Irma 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 northwest of
Wainwright and 178 km southeast of
Edmonton
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along
Highway 14 and
Highway 881.
History
The Village of Irma came into being in 1908 when the
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
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came through. Irma was later incorporated as a Village on May 30, 1912. The village was supposedly named after the daughter of the GTPR second vice-president General William Wainwright. Records show three major fires in the downtown area. These broke out in 1911, 1931 and 1963. Most of the buildings on the main street (now 50 Street) were reconstructed after the 1931 fire. Alberta's first rural high school was located in Irma; it was eventually replaced and the new school opened on November 4, 2019.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, the Village of Irma had a population of 477 living in 207 of its 240 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 521. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
In the
2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Irma recorded a population of 521 living in 221 of its 242 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 457. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
Notable people
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Parker Mackay (born 1994):
AHL hockey player
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Gord Mark (born 1964):
NHL
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hockey player
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Jean Paré
Jean Paré, Order of Canada, CM (December 7, 1927 – December 24, 2022) was a Canadian caterer, author of the ''Company's Coming'' cookbook series, and founder of Company's Coming Publishing Limited. She was one of the top-selling cookbo ...
(1927–2022): cookbook author and publisher
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Carson Soucy (born 1994): NHL hockey player
See also
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List of communities in Alberta
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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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{{Subdivisions of Alberta, villages=yes
1912 establishments in Alberta
Villages in Alberta