The County of Barrhead No. 11 is a

municipal district A municipal district is an administrative entity comprising a clearly-defined territory and its population. It can refer to a city, a town, a village, a small grouping of them, or a rural area. Brazil In Brazil, municipal districts are, in genera ...

in north central

Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...

, Canada. It is located northwest 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 ...

and is in Census Division No. 13.

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the County of Barrhead No. 11. ;

Cities A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

*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 ...

Barrhead Barrhead ( sco, Baurheid, gd, Ceann a' Bharra) is a town in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, southwest of Glasgow city centre on the edge of the Gleniffer Braes. At the 2011 census its population was 17,268. History Barrhead was formed when ...

;

Villages A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

*none ; Summer villages *none The following

hamlets A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. Its size relative to a parish can depend on the administration and region. A hamlet may be considered to be a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a lar ...

are located within the County of Barrhead No. 11. ;

Hamlets A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. Its size relative to a parish can depend on the administration and region. A hamlet may be considered to be a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a lar ...

* Campsie * Manola *

Neerlandia Neerlandia is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within the County of Barrhead No. 11. Neerlandia is situated at the intersection of Highway 769 and Township Road 615A between Mellowdale and Vega, approximately 20 kilometers north of Barrhead ...

* Thunder Lake The following localities are located within the County of Barrhead No. 11. ;Localities *Belvedere *

Bloomsbury Bloomsbury is a district in the West End of London. It is considered a fashionable residential area, and is the location of numerous cultural, intellectual, and educational institutions. Bloomsbury is home of the British Museum, the largest mus ...

*Cam-Bar Estates * Camp Creek *Campsie Cove *Dunstable *Düsseldorf *Freedom *Gardenview *Greendale Subdivision *Highridge *Holmes Crossing *Idle Hours *Lawton *Lightning Bay *Lunnford *Mahar Subdivision *Meadowview *Mellowdale *Moonlight Bay Estates *Moose Wallow *Mosside *Mystery Lake *Naples *Park La Nonne *Roselea *Sion *Stewartfield *Summerlea * Tiger Lily *

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Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ...

, the County of Barrhead No. 11 had a population of 5,877 living in 2,199 of its 2,677 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 6,288. 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 Barrhead No. 11 had a population of 6,288 living in 2,298 of its 2,830 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 6,096. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

Attractions

*Parks:

Thunder Lake Provincial Park Thunder Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park located in Alberta, Canada, and is located west of Edmonton, on the shore of the park features setting for boating, water-skiing, swimming, running, fishing and camping. Thunder lake is approximat ...

, Holmes Crossing Recreation Area, Klondike Ferry Park *Dolberg Lake Campground, Homesteaders Walking Trail *Lakes: Clear Lake,

Lac la Nonne Lac la Nonne is a lake in northern Alberta, Canada. It is located between Lac Ste. Anne County and the County of Barrhead No. 11, 85 km north-west from Edmonton, east of the Grizzly Trail. The lake is located within the Athabasca River ba ...

/ Elks Beach, Peanut Lake *Sport Venues in Barrhead: Swimming Pool, Curling Rink, Rodeo Grounds, Tennis Courts **

Ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

: Barrhead Agrena **

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

: Barrhead Golf Course, Paddle River Golf Course ** Off-Road Riding: Barry’s Ultra Motorsports Park (BUMP) **

Bowling Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a ball toward pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). The term ''bowling'' usually refers to pin bowling (most commonly ten-pin bowling), though ...

: Blue Heron Bowl *

Ski A ski is a narrow strip of semi-rigid material worn underfoot to glide over snow. Substantially longer than wide and characteristically employed in pairs, skis are attached to ski boots with ski bindings, with either a free, lockable, or partial ...

: Misty Ridge Ski Hill

Education

The county is within the

Pembina Hills Public Schools The Pembina Hills School Division, (formerly known as Pembina Hills Regional Division No. 7 and Pembina Hills Public Schools) is a school division headquartered in Barrhead, Alberta. The division, with 16 schools having a total of about 3,700 st ...

, which formed in 1995 as a merger of three school districts.

References

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