CARDSTON COUNTY, ALBERTA

'Cardston County' is a municipal district in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located in Census Division 3 around the Town of Cardston.
The municipal district was established on Jan 01, 1954, through the amalgamation of the ''Municipal District of Sugar City No. 5'' and part of the ''Municipal District of Cochrane No. 6''. On Jan 01, 2000, the name was changed from ''Municipal District of Cardston No. 6'' to ''Cardston County''^[1]

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Demographics

Communities

References

External links

Demographics

In 2001, the municipal district has a population of 4,325 in 1,118 dwellings, a 5.3% decrease from 1996. On a surface of 3,416.24 km² it has a density of 1.3 inhabitants/km².^[2] The largest ancestries were English (52.3%), German (33.0%), Scottish (27.3%), Danish (8.7%), Irish (7.4%).
In 2006, Cardston County had a population of 4,037 living in 1,102 dwellings, a 6.7% decrease from 2001. The municipal district has a land area of and a population density of .

Communities

The following communities are located in this municipal district:
'Towns'

★ Cardston

★ Magrath
'Villages'

★ Glenwood

★ Hill Spring
'Hamlets'

★ Aetna

★ Beazer

★ Carway

★ Del Bonita

★ Jefferson

★ Kimball

★ Leavitt

★ Mountain View

★ Spring Coulee

★ Welling

★ Welling Station

★ Woolford

References

1. Municipal Profile - Alberta Municipal Affairs
2. Cardston County community profile - Statistics Canada. 2002. 2001 Community Profiles. Released June 27, 2002. Last modified: 2005-11-30. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 93F0053XIE

External links

★ Official site