Cremona, Alberta
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Cremona is a village in
southern Alberta Southern Alberta is a region located in the Canadian province of Alberta. In 2004, the region's population was approximately 272,017.Cochrane and west of
Carstairs Carstairs (, Scottish Gaelic: ''Caisteal Tarrais'') is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Carstairs is located east of the county town of Lanark and the West Coast Main Line runs through the village. The village is served by Carstairs r ...
, along the
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(Highway 22). It is likely named for Cremona, Italy.


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, the Village of Cremona had a population of 437 living in 194 of its 210 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 444. 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 Cremona recorded a population of 444 living in 189 of its 204 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 457. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.


Education

Cremona School is a K-12 school within the Chinook's Edge School Division. The school population is currently 390 students.


Industry

Aurora Cannabis Aurora Cannabis Inc. is a Canadian licensed cannabis producer, headquartered in Edmonton. It trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange and Nasdaq as ACB. As of late September 2018, Aurora Cannabis had eight licensed production facilities, five sales ...
operates a medical marijuana growing and processing facility in Cremona.


Notable people

*Former
American Hockey League The American Hockey League (AHL) is a professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental league for the National Hockey League (NHL). Since the 2010–11 season, every team in the le ...
(AHL) forward and
Calgary Flames The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary. The Flames compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division (NHL), Pacific Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference, and ...
draft pick J.D. Watt hails from Cremona. *Country singer Blake Reid was born in Cremona.


See also

*
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 ...
* List of villages in Alberta


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* {{coord, 51, 32, 41, N, 114, 29, 32, W, type:city_region:CA-AB_scale:30000, name=Cremona, display=title 1955 establishments in Alberta Mountain View County Villages in Alberta