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Diamond Valley is a town in the
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of
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, Canada within
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. It is at the intersection of Highway 22 (Cowboy Trail) and
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. It was established through the provincially approved
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of the former towns of Black Diamond and
Turner Valley Turner Valley was a town in the Calgary Metropolitan Region of Alberta, Canada within the Town of Diamond Valley. It is on Highway 22 (Cowboy Trail), west of Black Diamond and approximately southwest of Calgary. It was named after Robert and ...
on January 1, 2023. Diamond Valley is home to several local businesses, including the Black Diamond Hotel and the Chuckwagon Cafe, which was featured on the television series
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.


History

Black Diamond and Turner Valley incorporated as villages on May 8, 1929 and February 23, 1930 respectively. After nearly 26 years as a village, Black Diamond incorporated as a town on January 1, 1956. Turner Valley incorporated as a town on September 1, 1977 after 47 years of village status. The thought of amalgamating the towns of Black Diamond and Turner Valley first surfaced in the mid-1980s. Turner Valley withdrew from the discussions after
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completed a feasibility report on the amalgamation in 1986. The possibility resurfaced in 2006 when the towns initiated discussions on a possible amalgamation of the two municipalities. The discussions culminated in a plebiscite held on October 15, 2007, concurrently with their
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, in which the question asked of voters was "''Do you support an amalgamation of the Town of Black Diamond and the Town of Turner Valley to form one municipality?''" The results of the plebiscite were 66% of Turner Valley voters were in favour of amalgamation, while 71% of Black Diamond voters were against amalgamation. A third amalgamation investigation began in early 2016 through a joint request of Black Diamond and Turner Valley for a provincial grant to undertake a feasibility study. Following negotiations and engagement, the two town councils decided to proceed with an amalgamation application in September 2021. The name of the amalgamated municipality was proposed to be the Town of Diamond Valley. Among over 200 name suggestions, Diamond Valley received the majority of responses in a survey of three shortlisted suggestions; the other two being Sheep River and Black Valley. The proposed effective date of the amalgamation was January 1, 2023. On May 25, 2022, the Government of Alberta approved the amalgamation application with the municipality name and effective date as originally proposed. On November 28, 2022, both towns voted for their new town's first mayor and council with Turner Valley's current mayor Barry Crane being elected Diamond Valley's first mayor.


Demographics

The combined population of the towns of Black Diamond and Turner Valley, according to the
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conducted by
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, is 5,341, up from 5,264 in 2016. The two towns have a combined land area of . Black Diamond
In 2021, the Town of Black Diamond had a population of 2,730 living in 1,178 of its 1,233 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 2,705. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Turner Valley
In 2021, the Town of Turner Valley had a population of 2,611 living in 1,073 of its 1,133 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 2,559. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.


Government

The Town of Diamond Valley has a seven-person council comprising a mayor and six councillors all elected at-large. The first election occurred on November 28, 2022. Its first chief administrative officer (CAO) was Shawn Patience, who was the CAO of the Town of Turner Valley. The first council of Diamond Valley, based on the official results of the election, held November 28, 2022: * Mayor, Barry Crane * Councillor, Jonathan Gordon * Councillor, Cindy Holladay * Councillor, Brendan Kelly * Councillor, Veronica Kloiber * Councillor, Hazel Martin * Councillor, Heather Thomson


See also

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