Edgerton is a village in
central Alberta
Central Alberta is a region located in the Canadian province of Alberta.
Central Alberta is the most densely populated rural area in the province. Agriculture and energy are important to the area's economy.
Geography
Central Alberta is bordered ...
, Canada. it is located east of
Wainwright.
The village has the name of H. H. Edgerton, an official of the
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway was a historic Canadian transcontinental railway running from Fort William, Ontario (now Thunder Bay) to Prince Rupert, British Columbia, a Pacific coast port. East of Winnipeg the line continued as the National ...
.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...
conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, the Village of Edgerton had a population of 385 living in 173 of its 197 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 384. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
The population of the Village of Edgerton according to its
2017 municipal census is 425,
a change of from its
2012 municipal census population of 401.
In the
2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Edgerton recorded a population of 384 living in 177 of its 192 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 317. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
Education
There is one school in Edgerton covering
K–12
K–12, from kindergarten to 12th grade, is an English language expression that indicates the range of years of publicly supported primary and secondary education found in the United States and Canada, which is similar to publicly supported sch ...
. Edgerton Public School is one of 20 that come under the responsibility and direction of the Buffalo Trail Regional School Division.
See also
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List of communities in Alberta
The province of Alberta, Canada, is divided into ten types of Local government in Canada, local governments – urban municipalities (including List of cities in Alberta, cities, List of towns in Alberta, towns, List of villages in Alberta, vil ...
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List of villages in Alberta
A village is an urban municipality status type used in the Canadian province of Alberta. Alberta villages are created when communities with populations of at least 300 people, where a majority of their buildings are on parcels of land smaller t ...
References
External links
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1917 establishments in Alberta
Villages in Alberta
Populated places established in 1917
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