Bellis, Alberta

Bellis is a hamlet (place), hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Smoky Lake County. Previously an incorporated municipality, Bellis dissolved from village status on January 1, 1946 to become part of the Vilna No. 575, Alberta, Municipal District of Vilna No. 575.

Bellis is located west of Alberta Highway 36, Highway 36, approximately northeast of Edmonton. The hamlet's name derives from the uk, Bel lis "white woods", referring to the local birch and poplars. The first settlers arrived in 1898.

Demographics

In the 2021 Canadian census, 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bellis had a population of 60 living in 23 of its 33 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 50. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

As a designated place in the 2016 Canadian census, 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bellis had a population of 50 living in 19 of its 36 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 54. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

See also

*List of communities in Alberta
*List of former urban municipalities in Alberta
*List of hamlets in Alberta

References

Designated places in Alberta
Former villages in Alberta
Hamlets in Alberta
Smoky Lake County
Ukrainian-Canadian culture in Alberta

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