Breton is a village in 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 T ...
, Canada. It is located roughly southwest 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 an ...
.
History
Originally called Keystone, it was established in 1909 by a group of African-American immigrants as a
block settlement.
[
] The new
Black Canadian homesteaders arrived from Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas, just four years after Alberta became a province in 1905.
In 1927 the town was renamed after politician
Douglas Breton, in his second year as the region's
Member of the Alberta Legislature.
Infrastructure
It has one High School (grades 7-12) and one elementary (K-6) school. It has a Paid on call Fire department operating with the Brazeau county fire services , two grocery stores, two golf courses, four restaurants, two hair parlors, a police station with three officers and one secretary.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, the Village of Breton had a population of 567 living in 259 of its 296 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 574. 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 Breton recorded a population of 574 living in 252 of its 292 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 496. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
The Village of Breton's 2012 municipal census counted a population of 581,
a 0.3% increase over its 2007 municipal census population of 579.
See also
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List of communities in Alberta
The province of Alberta, Canada, is divided into ten types of local governments – urban municipalities (including cities, towns, villages and summer villages), specialized municipalities, rural municipalities (including municipal districts ...
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List of villages in Alberta
*Similar 1908 to 1910 Alberta homesteader settlements of Black Canadians:
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Amber Valley, Alberta
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Campsie, Alberta
Campsie is a hamlet in central Alberta within the County of Barrhead No. 11, located approximately west of Barrhead then north of Highway 18, roughly northwest of Edmonton. It has an elevation of .
The hamlet took its name, in 1909, from ...
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Junkins (now Wildwood), Alberta
References
External links
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1909 establishments in Alberta
Black Canadian culture in Alberta
Villages in Alberta
Black Canadian settlements
Populated places established by African Americans