Amisk () is a village in east central

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, Canada. The name comes from (), the

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word for " beaver". The site was surveyed by the

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in 1906. That same year settlers from the

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and

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arrived. The first general store was built in 1907, and the school went up in 1916. Amisk boasts the oldest registered

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in rural Alberta.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, the Village of Amisk had a population of 219 living in 86 of its 105 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 204. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Amisk recorded a population of 204 living in 84 of its 103 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 207. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

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* {{Authority control 1956 establishments in Alberta Villages in Alberta

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