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Yellowhead County - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 53°34′54″N 116°26′4″W / 53.58167°N 116.43444°W

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Yellowhead County
Municipal district
Edson Hinton Evansburg Wildwood Cadomin Robb
Location within Alberta
Coordinates: 53°34′54″N 116°26′4″W / 53.58167°N 116.43444°W / 53.58167; -116.43444
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Central Alberta
Census division	14
Established	1994
Incorporated	1994
Government ^[1]
• Mayor	Wade Williams
• Governing body	Yellowhead County Council Shawn Brian Berry Sandra Cherniawsky Anthony Giezen Dawn Mitchell Fred Priestley-Wright David Russell William Velichko Jack Williams
• CAO	Luc Mercier
• Administrative office	Edson
Area (2021)^[2]
• Land	22,238.56 km² (8,586.36 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]
• Total	10,426
• Density	0.5/km² (1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
Website	yhcounty.ca

Yellowhead County is a municipal district in west central Alberta, Canada. It is the only municipal district within Alberta census division No. 14.

History

1994: Established as a Municipal District of Yellowhead No. 94 on January 1.
1998: The name changed to Yellowhead County on July 8.^[3]
1998: Evansburg dissolved as a village, and became part of Yellowhead Municipal District on June 30.

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Yellowhead County.^[4]

Cities

none

Towns

Edson
Hinton

Villages

none

Summer villages

none

The following hamlets are located within Yellowhead County.^[4]

Hamlets

The following localities are located within Yellowhead County.^[5]

Localities

Ansell
Balkan
Basing
Bickerdike
Branch Inn Trailer Court
Brule Mines
Brûlé Mines
Bryan
Calvert
Carrot Creek
Chip Lake
Coal Valley
Coalspur
Dalehurst
Diss
Drinnan
Embarras
Entrance
Erith
Erith Tie
Fidler

Foothills
Galloway
Granada
Grave Flats
Gregg Subdivision
Haddock
Hanlon
Hansonville
Hargwen
Hattonford
Hoff
Holloway
Hornbeck
Kaydee
Leaman
Leyland
Lobstick
Lovettville
Luscar
MacKay (held hamlet designation from 1979 to 2019)^[6]^[7]

Mahaska
Matthews Crossing
McLeod River
McLeod Valley
Medicine Lodge
Mercoal
Mountain Park
Mountain View Estates
Niton
Nojack or No Jack
Northville
Obed
Oke
Old Entrance
Park Court
Pedley
Pembina Forks
Pine Dale Subdivision
Pine Shadows
Pinedale (held hamlet designation from 1987 to 2019)^[8]^[7]

Pinedale Estates
Pioneer
Rangeton
Ravine
Reco
Rosevear
Shaw
Shining Bank
Solomon
Steeper
Sterco
Styal
Swan Landing
Trade Winds Trailer Court
Two Rivers Estates
Weald
Wild Hay
Wolf Creek
Yates

The former Village of Tollerton is also located in Yellowhead County.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Yellowhead County had a population of 10,426 living in 4,160 of its 4,859 total private dwellings, a change of -5.2% from its 2016 population of 10,995. With a land area of 22,238.56 km² (8,586.36 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.5/km² (1.2/sq mi) in 2021.^[2]

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Yellowhead County had a population of 10,995 living in 4,309 of its 5,048 total private dwellings, a 5% change from its 2011 population of 10,469. With a land area of 22,293.16 km² (8,607.44 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.5/km² (1.3/sq mi) in 2016.^[9]

References

^ "Municipal Officials Search". Alberta Municipal Affairs. May 9, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities)". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
^ Alberta Municipal Affairs. "Yellowhead County municipal profile". Retrieved April 16, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
^ "Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2006, Economic Regions: 4814003 - Yellowhead County, geographical codes and localities, 2006". Statistics Canada. March 5, 2010. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
^ "Bylaw 03.19 to Repeal Bylaw 1.79 Establishment of Hamlet Boundaries (MacKay)" (PDF). Yellowhead County. February 26, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Council Meeting Minutes". Yellowhead County. February 26, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
^ "Bylaw 04.19 to repeal Bylaw 2.87 Establishment of Hamlet Boundaries (Pinedale)" (PDF). Yellowhead County. February 26, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2017.

External links

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Official website

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Subdivisions of Alberta

Subdivisions

Communities

Cities and urban
service areas

Rural
municipalities

Municipal districts	Acadia Athabasca Barrhead Beaver Big Lakes Bighorn Birch Hills Bonnyville Brazeau Camrose Cardston Clear Hills Clearwater Cypress Fairview Flagstaff Foothills Forty Mile Grande Prairie Greenview Kneehill Lac Ste. Anne Lacombe Lamont Leduc Lesser Slave River Lethbridge Minburn Mountain View Newell Northern Lights Northern Sunrise Opportunity Paintearth Parkland Peace Pincher Creek Ponoka Provost Ranchland Red Deer Rocky View Saddle Hills Smoky Lake Smoky River Spirit River St. Paul Starland Stettler Sturgeon Taber Thorhild Two Hills Vermilion River Vulcan Wainwright Warner Westlock Wetaskiwin Wheatland Willow Creek Woodlands Yellowhead
Improvement districts	4 (Waterton) 9 (Banff) 12 (Jasper) 13 (Elk Island) 24 (Wood Buffalo) 25 (Willmore) Kananaskis
Special areas	2 3 4

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