Acadia Valley Explained

Acadia Valley
Settlement Type:	Hamlet
Pushpin Map:	CAN AB Acadia#Canada Alberta
Pushpin Label Position:	none
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in M.D. of Acadia##Location in Alberta
Pushpin Mapsize:	220
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Canada
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	Alberta
Subdivision Type2:	Planning region
Subdivision Name2:	Red Deer
Subdivision Type3:	Municipal district
Subdivision Name3:	M.D. of Acadia No. 34
Government Type:	Unincorporated
Leader Title:	Governing body
Leader Name:	M.D. of Acadia No. 34 Council
Area Footnotes:	(2021)
Area Land Km2:	0.46
Population As Of:	2021
Population Total:	143
Population Density Km2:	308.1
Timezone:	MST
Utc Offset:	−7
Timezone Dst:	MDT
Utc Offset Dst:	−6
Coordinates:	51.1569°N -110.2097°W
Elevation Footnotes:	^[1]
Elevation M:	716

Acadia Valley is a hamlet in southeast Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District (MD) of Acadia No. 34. The MD of Acadia No. 34's municipal office is located in Acadia Valley.

Acadia Valley is located along Highway 41 commonly referred to as Buffalo Trail between Oyen and Medicine Hat and sits about 14.5km (09miles) west of the Alberta-Saskatchewan border. Acadia Valley sits at an elevation of 716m (2,349feet).

The hamlet is located within census division No. 4. It was named in 1910 by settlers from Nova Scotia.^[2]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Acadia Valley had a population of 143 living in 71 of its 86 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 149. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.^[3]

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Acadia Valley had a population of 149 living in 71 of its 82 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 137. With a land area of 0.47km2, it had a population density of in 2016.^[4]

Attractions

• Prairie Elevator Museum^[5]
• Acadia Municipal Recreation Dam - trout fishing

See also

• List of communities in Alberta
• List of designated places in Alberta
• List of hamlets in Alberta

External links

• Hamlet of Acadia Valley from the M.D. of Acadia No. 34 official web site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alberta Private Sewage Systems 2009 Standard of Practice Handbook: Appendix A.3 Alberta Design Data (A.3.A. Alberta Climate Design Data by Town) . Safety Codes Council . PDF . 212–215 (PDF pages 226–229) . January 2012 . October 8, 2013 . October 16, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131016085027/http://www.safetycodes.ab.ca/Public/Documents/PSSSOP_Handbook_Version_12_Online_Feb_21_2012b.pdf . dead .
2. Book: Hamilton, William. The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names. Macmillan. 1978. 0-7715-9754-1. Toronto. 20.
3. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places . . February 9, 2022 . February 10, 2022.
4. Web site: Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta) . . February 8, 2017 . February 13, 2017.
5. http://www.mdacadia.ab.ca/mdacadia/interest.htm M.D. of Acadia No. 34