Cayley is a

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in southern

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, Canada within the

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. It is also recognized as a

designated place A designated place (DPL) is a type of community or settlement identified by Statistics Canada that does not meet the criteria used to define municipalities or population centres. DPLs are delineated every 5 years for the Canadian census as the ...

by Statistics Canada. Cayley is approximately south of Calgary, south of

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and west of Highway 2 on Range Road 290 (former designated as Highway 2A). It is located within Census Division No. 6.

History

The community was named for the Hon. Hugh St. Quentin Cayley, a barrister and the publisher of the Calgary Herald in 1884, who also represented Calgary in the Northwest Territories legislature from 1886 to 1894. The hamlet originally contained at least seven grain elevators; all have been demolished. Cayley is also home to a

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colony and a colony school; in 2001, two Cayley Colony girls were the first students from an Alberta colony school to write provincial diploma exams and graduate from high school.

Incorporation history

Previously incorporated as a

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on August 4, 1904, Cayley dissolved to hamlet status on June 1, 1996.

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, Cayley had a population of 414 living in 166 of its 170 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 377. 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, Cayley had a population of 340 living in 143 of its 143 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 265. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

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History

Incorporation history

Demographics

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