Brule | |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type2: | Census division |
Subdivision Name2: | No. 14 |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name3: | Yellowhead County |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Title2: | MP |
Leader Name2: | Gerald Soroka (Cons - Yellowhead) |
Leader Title3: | MLA |
Leader Name3: | Martin Long (UCP - West Yellowhead) |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 1.52 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 127 |
Population Density Km2: | 83.6 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
Coordinates: | 53.3092°N -117.8708°W |
Elevation M: | 1040 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code span |
Postal Code: | TOE |
Area Code: | 780, 587 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | Yellowhead Highway |
Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Blank1 Info: | Athabasca River |
Brule[1] is a hamlet in west-central Alberta, Canada within Yellowhead County. It is on the northwest shore of Brûlé Lake, approximately 20km (10miles) west of Hinton. It has an elevation of 1040m (3,410feet).
Statistics Canada recognizes Brule as a designated place.
The hamlet is in Census Division No. 14 and in the federal riding of Yellowhead.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Brule had a population of 127 living in 53 of its 57 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 74. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Brule had a population of 31 living in 14 of its 19 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 76. With a land area of 0.35km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[3]
Brule has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc).