Crossfield is a town in the
Calgary Metropolitan Region
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With the Government of Alberta's establishment of the Calgary Metropoli ...
of
Alberta
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, Canada, that is surrounded by
Rocky View County
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. It is on
Highway 2A north of the City of
Calgary
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.
As a station on the
Calgary and Edmonton Railway (C&E) (leased and operated by the
Canadian Pacific Railway
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), Crossfield was founded in 1892. Crossfield was named after an engineer with the C&E survey crew. By 1904, the community had a post office, a general store, a hotel and a school. In 1906, the first grain elevator opened and Crossfield was incorporated as a village the following year in 1907.
In 1980, Crossfield was incorporated as a town.
Crossfield is a member of the
Calgary Metropolitan Region Board. The town is within the
Calgary-Edmonton Corridor and is growing as a result. Crossfield is north of the city of
Airdrie and south of the town of
Olds.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Crossfield had a population of 3,599 living in 1,326 of its 1,381 private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 2,983. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
According to its
2019 municipal census, the population of Crossfield is 3,377,
a change of from its
2018 municipal census population of 3,308.
In the
2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Crossfield recorded a population of 2,983 living in 1,101 of its 1,168 private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 2,853. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
Economy
The primary economic base of the Crossfield area is agriculture, agricultural services and
natural gas processing
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. The Crossfield Gas Plant, south of the town and owned by
TAQA North, has been in operation since 1965.
Education
Crossfield has two schools: Crossfield Elementary School, which teaches children from kindergarten to grade five, and WG Murdoch School, which teaches children from grades six to 12.
The town also has a preschool that is situated on the property of Crossfield Elementary School.
See also
*
List of communities in Alberta
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*
List of towns in Alberta
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References
:*Karamitsanis, Aphrodite (1992). ''Place Names of Alberta – Volume II, Southern Alberta'', University of Calgary Press, Calgary, Alberta.
:*Read, Tracey (1983). ''Acres and Empires – A History of the Municipal District of Rocky View'', Calgary, Alberta.
External links
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1907 establishments in Alberta
Calgary Region
Rocky View County
Towns in Alberta