Cereal is a
hamlet
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within
Special Area No. 3 in
central Alberta
Central Alberta is a region located in the Canadian province of Alberta.
Central Alberta is the most densely populated rural area in the province. Agriculture and energy are important to the area's economy.
Geography
Central Alberta is bordered ...
, Canada. It is approximately east of
Drumheller
Drumheller is a town on the Red Deer River in the badlands of east-central Alberta, Canada. It is northeast of Calgary and south of Stettler. The Drumheller portion of the Red Deer River valley, often referred to as Dinosaur Valley, has a ...
. It was named after the post office that was established in the area in 1910. The name of the post office alluded to grain fields near the community.
Cereal held village status prior to 2021.
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History
Cereal incorporated as a village on August 19, 1914.[ It relinquished its village status on January 1, 2021 when it dissolved to become a hamlet under the jurisdiction of Special Area No. 3.]
Demographics
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cereal recorded a population of 111 living in 59 of its 63 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 134. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
Notable people
* Debby Carlson, Canadian politician, Liberal MLA (1993–2004)
*Marlene Streit
Marlene Stewart Streit, (born March 9, 1934) is a Canadian amateur golfer, and a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.
She was born in Cereal, Alberta. She learned golf from Gordon McInnis Sr. at the Lookout Point Golf Club in Fonthill, Ontar ...
, amateur golfer - won the Australian, British
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, Canadian
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and U.S. Women's Amateurs
See also
*List of communities in Alberta
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* List of hamlets in Alberta
References
1914 establishments in Alberta
2021 disestablishments in Alberta
Special Area No. 3
Hamlets in Alberta
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