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Amisk () is a village in east 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. The name comes from (), the Cree word for " beaver". The site was surveyed by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1906. That same year settlers from the
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arrived. The first general store was built in 1907, and the school went up in 1916. Amisk boasts the oldest registered public library in rural Alberta.


Demographics

In the
2021 Census of Population The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...
conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Amisk had a population of 219 living in 86 of its 105 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 204. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Amisk recorded a population of 204 living in 84 of its 103 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 207. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.


See also

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Amisk (disambiguation) Amisk is a Cree word for beaver. Amisk may also refer to: * Amisk Lake, an important lake in Saskatchewan on the main fur trade route * Amisk Lake (Alberta), a small lake in the Beaver River Basin * Amisk River, a river flowing from this lake * Am ...
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List of communities in Alberta The province of Alberta, Canada, is divided into ten types of Local government in Canada, local governments – urban municipalities (including List of cities in Alberta, cities, List of towns in Alberta, towns, List of villages in Alberta, vil ...
* List of villages in Alberta


References


External links

* {{Authority control 1956 establishments in Alberta Villages in Alberta