| Burdett | |
| Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta#Canada |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Southern Alberta |
| Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
| Subdivision Name3: | 1 |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
| Leader Title2: | Governing body |
| Leader Name2: | County of Forty Mile No. 8 |
| Leader Title3: | MP |
| Leader Name3: | Glen Motz |
| Leader Title4: | MLA |
| Leader Name4: | Grant Hunter |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Title2: | Incorporated |
| Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
| Area Land Km2: | 0.69 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 331 |
| Population Density Km2: | 478.3 |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | −07:00 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −06:00 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code span |
| Postal Code: | TOK 0J0 |
| Area Code: | +1-403 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | Highway 3 |
| Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Burdett is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within the County of Forty Mile No. 8. It is located approximately 71km (44miles) west of Medicine Hat and 97km (60miles) east of Lethbridge on Highway 3. Also, Burdett is regarded as the site of Canada's first irrigation pivot.[1]
The community is named for Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts, a railroad promoter.[2] Previously incorporated as a village on June 30, 1913,[3] Burdett dissolved to hamlet status on January 1, 2003.[4]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Burdett had a population of 331 living in 105 of its 119 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 401. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[5]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Burdett had a population of 406 living in 117 of its 122 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 347. With a land area of 0.79km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[6]