The Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87 is a

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(MD) in northeastern

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, Canada in Division No. 12. On the east, it is adjacent to the province of

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. The district was incorporated on January 1, 1955, through the merger of the ''Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87'', the ''Municipal District of Glendon No. 88'' and part of ''Improvement District No. 101''.Bonnyville Municipal profile
- Alberta Municipal Affairs On May 1, 2021, the municipal district annexed the adjacent Improvement District No. 349.

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the MD of Bonnyville No. 87. ;

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* Cold Lake ;

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Bonnyville Bonnyville is a town situated in east-central Alberta, Canada between Cold Lake and St. Paul. The surrounding Municipal District (MD) of Bonnyville No. 87's municipal office is located in Bonnyville. The community derives its name from Fat ...

;

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* Glendon ; Summer villages * Bonnyville Beach * Pelican Narrows The following

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are within the MD of Bonnyville No. 87. ;

Hamlets A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. Its size relative to a parish can depend on the administration and region. A hamlet may be considered to be a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a lar ...

* Ardmore * Beaver Crossing * Beaverdam * Cherry Grove * Fort Kent * Iron River * La Corey * Therien The following Métis settlements and

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are within the MD of Bonnyville No. 87. ;Métis settlements * Elizabeth Metis Settlement * Fishing Lake Metis Settlement ;Indian reserves * Cold Lake 149 The following localities are within the MD of Bonnyville No. 87. ; Localities *Anshaw * Bank Bay * Beacon Corner * Beaver River * Big Meadow *Birch Grove Estates *Bordenave *Cherry Ridge Estates *Columbine *Dirleton * Durlingville *Elizabeth *Ethel Lake * Flat Lake *Fontaine Subdivision * Franchere *Fresnoy * Goodridge * Gurneyville *Happy Hollow *Holyoke * Hoselaw *Lessard * Marie Lake *Model Development *Moose Lake Estates *Muriel Lake *Nicholson Subdivision *Northshore Heights *Rat Lake *Rife *Smith Lake * Sputinow *Sunset Beach *Sunset View Beach *Truman *Turcotte Division *Vezeau Beach

Demographics

As a

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n the

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conducted by Statistics Canada, the MD of Bonnyville No. 87 had a population of 12,897 living in 4,759 of its 5,487 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 12,745. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. As a census subdivision in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the MD of Bonnyville No. 87 originally had a population of 13,575 living in 4,820 of its 5,667 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 11,191. This included the population of two Metis settlements,

Elizabeth Elizabeth or Elisabeth may refer to: People * Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name) * Elizabeth (biblical figure), mother of John the Baptist Ships * HMS ''Elizabeth'', several ships * ''Elisabeth'' (sch ...

(653) and Fishing Lake (446), located within the census subdivision that are municipalities independent of the MD of Bonnyville No. 87. Statistics Canada subsequently amended the 2016 census results for Bonnyville No. 87 to a population of 12,760 living in 4,589 of its 5,405 total dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 11,191. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016. Excluding the two Metis settlements, the MD of Bonnyville No. 87 had a population of in 2016, a change of from its 2011 population of 10,101. The population of the MD of Bonnyville No. 87 according to its 2014 municipal census is 11,836, a change from its 2011 population of 10,101.

Visible minorities and Aboriginals

The following is a breakdown of the visible minority and Aboriginal populations of the Bonnyville No. 87 census subdivision that includes the Elizabeth and Fishing Lake Metis settlements.

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