Wildwood is a hamlet (place), hamlet in west-central Alberta, Canada within Yellowhead County. It is located on the Yellowhead Highway (Highway 16), approximately west of Edmonton and east of Edson, Alberta, Edson. The Yellowhead Highway's intersection with Alberta Highway 22, Cowboy Trail (Highway 22) is east of the hamlet. The Lobstick River, which flows from Chip Lake to the west, runs through the hamlet. Statistics Canada recognizes Wildwood as a designated place.

History

Originally named ''Junkins'', Wildwood was established in 1908 by a group of 20 African-American immigrants as a block settlement. The new Black Canadians#Early 20th century, Black Canadian homesteaders arrived from Oklahoma and Texas, just three years after Alberta became a province in 1905. The railway arrived in Junkins in 1908. People arriving at "end of steel" transferred their goods to wagons and travelled to their homesteads.

Demographics

In the 2021 Canadian census, 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Wildwood had a population of 257 living in 118 of its 136 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 273. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. As a designated place in the 2016 Canadian census, 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Wildwood had a population of 273 living in 139 of its 157 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 294. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

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