Rochon Sands () is a
summer village
Summer is the hottest of the four temperate seasons, occurring after spring and before autumn. At or centred on the summer solstice, the earliest sunrise and latest sunset occurs, daylight hours are longest and dark hours are shortest, wit ...
on
Buffalo Lake in
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 ...
, Canada. It is south of
Rochon Sands Provincial Park
Rochon Sands Provincial Park is a provincial park that is in Alberta, Canada. It is located on the south shore of Buffalo Lake, within the summer village of Rochon Sands, which operates the park under a lease agreement with the Province of Albert ...
. The summer village and the park take their name from the Rochon family who owned the land in the early 1900s.
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 Summer Village of Rochon Sands had a population of 97 living in 53 of its 156 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 86. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
In the
2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Summer Village of Rochon Sands had a population of 86 living in 47 of its 152 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 65. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
See also
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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 ...
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List of summer villages in Alberta
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List of resort villages in Saskatchewan
References
External links
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1929 establishments in Alberta
Summer villages in Alberta
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