Division No. 8 is a census division in

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. It is located in the south-central portion of

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 ...

and includes the City of

Red Deer The red deer (''Cervus elaphus'') is one of the largest deer species. A male red deer is called a stag or hart, and a female is called a hind. The red deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Anatolia, Iran, and parts of we ...

and surrounding areas. The division forms the central segment of the

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. Division No. 8 is the smallest census division in Alberta according to area.

Census subdivisions

The following census subdivisions (municipalities or municipal equivalents) are located within Alberta's Division No. 8. *Cities **

Lacombe Lacombe may refer to: Places * Lacombe, Alberta, Canada * Lacombe County, Alberta, Canada * Lacombe, Louisiana, United States * Lacombe, Aude, France People * Albert Lacombe (1827–1916), oblate missionary to the Cree and Blackfoot * Bernard Lac ...

*Towns ** Bentley **

Blackfalds Blackfalds is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is located along Highway 2A 13.5 km north of Red Deer. The town's name, Waghorn (for Walter Waghorn, post master), changed in 1903 to Blackfalds, after Blackfalds, a Scottish hamlet. Dem ...

Bowden Bowden may refer to: Places Australia * Bowden Island, one of the Family Islands in Queensland * Bowden, South Australia, northwestern suburb of Adelaide * Bowden railway station Canada * Bowden, Alberta, town in central Alberta England * Bowde ...

Eckville Eckville is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is west of Red Deer on Highway 766 just north of Highway 11. History Eckville gets its name from A. E. T. Eckford, a pioneer citizen. Eckville relocated to its current location in 1912, af ...

** Innisfail **

Penhold Penhold is a town in central Alberta, Canada. Penhold is surrounded by Red Deer County, south of Red Deer at the junction of Highway 2A and Highway 42. It is located north of Calgary, east of the Red Deer River. History Originally, Penhold ...

** Ponoka **

Rimbey Rimbey is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is located at the junction of Highways 20 and 53 in the Blindman River valley area approximately northwest of Red Deer and southwest of Edmonton. Provincially, Rimbey is part of the Rimbey-Roc ...

** Sylvan Lake *Villages **

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** Clive **

Delburne Delburne is a village in the central region of Alberta, Canada that is east of Red Deer. Named for Delia Mewburn, sister of pioneer physician F.H. Mewburn. Delburne is a quaint agricultural community located in the centre of Alberta's scenic P ...

** Elnora *Summer villages ** Birchcliff ** Gull Lake **

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** Jarvis Bay ** Norglenwold ** Parkland Beach ** Sunbreaker Cove *Municipal districts **

Lacombe County Lacombe County is a municipal district in central Alberta, Canada. It is within in Census Division No. 8 north of the City of Red Deer. Its municipal office is west of Highway 2 and the City of Lacombe, and east of the Summer Village of ...

Ponoka County Ponoka County is a municipal district in Alberta, Canada. It covers and it claims to "embody the essence of rural Alberta". History Ponoka County was founded on January 1, 1952. The county's first public officials were Mr. Bruce Ramsey, who ...

Red Deer County Red Deer County is a municipal district in central Alberta, Canada within Census Division No. 8 and surrounding the City of Red Deer. The neighbouring municipalities of Red Deer County are Clearwater County to the west, Lacombe County to the ...

*Indian reserves **Montana 139 **Samson 137 **Samson 137A

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, Division No. 8 had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

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Census subdivisions

Demographics

See also

References