Kitscoty is a village located in central
Alberta
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, Canada. Situated at the junction of
Highway 16 (Yellowhead Highway) and
Highway 897 (the link to
Cold Lake), the village is located approximately midway between
Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Central Alberta ...
and
Saskatoon
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( and respectively). In addition, the village is within short commuting distance of
Lloydminster
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. The
CN railway tracks also pass through Kitscoty. The
municipal office of the surrounding
County of Vermilion River
The County of Vermilion River is a municipal district located in the eastern part of central Alberta, Canada in Census Division No. 10. The municipal district was formerly named the County of Vermilion River No. 24 prior to an official name ...
's is located in Kitscoty.
Kitscoty is located in rich
agricultural
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area which has much heavy
oil
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activity, both of which provide employment opportunities for the residents.
History
The first settlers came to the district in 1905, and was incorporated as a village in 1911. Kitscoty originally served a trading area stretching from
Cold Lake in the north to the
Battle River
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The Battle River flows for and drains a total area of . Its mean discharge at the mouth is 10 m³/s. ...
in the south. Kitscoty is named after a famous
cromlech
A cromlech (sometimes also spelled "cromleh" or "cromlêh"; cf Welsh ''crom'', "bent"; ''llech'', "slate") is a megalithic construction made of large stone blocks. The word applies to two different megalithic forms in English, the first being a ...
, 3 large stones in a tripod arrangement, found near a settlement in
England
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known as
Kit's Coty House
Kit's Coty House or Kit's Coty is a chambered long barrow near the village of Aylesford, Kent, Aylesford in the southeastern English county of Kent. Constructed ''circa'' 4000 BCE, during the Neolithic British Isles, Early Neolithic period of Br ...
.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, the Village of Kitscoty had a population of 852 living in 304 of its 335 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 925. 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 Kitscoty recorded a population of 925 living in 317 of its 337 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 846. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
The population of the Village of Kitscoty according to its
2016 municipal census is 976,
a change from its
2013 municipal census population of 967.
Education
There is an elementary school and a junior/senior high school within the village.
See also
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List of communities in Alberta
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List of villages in Alberta
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References
External links
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{{Subdivisions of Alberta, villages=yes
1911 establishments in Alberta
Villages in Alberta