Minburn is a hamlet in

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, Canada within the

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. It is located on the

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and the

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, approximately west of the Town of

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and east of the City of

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History

Minburn was incorporated as a village on June 24, 1919. It dissolved from village status on July 1, 2015, to become a hamlet under the jurisdiction of the County of Minburn No. 27.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Minburn had a population of 78 living in 37 of its 42 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, Minburn had a population of 115 living in 49 of its 49 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 105. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

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