bow Valley Park *Camp Horizon *

*Kovach *Mount Kidd RV Park *

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Climate

Kananaskis experiences a

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(

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''Dfc'').

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Kananaskis Improvement District had a population of 156 living in 60 of its 152 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 221. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Kananaskis Improvement District had a population of 221 living in 58 of its 79 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 249. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

Government

Like all improvements districts in Alberta, Kananaskis Improvement District is administered by

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. However, residents do elect an advisory council consisting of a chairperson and three councillors to oversee the activities of municipal staff.

28th G8 Summit in Canada

On June 26 and June 27, 2002, the area hosted the 28th G8 Summit. This annual "Group of 8" Summit was held in

at the Kananaskis Resort (also called the "Delta Lodge at Kananaskis"). This was the second time Canada used a lodge venue for the G8 Summit, after its inaugural

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in 1981. ''A Summit of Substantial Success: The Performance of the 2008 G8'' p. 84
/ref> So far, it is the only

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to be held in

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. The 2002 conference pumped some $300-million into the Kananaskis and Alberta economy; however, security cost taxpayers in excess of $200-million.Andreatta, David
"Brace yourself, Huntsville. The G8 is coming,"
''Globe and Mail'' (Toronto). July 12, 2008.

References

External links

* {{Alberta, RM=yes 1983 establishments in Alberta Improvement districts in Alberta