Patricia is a

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. It is located approximately north of

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and northeast of

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. Patricia is near

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, which is a

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. It was named after

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. The Hamlet of Patricia was briefly famous in the 1970s when a local rancher Albert Ketchmark gifted then Prime Minister

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a lot in the community as part of their mother's estate, as a joke. The Prime Minister's ownership of the 50 by 130 foot lot became national news when the County of Newell noted Trudeau owed $3 in

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and possibly another $3 in back taxes on the property. The Prime Minister's Office when asked about the situation stated they were unaware of the transfer and had not been supplied with a deed transfer or tax bill. The taxes were paid by Jim Nesbitt, the publisher of the local ''Brooks Bulletin'' and Liberal Party member, and Trudeau refused to accept ownership of the lot, even just to transfer it to the County. The matter was settled in

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when Trudeau's lawyers argued the transfer amounted to an imperfect gift, and the Justice ruled the property title cancelled.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Patricia had a population of 78 living in 42 of its 48 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 101. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. The population of Patricia according to the 2020 municipal census conducted by the County of Newell is 88. As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Patricia had a population of 101 living in 46 of its 50 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 108. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

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Hamlets in Alberta Designated places in Alberta County of Newell {{SouthernAlberta-geo-stub

Demographics

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