Improvement District No. 9 (Banff), or Improvement District No. 9, is an improvement district in

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, Canada. Coextensive with

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, the improvement district is the municipality that provides local government for the portion of the park outside the Town of Banff.

History

Improvement District (I.D.) No. 9 was originally formed as I.D. No. 51 on April 1, 1945 through the amalgamation of I.D. Nos. 224, 255, 285, and 317, as well as portions of I.D. Nos. 193, 223, 253, 254, 284, 314, 315, 316, 347, 348, and 378. I.D. No. 51 was renumbered to I.D. No. 9 on January 1, 1969. Formerly part of I.D. No. 9, Banff separated from the improvement district and incorporated as a town on January 1, 1990.

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Improvement District No. 9: ;

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*none ;

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* Banff ;

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*none ; Summer villages *none The following

hamlets A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. This is often simply an informal description of a smaller settlement or possibly a subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement. Sometimes a hamlet is defined f ...

are located within Improvement District No. 9: ;

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* Lake Louise The following

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are located within Improvement District No. 9: ;Localities *

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* Bankhead *

Castle Junction Castle Junction is a locality where the northern extent of the Banff–Windermere Highway ( Highway 93) intersects with the Trans-Canada Highway ( Highway 1), the Bow River, and Bow Valley Parkway (Highway 1A) in Banff National Park, Alberta ...

*Castle Mountain *

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*Eldon *Massive * Saskatchewan River Crossing *Sawback *Temple ;Other places * Georgetown

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Improvement District No. 9 had a population of 1,004 living in 111 of its 123 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,028. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Improvement District No. 9 had a population of 1,028 living in 30 of its 31 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 1,175. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

Government

Like all improvements districts in Alberta, Improvement District (I.D.) No. 9 is administered by

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. However, residents of I.D. No. 9 do elect an advisory council consisting of a chairperson and four councillors to oversee the activities of municipal staff.

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