Brownvale is a
hamlet
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in
northern Alberta
Northern Alberta is a geographic region located in the Canadian province of Alberta.
An informally defined cultural region, the boundaries of Northern Alberta are not fixed. Under some schemes, the region encompasses everything north of the cen ...
, Canada within the
Municipal District of Peace No. 135
The Municipal District of Peace No. 135 is a List of municipal districts in Alberta, municipal district (MD) in northwestern Alberta, Canada. Located in Division No. 19, Alberta, Census Division No. 19, its List of municipal districts in Albert ...
. It is located on
Highway 737 less than off
Highway 2, approximately southwest of the Town of
Peace River
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and southwest of
Grimshaw.
Duncan's First Nation reserve is less than to the south.
The community originated in the mid-1920s when the railway was extended from Berwyn to Whitelaw. The town was named after John Brown who came to the area in 1913. In 1924 his homestead was chosen for the location of the community.
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, Brownvale had a population of 114 living in 52 of its 59 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 115. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
As a designated place in the
2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Brownvale had a population of 115 living in 54 of its 59 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 125. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
See also
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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 ...
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List of designated places in Alberta
A designated place is a type of geographic unit used by Statistics Canada to disseminate census data. It is usually "a small community that does not meet the criteria used to define incorporated municipalities or Statistics Canada population ce ...
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List of hamlets in Alberta
References
Hamlets in Alberta
Designated places in Alberta
Municipal District of Peace No. 135
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