Galahad is a hamlet in east-

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 within

Flagstaff County Flagstaff County is a municipal district in east central Alberta, Canada. It is located in Census Division 7. The county was incorporated in the current boundaries in 1944 as ''Municipal District of Killam No. 390'', name changed a year later ...

. It is located just a few miles north of the Battle River valley on a former

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rail line. The hamlet was originally incorporated as a village on May 5, 1918. It dissolved to become a hamlet under the jurisdiction of Flagstaff County on January 1, 2016.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Galahad had a population of 125 living in 51 of its 54 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 111. 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, Galahad had a population of 111 living in 44 of its 46 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 119. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

Economy

The economic base of the Galahad area is agriculture (wheat, barley,

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as well as ranching), oil and gas production, coal mining and power generation.

Arts and culture

The community was named after

Galahad Galahad (), sometimes referred to as Galeas () or Galath (), among other versions of his name (originally ''Galaad'', ''Galaaz'', or ''Galaaus''), is a knight of King Arthur's Round Table and one of the three achievers of the Holy Grail in Ar ...

, of

Arthurian legend The Matter of Britain (; ; ; ) is the body of medieval literature and legendary material associated with Great Britain and Brittany and the legendary kings and heroes associated with it, particularly King Arthur. The 12th-century writer Geoffr ...

. Of interest, the roads in Galahad have been given names pertaining to Arthurian legend. The hamlet has roads named

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Street, Sir

Lancelot Lancelot du Lac (French for Lancelot of the Lake), alternatively written as Launcelot and other variants, is a popular character in the Matter of Britain, Arthurian legend's chivalric romance tradition. He is typically depicted as King Arthu ...

Street (which perhaps not surprisingly intersects with

Guinevere Guinevere ( ; ; , ), also often written in Modern English as Guenevere or Guenever, was, according to Arthurian legend, an early-medieval queen of Great Britain and the wife of King Arthur. First mentioned in literature in the early 12th cen ...

Avenue),

King Arthur According to legends, King Arthur (; ; ; ) was a king of Great Britain, Britain. He is a folk hero and a central figure in the medieval literary tradition known as the Matter of Britain. In Wales, Welsh sources, Arthur is portrayed as a le ...

Street and Lady Vivian Street. Another additional road name includes "Lady Helen" street, who is a figure clearly not connected to Arthurian legends.

Transportation

Nearby transportation routes include Highway 36 and Highway 53.

References

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