| Breton | |
| Official Name: | Village of Breton |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta |
| Pushpin Label Position: | none |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Alberta |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Central Alberta |
| Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
| Subdivision Name3: | 11 |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipal District |
| Subdivision Name4: | Brazeau County |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | James Alan Barker |
| Leader Title1: | Governing body |
| Leader Name1: | Breton Village Council |
| Leader Title3: | MLA |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Title1: | Incorporated[1] |
| Established Date1: | |
| Established Title2: | • Village |
| Established Date2: | January 1, 1957 |
| Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
| Area Land Km2: | 1.72 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 567 |
| Population Density Km2: | 329.9 |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | −7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
| Coordinates: | 53.105°N -114.4736°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code span |
| Postal Code: | T0C 0P0 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | Highway 20 Highway 616 |
Breton is a village in central Alberta, Canada. It is located roughly southwest of Edmonton.
Originally called Keystone, it was established in 1909 by a group of African-American immigrants as a block settlement.[2] The new Black Canadian homesteaders arrived from Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas, just four years after Alberta became a province in 1905.[3]
A Canadian Northern Railway line went through Breton. Breton had several grain elevators and a station.[4]
In 1927 the town was renamed after politician Douglas Breton, in his second year as the region's Member of the Alberta Legislature.[5] [6]
It has one High School (grades 7–12) and one elementary (K-6) school. It has a Paid on call Fire department operating with the Brazeau county fire services, one grocery store, one golf course, 2 restaurants, 1 hair parlors, a police station with three officers and one secretary.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Breton had a population of 567 living in 259 of its 296 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 574. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[7]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Breton recorded a population of 574 living in 252 of its 292 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 496. With a land area of 1.72km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[8]
The Village of Breton's 2012 municipal census counted a population of 581,[9] a 0.3% increase over its 2007 municipal census population of 579.[10]