Burdett is a

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, Canada within the County of Forty Mile No. 8. It is located approximately west of

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and east of

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. Also, Burdett is regarded as the site of Canada's first irrigation pivot.

History

The community is named for

Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts ( Burdett; 21 April 1814 – 30 December 1906) was a British philanthropist, the daughter of Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet and Sophia, formerly Coutts, daughter of banker Thomas ...

, a railroad promoter. Previously incorporated as a

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on June 30, 1913, Burdett dissolved to hamlet status on January 1, 2003.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Burdett had a population of 331 living in 105 of its 119 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 401. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Burdett had a population of 406 living in 117 of its 122 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 347. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

Notable people

* Harry Edwin Strom (July 7, 1914 – October 2, 1984) was a Canadian politician of Swedish descent, who served as

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between 1968 and 1971, and was born in Burdett.

References

{{Alberta, hamlets=yes County of Forty Mile No. 8 Designated places in Alberta Former villages in Alberta Hamlets in Alberta Populated places disestablished in 2003

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Demographics

Notable people

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