The Municipal District of Provost No. 52 is a

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(MD) in east-central

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border. Located in Census Division No. 7, its municipal office is located in the Town of Provost.

History

The MD of Provost No. 52 was established in 1943 through the amalgamation of the ''MD of Hillcrest No. 362'' and the ''MD of Sifton No. 391''.

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the MD of Provost No. 52. ;

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* Provost ;

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; Summer villages *none The following

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are located within the MD of Provost No. 52. ;

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 ...

* Bodo * Cadogan * Hayter * Metiskow The following localities are located within the MD of Provost No. 52. ;Localities *Airways *Battle Ridge *Buffalo View *Cairns *Cousins *Craigmillar *Green Glade *Kessler *Lakesend *Neutral Hills *Nilrem *Rosenheim *Rosyth

Demographics

In the

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conducted by Statistics Canada, the MD of Provost No. 52 had a population of 2,071 living in 851 of its 969 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 2,205. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the MD of Provost No. 52 had a population of 2,205 living in 825 of its 930 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 2,288. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

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